This is the title of an exhibition of photos by the prominent Polish-born American artist Ryszard Horowitz, currently on show in Poznań.

On display are several dozen black-and-white photographs from the late 1950s, featuring the stars of Polish and world jazz scene, such as Krzysztof Komeda, Jan ‘Ptaszyn’ Wróblewski, Count Basie and Cootie Williams. They were made both in Poland and the United States, where Horowitz emigrated in 1959.

Ryszard Horowitz is one of the youngest known survivors of the concentration camp of Auschwitz. He was five years old when the camp was liberated in January 1945.

A graduate of the Fine Arts Academy in Kraków, he developed a successful career in the United States, particularly as a forerunner of the computer-aided photo processing. In 1967 he set up his own photographic studio. He made a name as a pioneer of special effects photography prior to digital technology. (mk)