![Iturbi, José. (1895–1980) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)] José Iturbi, Rochester](http://www.schubertiademusic.com/cdn/shop/files/Iturbi_2C_Jose_28Ouzer_2C_Louis_29_Photograph_21700.jpg?v=1722190371)
Iturbi, José. (1895–1980) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)]. José Iturbi, Rochester.
Large gelatin silver print of the Spanish pianist and conductor who was appointed conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic in 1936. 19 x 15 inches, on the original black photographer's mount. Photographer's name signed in ink lower right and with his label and stamp on the mount verso. Print lightly chipped around the edges and separating from the rear mount at upper left, else fine.
The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ouzer grew up poor in Rochester and was noted for his remarkable and unusual photographs of musical visitors to the Eastman School of Music and the Rochester Philharmonic over more than a half-century. Ouzer worked with the available light and said "I look for background before I take anyone's picture." The subjects in his black-and-white portraits, shrouded in shadow, often have a melancholy cast, as here. His 1979 book, "Contemporary Musicians in Photographs," helped extend his reputation as a photographer of celebrated performers.
Iturbi, José. (1895–1980) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)]. José Iturbi, Rochester.
Large gelatin silver print of the Spanish pianist and conductor who was appointed conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic in 1936. 19 x 15 inches, on the original black photographer's mount. Photographer's name signed in ink lower right and with his label and stamp on the mount verso. Print lightly chipped around the edges and separating from the rear mount at upper left, else fine.
The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ouzer grew up poor in Rochester and was noted for his remarkable and unusual photographs of musical visitors to the Eastman School of Music and the Rochester Philharmonic over more than a half-century. Ouzer worked with the available light and said "I look for background before I take anyone's picture." The subjects in his black-and-white portraits, shrouded in shadow, often have a melancholy cast, as here. His 1979 book, "Contemporary Musicians in Photographs," helped extend his reputation as a photographer of celebrated performers.