08/24/2026
Just one more week to see LOST IN SPACE AT Leica Gallery LA!
In my college years, living in upstate New York, I would often find myself called down to the concentrated cosmos in the middle of west 3rd between 6th and Macdougal. I bore witness to countless irreplicable moments in this dark little room. Interchanging instruments. Unexpected appearances. Colliding genres. I often operate in unpredictable environments. This, by far, is the least predictable. Nothing to control other than my own camera. I go where I can, anticipate the action. Create my own calm amidst the clash of brilliant musicians. Everything happens here.
The Blue Note Jazz Club, which by name alone carries more than a hundred years of history, has welcomed me with open arms since I was an eager college freshman. The club remains constant. Every Autumn, I count on its embrace. When I walk through those swinging doors, I feel as I always did... enamored by the neon lights, the low ceilings, the crowded bar. The photographs, a visual history of the venue lining the entryway walls.
This is an alternate history. A band which never existed as presented here: yasiin bey on vocals, Robert Glasper on keys, Chris Dave on drums, Keyon Harrold on trumpet, Vicente Archer on bass, Jaleel Shaw and Marcus Strickland on saxophone.
All prints available for purchase through Leica Gallery Los Angeles
Beautiful prints by Digital Silver Imaging
Curated by Paris Chong
Flight (Jaleel Shaw & Marcus Strickland), 2021
HahnemĂĽhle Photo Rag Baryta, Digital
20 x 30
1/15 + 2 AP
Drop Of Dusk (Vicente Archer), 2021
HahnemĂĽhle Photo Rag Baryta, Digital
20 x 30
1/15 + 1 AP
Lullaby (Keyon Harrold), 2024
HahnemĂĽhle Photo Rag Baryta, Digital
20 x 30
1/15 + 2 AP
Supermagic (yasiin bey), 2019
HahnemĂĽhle Metallic Photo Rag, Digital
24 x 36
2/8 + 2 AP
Find You (Robert Glasper), 2019
HahnemĂĽhle Photo Rag Baryta, 35mm
20 x 30
1/15 + 2 AP
Pedestals (Chris Dave), 2019
HahnemĂĽhle Photo Rag Baryta, Digital
20 x 30
1/15 + 2 AP