The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957–1965

First Edition, 2009. 268 pages.

Book measures 10 x 11.25 inches. A beautiful document and well-researched project by Stephenson into this period of Eugene Smith’s life and time living in a loft in the Flower District of Manhattan. During this period Smith was going through his massive Pittsburgh project, and documenting the coming and going of the many jazz musicians who practiced at night in the loft and the going ons of the bustling street outside by day. Smith was also slowly having a nervous breakdown. Illustrated throughout with examples of Smith’s work and related ephemera. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.