{"product_id":"23261-ashkenazy-vladimir-ouzer-louis-vladimir-ashkenazy-rochester-1972","title":"Ashkenazy, Vladimir. (b. 1937) [Ouzer, Louis. (1913 - 2002)] Vladimir Ashkenazy, Rochester, 1972","description":"Gelatin silver print of the pianist \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ewhich Ouzer took \"as if he were a monk in a cell with no light,\" showing just the portions of the man's face that protrude out of the photo's darkness: nose, forehead, cheekbone. \u003c\/span\u003e11 x 14 inches, on the original black photographer's mount. Photographer's name printed within the negative lower right and with his label on the mount verso. Very fine. \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Ouzer grew up poor in Rochester and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ewas noted for his remarkable and unusual photographs of musical visitors to the Eastman School of Music \u003c\/span\u003eand 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"md:pt16 md:sy16 md:bb md:bt b-gray300\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"vh y0 mb0 md:vv md:y100 md:mb16\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093840253087,"sku":"23261","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ashkenazy_2C_Vladimir_in_Rochester_28Ouzer_2C_Louis_29_Photograph_23261.jpg?v=1722190729","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23261-ashkenazy-vladimir-ouzer-louis-vladimir-ashkenazy-rochester-1972","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}