William James Claxton (October 12, 1927 – October 11, 2008) was an American photographer and author. 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.

Born in Pasadena, California, iconic photographer William Claxton (1927-2008) is best known for his dozens of splendid portraits of jazz legends (especially those of Chet Baker, of whom he took the first professional photos), and Hollywood stars (such as his friend Steve McQueen).

Oct 13, 2008 · William Claxton, the master photographer whose images of Chet Baker helped fuel the jazz trumpeter’s stardom in the 1950s and whose fashion photographs of his wife modeling a topless swim...

Oct 14, 2008 · William Claxton, a photographer of the famous who used his charm to lure jazz musicians from their dark, smoky natural habitat to pose on sunny beaches and carousels, then made stunningly...

Oct 18, 2008 · William Claxton, who died Oct. 11, put the California light and sand into his photographs of jazz musicians. Claxton's stunning black-and-white images helped make Chet Baker a star and...

William Claxton was an American photographer known for his images of the jazz scene as well as celebrities like Steve McQueen. View William Claxton’s 181 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.

Oct 14, 2008 · I opened up my New York Times this morning to the news that the great jazz photographer William Claxton had died at age 80. Claxton was one of the great jazz photographers, mainly on the West Coast, and he was most noted for his great, almost obsessive, work in shooting the young Chet Baker.

Oct 17, 2008 · Photographer William Claxton got his start taking photos of jazz musicians in natural settings instead of smoky lounges. His 1967 film Basic Black was considered the first fashion video. He died...

Oct 16, 2008 · A merica’s preeminent Jazz photographer, William Claxton, who died on Oct. 11 at the age of 80, spent six decades capturing images of countless Hollywood celebrities and nearly every...

William Claxton (American, 1927-2008) Claxton was an American photographer born in Pasadena, California whose portraits of famous pop culture figures, including jazz musicians and movie stars, infused his aesthetics with the energy of the West Coast.