The Jazz Loft Project

Guest post by The Jazz Loft Project curator, Sam Stephenson.

Most times when I give a public talk about my fifteen and a half years of research on the life and work W. Eugene Smith, or when I do media interviews, like I did in May for the JLP opening at MOPA, I am asked how I got into it.  It’s a good question.  Another good one is, how did Smith get into his line of work?

Below is a blog entry by jazz drummer, Ron Free, also known as Ronnie Free back in the loft days.  According to Jazz Loft Project (JLP) Director and co-curator of the exhibition at MOPA, Sam Stephenson, Ron is the most ubiquitous presence on W.