Herb Snitzer Explained

Herb Snitzer
Birth Name:	Herbert D. Snitzer
Birth Date:	November 1932
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Photographer

Herb Snitzer (né Herbert D. Snitzer; November 1932 – December 31, 2022) was an American photographer who photographed jazz musicians in the 1950s and 1960s.^{[1] [2]} He lived in St. Petersburg, Florida and opened his own gallery in 2014.^[3] His work has been shown in solo exhibitions at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida)^[4] and the William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum.^[5]

Snitzer died from complications of Parkinson's disease on December 31, 2022, at the age of 90.^[6]

Publications

Books by Snitzer

• Living at Summerhill: A Photographic Documentary on A. S. Neill's Pioneering School. MacMillan, 1968. .
• Today is for Children: Numbers Can Wait. MacMillan, 1972.
• Jazz: A Visual Journey. Notables, 1999.^[7]
• Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.^[8]

Books with others

• The New York I Know. By Marya Mannes. Lippincott, 1961. Photographs by Snitzer.
• Reprise, The Extraordinary Revival of Early Music. With Joel Cohen. Little Brown, 1985.

Solo exhibitions

• Faces and Places: One Man Show by Herb Snitzer, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida, 2001
• Herb Snitzer: Celebrating Fifty Years in Photography, Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida), Saint Petersburg, Florida, 2007^[4]
• A Jazz Memoir: Photography by Herb Snitzer, William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020^[5]

Collections

Snitzer's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 5 prints (as of 14 January 2023)^[9]
• Museum of Modern Art, New York: 1 print (as of 14 January 2023)^[10]

External links

• • Herb Snitzer TEDx Talk about The Summmerhill School
• Herb Snitzer on NBC
• Herb Snitzer - Image Archive" at ArenaPAL

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill. DeYoung. 2023-01-14. Legendary photographer Herb Snitzer dies. 11 January 2023. St Pete Catalyst.
2. News: Ranjit. Dhaliwal. 2023-01-14. Thelonious Monk, 1959 - a picture from the past. The Guardian. 0261-3077.
3. http://cltampa.com/artbreaker/archives/2014/03/22/do-this-herb-snitzer-fine-art-gallery-grand-opening-heights-unites-benefit-bonanza-the-cuban-sandwich-festival-and-voca-people Do This
4. Web site: 2023-01-14. Herb Snitzer. Museum of Fine Arts, St Petersburg.
5. Web site: 2023-01-14. 'A Jazz Memoir' Reveals An Intimate Look At Legendary American Jazz Artists. 10 September 2020. WABE-TV.
6. https://stpetecatalyst.com/remembering-herb-snitzer-photographic-pioneer/ Remembering Herb Snitzer, photographic pioneer
7. Jazz: A Visual Journey Herb Snitzer 1999
8. Glorious Days and Nights: A Jazz Memoir University Press of Mississippi, 2011
9. Web site: 2023-01-14. Herb Snitzer. Minneapolis Institute of Art.
10. Web site: 2023-01-14. Herb Snitzer. The Museum of Modern Art.