Ted Williams first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway broadcast from Chicago's legendary Grand Terrace Ballroom inspired him. In the late 1940s, Williams merged his love of music and photography and moved to Chicago where he captured unguarded photographic studies of some of the era's greatest jazz musicians.
Williams’s work appeared in major international publications, including Time, Newsweek, Look, Playboy and Ebony. His coverage of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival landed him a spectacular 21-page layout in DownBeat magazine. Williams was active on the jazz scene from the late 1940s until the late 1970s. He photographed many of the greats in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong.
Williams’s historic archive runs to more than 100,000 images and comprises perhaps the most intimate and complete collection of jazz’s greatest musicians at work, rest and play.
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(Biography provided by International Fine Arts Consortium – IFAC Arts)
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity ...
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
Silver Gelatin
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 16 x 20 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authenticity Dr. Martin Luther King waves to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the ‘Illinois Rally for Civil Rights’ at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, US, June 21, 1964. Ted Williams (1925-2009) first heard jazz on the radio as a youngster in the 1930s in Wichita, Kansas. The sounds of Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and Cab...
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Martin Luther King Motorcade
By Ted Williams
Located in New York, NY
Ted Williams Martin Luther King Motorcade, 1964 Silver gelatin print 20 x 24 inches Estate stamped and numbered edition with certificate of authent...
Silver Gelatin
$7,500
H 24 in W 16 in
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller
By Lawrence Schiller
Located in Culver City, CA
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller Silver Gelatin print Edition 3/35 Signed and numbered on recto by the artist Printed later On Wednesday, May 23, 1962, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto the set of Something’s Got to Give to film what would become one of the most iconic and talked-about moments of her career: the now-legendary nude swimming pool scene. This extraordinary day—captured in a series of rare photographs by renowned photographer Lawrence Schiller—has since become a cornerstone of Hollywood history. Key moments that make this session truly historic: A Bold Cinematic First: Monroe spent nearly four hours in the pool on the 20th Century Fox lot, filming a sequence in which her character, Ellen Arden, appears to swim nude...
Silver Gelatin
$2,027
H 38.59 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Anita, Lady Fen, Welney - Vintage Fashion Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Anita, part of Richard Heeps autobiographical series, 'A View of the Fens from the Car With Wings', a journey on the roads of his childhood. Unusually for Richard this is a staged ph...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$678
H 23.63 in W 37.41 in D 0.04 in
Wendy Resting, Las Vegas - Contemporary American color photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series, this sequence of artworks 'Wendy Flamin' Eyeball', 'Wendy Resting' & 'Oldsmobile and Sinful Barbie's' were shot in Las Vegas. This artwork...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$244
H 15.75 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
Sunkissed Wendy, Las Vegas - American Western Fashion Portrait Color Photograph
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Sunkissed Wendy, from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Vegas....
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$630
H 23.63 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
Sun Kissed Wendy, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Sun Kissed Wendy', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Veg...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$630
H 23.63 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
Jersey Girls (Gold), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Gold, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Richard...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$630
H 30.32 in W 23.63 in D 1.97 in
Floral Striped Dress, Goodwood Revival - Vintage Fashion Photograph
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Floral Striped Dress' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe. This artwork is a l...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$630
H 23.63 in W 30.32 in D 1.97 in
Jersey Girls (Magenta), Wildwood, New Jersey - Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Jersey Girls Magenta, photograph from Richard Heeps Jersey Shore series. Vintage matchbooks from New York's Chelsea Flea Market featuring nudes from the 1940's are reimagined by Rich...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Adele Collins, Vogue 1959
By Norman Parkinson
Located in Greenwich, CT
Edition of 21 Parkinson’s homage to a painting by Dutch artist Kees van Dongen entitled The Corn Poppy. Adele Collins wearing an Otto Lucas velvet toque. Br...
Silver Gelatin
$244
H 15.75 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
Miss Shifty, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Richard Heeps photographed the Rockabilly scene in England, Europe and America over seven years culminating in his book, 'Man's Ruin'. 'Miss Shifty' captures the chic vintage fashion...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$244
H 16.15 in W 21.26 in D 1.38 in
Sun Kissed Wendy, Las Vegas - Contemporary Portrait Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Sun Kissed Wendy', from Richard Heeps 'Man's Ruin' Series. This contemporary portrait is part of a sequence of artworks photographing Wendy at the Rockabilly Weekender, Viva Las Veg...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$244
H 21.26 in W 16.15 in D 1.38 in
Floral Striped Dress, Goodwood Revival - Vintage Fashion Photograph
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This stylish artwork, 'Floral Striped Dress' taken at the glamorous retro event Goodwood Revival, perfectly captures feminine sophistication with a vintage vibe. This artwork is a l...
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin