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Jazz Funeral - Herman Leonard
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June 03, 2011
June 03, 2011
In New Orleans we celebrate both life and death. The tribute we give those that pass on is a street parade with everyone dancing along to the music. This funeral was for Herman Leonard a renown photographer that lived in New Orleans, however after Hurricane Katrina he left but his memory here still lives on.
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Quote: "This funeral was for Herman Leonard a renown photographer that lived in New Orleans, however after Hurricane Katrina he left but his memory here still lives on."
He did leave New Orleans after Katrina...to move to Los Angeles! The New Orleans celebration was not his actual funeral. That was in August 2010. The event in New Orleans was November 6, 2010 . I was notified of the event, but couldn't make my schedule work to fly down to New Orleans.
http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/11/jazz_photographer_herman_leona.html
In his youth Herman apprenticed to a man who was arguably the all time greatest portrait photographer. Yousuf Karsh. I encourage anyone who loves Jazz music or portrait photography to do a google image search on these two men.
And perhaps to listen to this address made by Herman when he was invited to be commencement speaker at his alma mater Ohio State University in 2009.
http://vimeo.com/5329159