Art Kane (born Arthur Kanofsky on April 9 1925 in New York City) was a renowned fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through early 1990s. He created many famous portraits of musicians, including Bob Dylan, The Who and the Rolling Stones One of his most famous works was of 57 jazz musicians for "Esquire magazine" in 1958 in Harlem, which became the basis for a documentary, "A Great Day in Harlem". Wikipedia
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Art Kane was not a photographer but an accomplished art director when Esquire magazine hired him to shoot his first professional photograph in 1958. Esquire art director Robert Benton was planning an all-jazz issue, and suggested to his boss that they hi www.a-great-day-in-harlem.com/photographers.html