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{{Short description|American photographer and author (1927–2008)}}{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}

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| birth_place = Pasadena, California, U.S.20081110|12}}| death_place = Los Angeles, California| field = | alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles| movement = | works = | patrons = Peggy Moffitt|1960}}| children = 1}}William James Claxton (October 12, 1927 – October 11, 2008) was an American photographer and author.

Biography

Born in Pasadena, California, Claxton's works included a book of photographs of Steve McQueen, and Jazzlife, a book of photographs depicting jazz artists in the 1960s. He was best known for his photography of jazz musicians including Chet Baker. Claxton also photographed celebrities and models.NEWS,weblink Photographer's work helped define an era's pop culture, Jon, Thurber, Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2008, In 1967, he created the film Basic Black, a work that is credited as the first "fashion video" and is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The music for the film, using a Moog synthesizer, was composed by award-winning artist David Lucas.NEWS,weblink The Washington Post, October 15, 2008, William J. Claxton, 80; Made 'Jazz For the Eyes', Joe, Holley, WEB,weblink A R.I.P. Roaring Tribute to William Claxton, March 18, 2009, Rose, Apodaca, He married model Peggy Moffitt in 1960 and had one son, Christopher M. Claxton, born in 1973. Claxton died on October 11, 2008, of complications from congestive heart failure, one day before his 81st birthday.NEWS, Music photographer William Claxton dies at 80,weblink Associated Press, October 15, 2008, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081016204727weblink">weblink October 16, 2008,

Bibliography

• BOOK, William, Claxton, Jazz, 1987, Twelvetrees, 978-0942642285,
• BOOK, William, Claxton, Young Chet, 1999, teNeues, 978-3823899662,
• BOOK, William, Claxton, James, Gavin, Claxography: The Art of Jazz Photography, 1999, Distributed Art Publishers, 978-3926048677,
• BOOK, William, Claxton, Steve, Crist, Joachim E., Berendt, Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Jazzlife, 2005, Taschen, 978-3822830666,
• BOOK, William, Claxton, Steve, Crist, Steve McQueen, 2008, Taschen, 978-3836503914,

References

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External links

• Garrett White William Claxton- Photographic Memory

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