Jazz Photos by Ben Johnson
Photographer Ben Johnson - Jazz Photos and Much More

This site is dedicated to preserving the historic Live performances of Jazz Musicians at various festival and concert venues, and will hopefully encourage you to come out and support Live Music.

In addition to Jazz performances, my gallery contains scenic and nature photos and photos from the Atlantic City Air Show

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Featured Galleries

2009 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Photos : The 2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival Photos - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 27 & 28, 2009

2009 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Photos

The 2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival Photos - Saratoga Performing Arts C ...

Updated: Jun 30, 2009 9:51am PST

The 2009 Atlantic City Air Show Photos - 7th Annual Thunder Over The Boardwalk Featuring The Army Golden Knights and Air Force Thunderbirds : The 7th Annual Thunder Over The Boardwalk - 2009 Atlantic City Air Show Photos, Wednesday August 19, 2009.

The 2009 Atlantic City Air Show Photos - 7th Annual Thunder Over The Boardwalk Featuring The Army Golden Knights and Air Force Thunderbirds

The 7th Annual Thunder Over The Boardwalk - 2009 Atlantic City Air Sho ...

Updated: Aug 21, 2009 11:05am PST

Photographer Ben Johnson''s Favorite Images : Ben Johnson's  personal favorites

Photographer Ben Johnson''s Favorite Images

Ben Johnson's personal favorites

Updated: Jun 03, 2009 7:09pm PST

Detroit Jazz Festival Photos 2009 : 2009 Detroit Jazz Festival Photos  September 4-9, 2009. Celebrating 30 Great Years - Including Chick Corea, The Brubeck Brothers, Hank Jones, Sean, Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gretchen Parlato, Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker, Brian Auger, Christian McBride, Marcus Belgrave, Charles McPherson, Gerald Wilson, Geri Allen, Booker T., Straight Ahead and The North Carolina Central University Jazz Ensemble, Warren Wolf, Carl Allen and Inside Straight.

Detroit Jazz Festival Photos 2009

2009 Detroit Jazz Festival Photos September 4-9, 2009. Celebrating 30 ...

Updated: Sep 12, 2009 7:52am PST

Your Bio



I am a native of Atlantic City, NJ.

My hobbies were primarily related to electronics and Amateur Radio as WB2GUK since 1962 excelling in using Morse Code at 75 words per minute.

Before retiring, I spent 34 years as an engineer supporting Air Traffic Control Enroute computer systems.

My love for Jazz started at an early age listening to the likes Jimmy Smith, and groomed into listenening to BeBop and Avant Garde by my life long friend, drummer Harvey Mason.

Twenty five years ago (or so) , I started photography as a secondary hobby and found a passion for photographing Jazz artists in live performance, as a means of retaining their performances for personal memories. My passion has expanded to “Capturing The Moment” of the performers for all to see, and to encourage listeners to come out and support The Art of Live Jazz.

While most of my work surrounds performances in the Philadelphia and South Jersey areas, I regularly photograph performances at the JVC Jazz Festivals in Newport, Rhode Island, New York City and a variety of other venues in the Northeast United States.

My work was featured as the cover photograph for late internationally known vocalist Jon Lucien’s last CD, “Live In NYC”, as well as feature articles in Down Beat, and numerous other various Jazz related publications.

Each photo album can be viewed in a variety of convenient ways by selecting the "STYLE" pulldown menu.

Your comments on my photos are welcomed, and encouraged. Photos can be voted on by using the 'Thumbs up or Thumbs down' in the viewing window

I reside near Atlantic City, NJ

Contact me at Email Ben Johnson regarding the use of any of my images or for photographic services.

Gallery Categories

Jazz Festivals

10 galleries with 1305 photos

Updated: Sep 12, 2009 7:52am PST

Airplanes

2 galleries with 181 photos

Updated: Sep 29, 2008 11:50am PST

My Favorite Photographs

1 gallery with 53 photos

Updated: Jun 03, 2009 7:09pm PST

Friends

1 gallery with 4 photos

Updated: Nov 23, 2008 9:35am PST

Travel and Nature Scenery

4 galleries with 111 photos

Updated: Nov 24, 2008 6:04am PST

Bits and Pieces of Jazz History

1 gallery with 28 photos

Updated: Aug 12, 2009 8:07am PST