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Don Bronstein archive
Working in Chicago during the
1950s and ’60s, Don Bronstein
stood at the center of mid-century American
culture. From the crowded streets and
smoky jazz clubs to studio sessions with
the era’s biggest music icons
—and the
sexual revolution unfolding in the pages
of Playboy
—Bronstein captured it all. As
house photographer for Chess Records,
he immortalized legends like Muddy
Waters, Sarah Vaughan, and Chuck
Berry, and earned a Grammy Award for
his iconic Barbra Streisand People album
cover. At Playboy, he helped define the
magazine’s visual identity as its first staff
photographer, beginning in 1953.
When his life was tragically cut short in
1968 at just forty-one, Bronstein’s vast
archive was sealed away for decades
in the attic of the family home. This book
brings together more than 250 black-
and-white and color photographs span
-
ning street life, jazz clubs, Chess Records,
and Playboy. With essays by critic
A.D. Coleman, recording artist Christian
McBride, Chess Records’ Marshall Chess,
and Bronstein’s assistant Walter Kale
—
along with reflections from his daughters
Julie and Jennifer
—this volume restores
to view an unsung giant of American
photography whose lens defined an era.
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