fromHyperallergic1 week agoArtsThe Jazz Pictures the FBI SilencedLisette Model's thousand hidden photographs of East Coast jazz legends from 1940-1959 are revealed in a new book, exposing how government repression forced her to bury this significant artistic legacy.
fromThe Atlantic6 months agoPhotographyWhat Lisette Model Saw in JazzLisette Model's jazz photographs reveal ecstatic audiences alongside musicians' guarded expressions, exposing racial mistreatment and political repression beneath jazz's celebrated image.