Synopsis

The remarkable and fascinating story of the life of Larry Adler, the harmonica maestro and raconteur who was a personal friend of the photographer, Gary Italiaander.

Gary’s talk is illustrated with many images (some taken by him), recordings, video extracts and many anecdotes about Adler’s friends and associates such as Chaplin, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Billie Holliday. Includes some live performance on the harmonica.

 

Profile

​With an international reputation as a Portrait Photographer, Image Restorer and Guest Speaker, in addition to being an Interviewer, Author and Musician.

For over thirty-five years, it has been his great privilege to help a huge variety of people to be presented at their best, both in their personal and business lives. ​It is Italiaander's outstanding images that have kept him as a leader in all that he does and led to him being invited to open The Italiaander Portrait Studio at Harrods, where he was based for a few years.