Ray Charles, The Ritz, 1980 1940's unabashed photographs of his private

unabashed photographs of his private life have been the object of a great deal of controversy and censorship (especially in his native Japan)

The pages in between tell the story of celebrity in the 1970s and 1980s

Tom Waits sits on a stoop outside Reno Sweeney in Greenwich Village where he was performing

The Japanese magazines went nuts over Joni photos

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Ray Charles, The Ritz, 1980 1940's unabashed photographs of his privateRay Charles, The Ritz, 1980 Musician Ray Charles performs at the Ritz, New York City, July 31, 1980. The Photographer Allan Tannenbaum discovered photography in the 1960s. His dream career as a photojournalist became reality when he joined the SoHo Weekly News , a downtown New York City newspaper, in 1973. For several years he covered the city, exploring its every facet from the underground to the high society and documenting its political, social and