LC control no. | no 90008230 |
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Personal name heading | Claxton, William |
Variant(s) | Claxton, Clax |
Found in | His Jazz, 1987?: t.p. (William Claxton) p. 5 (photographer, b. southern Calif.) p. 121 (William Claxton "Clax") New York times WWW site, Oct. 14, 2008 (William Claxton; b. William James Claxton, Oct. 12, 1927, Pasadena, Calif.; d. Saturday [Oct. 11, 2008], Los Angeles, aged 80; 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 intimate images of legendary loners like Steve McQueen and Frank Sinatra) |