Workshop Blogg Post- Bianca Nardella

Last Thursday, I attended the Sidney Mishkin Gallery. At this gallery it displaced many of Milt Hinton’s Jazz photgraphs.  He started photographing all the back in 1936.  He carried his camera everywhere and took pictures of virtually everyone in the “world of jazz.”  I found this very interesting because all of these photographs took place in the streets, bars, recording studios, and even bus stations of New York City.  If you are from New York, just by looking at the pictures one can tell that they were taken in New York City.  Many of Milt Hinton’s subjects included Cab Colloway, Billy Taylor, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Pearl Baily, Ella Fitzgerald, and the very famous Barbara Strisand.

Milt Hinton says that he “tryed to capture something different.”  He would sneak up on people and snap a photo when they least expected it.  This is what i found most interesting.  One particular photo in the gallery that cought my attention most was ashot of a regular New York street with a few people walking opposite ways.  This was interesting to me because even way back in 1936 the streets of New York remained to have the same type of look.  Everyday when walking to class I see people walking beside me.  Some are walking the same way and some are walking the oppostie way.  This daily action that I do was basically captured in Milt Hinton’s camera and is now displayed in the Sidney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College.