Gene Smith’s Jazz Loft Archive

By christophergeorge


W. Eugene Smith, Oops Girl and daughter Shana, Loft Stairwell, ca. 1958


W. Eugene Smith, Dave Young, ca. 1960

The photographs and audio recordings that W. Eugene Smith made from 1957–65, inside 821 Sixth Ave., are the subject of a radio series on WNYC, an exhibition, a book, and a website.


Letter with the printed return address: W. Eugene Smith, photographer, photographic journalist, 821 Ave. of The Americas, New York 1, N.Y.

The building is still there, the white building with black windows, behind the tree…



821 Sixth Ave., New York, NY, 2009

Tags: , ,

Leave a Reply