Magnum Editions: Miles Davis, Paris, 1969 The Beatles

Magnum Editions: Miles Davis, Paris, 1969 The BeatlesIn the life and oeuvre of Guy Le Querrec, music holds a special place: he has created some of the most celebrated images of the 20th century, becoming internationally renowned for photographing the greatest living figures in jazz. Le Querrec documented the legendary American trumpet player Miles Davis from 1964 up until one of his last concerts in Paris in 1991. Speaking of the project, Le Querrec says: I seek to recount the lives of musicians, their

and yet had already transformed the music industry

figures trudged through the street in front of the Tishman Building at 666 5th Avenue

appeared in 1965

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recalled the occasion: “We were in the Tiergarten park

they relied on a mix of hunting and farming skills for their subsistence lifestyle

courtyard of the Meji shrine in the snow

cooling off from the heat with an open fire hydrant

becoming well acquainted with the band in the process

my mother [born in New York to Jewish immigrants] got a letter from a relative in the Soviet Union we didn’t know existed

While riding a city bus during one of the snowstorms in 1967

Throughout the 1980s