Herman Leonard, the photographer who virtually invented the cool, black and white, smoky jazz portrait, died last weekend, at age 87 in Los Angeles. In a prolific career spanning several decades, he shot jazz’s most enduring icons including Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.
Frank Sinatra, NYC, 1956. Herman Leonard/Courtesy of the Catherine Edelman Gallery
Brenda Milis began working with photography as an art historian, receiving her B.A. at UC Berkeley and studying photo history on fellowship in the graduate division of Northwestern University. Getting her start in photo editing at Jane magazine, Brenda eventually helped launch Style.com, then moved to Santa Fe, NM to work as a photo editor at Outside magazine. She is currently the Director of Photography at Men’s Health magazine. Shoots she has produced have won various awards and been featured in American Photography, SPD and the PDN photo annual.
Brenda Milis, Director of Photography, Men's Health/Photo by Ayla Christman
Reuel Golden: Describe your typical working day.
Brenda Milis: I am a fanatical list maker and it helps me keep all the elements of my day running smoothly because I work on a lot of different projects every day. To give a quick overview, a typical day at work for me consists of making art plans (concepting and then deciding on appropriate photographer to shoot concept); working on budgets, asking editors for stories/articles I really need more information on; a lot of back and forth with publicists vis a vis celebrity shoot dates, concepts and photographer approval; working closely with both my photo department and the art department; looking at as much photography in as many places as possible.
RG: How do you come up with the photography concepts for the stories that appear in Men’s Health? How do you plan the issue? [click to continue…]
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