Ralston Crawford Collection

[MomsMobley]

tons of great work here--

http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/search/collection/p16313coll4

there's a Ralston Crawford show ongoing at the New Orleans Museum of Art too if anyone's near there or will be soon--

http://noma.org/exhibitions/detail/50/Ralston-Crawford-and-Jazz-

http://noma.org/news/detail/178/Worth-the-Trip-Ralston-Crawford-in-New-Orleans

Gumbo on Jeffcrom!!

[Christiern]

Here's a recent article on Ralston that I just came across. Ralston attended every session I did when producing the Riverside "Living Legends" series in 1961. We hired him to take the cover photos, but ended up mostly using great shots from his portfolio. I was glad to see them on display at the exhibit that MM posted (above). My favorite is not there, however, it is of Mrs. Joe Oliver's front steps. I'll try to find it and post it here. BTW Ralston was a real gentleman, a pleasure to work with—he attended every session (and there were many) and I marveled at the way he moved around the hall stealthily. That was in stark contrast to Florence Mars, whom we hired specifically to take session shots—she was clumsy and obvious, often forgetting to remove the lens cap! Crawford's photos were also far, far, better.

[.:.impossible]

Thanks for this guys. I was not aware of Ralston Crawford. Ralston is my last name.