Hi all,
Just recently I learned about another new treasure of photographs on line,
which I'd like to share with you.
It's the collection of Bill Gottlieb and it mainly deals with jazz photos
from the late 1940s. Gottlieb was a writer and a photographer at the
Downbeat (jazz) magazine and according to his wishes, his collection at the
Library of Congress has now entered the public domain. This means that
anyone can use them, except where
rights of privacy and/or publicity may apply.
(I haven't really been following the list, why I apologize if this already
have been mentioned here.)
Here is the start of his collection at LOC with thumbnails (at the beginning
there are many clippings):
http://tinyurl.com/32h8awz
If you want to see or save any clippings, first click the item, then on the
new page note the options to the left of the web page.
This is where the collection of just photos start:
http://tinyurl.com/39n58zo
Note that you can enlarge the pictures on the screen up till 1024 pixels.
But not only that - you can also save big size tiff versions! This is just
great. :)
Most of you will have seen at least one or another of his pictures on covers
of jazz records and such, (mostly shot with a Speed Graphic btw). Here's a
chance to see not only well known pictures but also a great load of
previously unpublished ones. Being very interested in jazz and having played
some, I find the collection immensly interesting and have already spent days
at it.
I learned about all this by chance at Flickr. Here's a link where the LOC
has published a selection of Gottlieb's photos on Flickr:
http://tinyurl.com/2fl2fmt
This is the way every muséum, archive or other institutions holding picture
collections should work.
Lasse
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