Magnum Editions Poster: Kid Punch Miller in New Orleans, Louisianna, 1958 Framing:Custom Black Frame

Magnum Editions Poster: Kid Punch Miller in New Orleans, Louisianna, 1958 Framing:Custom Black FrameGrowing up in Upper Manhattan, close to Harlem, Dennis Stock was exposed to jazz at an early age. As a child, Stock would accompany his father to the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where prominent jazz musicians of the time such as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie would perform. These experiences would prove to be formative, sparking an interest that he would later return to as a photographer. Here, Stock captures trumpet player and singer Ernest

documenting the segregated state as the nascent civil rights movement gathered steam

and it was certainly a conscious effort

he began work as a freelance photographer

In close collaboration with the Halsman Archive

Surrealism

Black visited designated “poverty areas

Maybe these images were not meant to be fathomed

leading me through the blues of the wetness of the land

and captured the defining moments of the fight that would make Muhammad Ali one of the most recognised people of the planet

including this image from the set of The Seven Year Itch

Gaumy wrote of his time on board the boats

and mixed reviews