Herb Snitzer: Photographs from the Last Years of Metronome

This catalogue, which accompanied the exhibition “Herb Snitzer: Photographs from the Last Years of Metronome” exhibition at the Sheldon Art Galleries in St. Louis in 2008, shines a spotlight on the photography of internationally recognized photographer Herb Snitzer when he worked for Metronome, one of the country’s leading jazz magazines. Photographed during a remarkable period in jazz, these historic images also capture the vibrancy of New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The exhibition and catalogue are conceived and written by Benjamin Cawthra, assistant professor of history at California State University, Fullerton. Herb Snitzer's career covers over 45 years of imagemaking. Snitzer was photography and then Associate Editor of the magazine in 1960. His images have also appeared in Life, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, Time, and The New York Times, and can be found in many public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.