Alberta Hunter
Date1977
Artist
Scott Heiser
(American photographer, 1949–1993)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary G. Heiser, 2015
Object number2015-152
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextAlberta Hunter (1895-1984) was a successful jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the mid-1950s, when she became a nurse. She recorded a few songs in 1961 but continued to work as a nurse until her hospital retired her at age 82. That was in 1977 when Heiser photographed her, capturing the lively personality and youthful energy that would propel her return to a successful musical career in the 1980s.
