Historian and Curator Audrey Sands on Lisette Model, Photo History, and the Archive.
About this episode
Audrey Sands discusses her book on Lisette Model and the significance of her jazz photography archive.
Photography Historian and Curator Audrey Sands joins PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss her book, Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures (Eakins Press Foundation). Drawing on years of research, Sands presents Lisette Model's rarely seen archive of photographs of 1950s jazz legends, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Percy Heath, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. Sands and Wolf discuss the rise of fine art photography as a collectible medium in the latter half of the 20th century, the role of museums and institutions in shaping the narrative of photographic history, and the role of the historian in editing and interpreting an artist's work posthumously. https://harvardartmuseums.org/about/press-media/audrey-sands-appointed-associate-curator-of-photography-at-the-harvard-art-museums https://www.instagram.com/audreyleesands/ Audrey Sands is a historian of photography and curator who specializes in twentieth-century American photography.. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in the History of Art from Yale University, an M.St . in the History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of Oxford, and a B.A. in Art History from Barnard College. Since February 2025…
People in this episode
Host: Sasha Wolf
Guest: Audrey Sands
Topics covered
- photography history
- jazz photography
- fine art photography
- museum curation
- photographic archives
Keywords
- Lisette Model
- jazz legends
- photography historian
- photographic history
- art curation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Eakins Press Foundation, Harvard Art Museums
Books & works: Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures
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