1969 · New York
by Louis Armstrong (subject); Ken Regan (photographer)
New York: Camera 5, 1969. Vintage borderless matte-finish oversize photograph of Louis Armstrong laughing at home in Queens in 1969. Camera 5 stamp on the verso crediting photographer (and Camera 5 founder) Ken Regan.
Armstrong settled permanently in Corona, Queens, in 1943, and lived there with his wife Lucille Wilson until his death in 1971.
From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.
14 x 8.74 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat (truncated)
Armstrong settled permanently in Corona, Queens, in 1943, and lived there with his wife Lucille Wilson until his death in 1971.
From the archive of the PIX Agency, an American photo house that acted as an intermediary between emigre photographers (as well as those still living in Europe) and the American magazine and newspaper market between 1935-1969.
14 x 8.74 inches, archivally mounted in a white mat (truncated)