Photo by Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen

Class of: 1968

Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen

Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen (CFA’68) of New York, N.Y., was nominated for a Career Photography award from the Jazz Journalists Association. In March 2023, an exhibition of his selected photos, Afrofuturism in Jazz, was shown at St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan. The exhibition featured images of pioneering afrofuturist solo artists and groups, like the Sun Ra Arkestra (above), whom he photographed in 2009. Email Robert at jazzexpressions@gmail.com.

From the Fall 2023 issue.