Smith writes: "Photographs related to the photographic - essay are presented here as individual works, as excerpts from the essays, presented in portfolio form. There is no intention to offer a thorough journalistic approach to the subjects involved." Smith was a meticulous and masterful printer. Photoengraving, of course, cannot approach the quality of the original print, but Aperture did a remarkably fine job. I own an original print of "Jazz" and the reproduction compares very well except for the depth of the blacks. The book concludes with a fascinating biographical essay by Lincoln Kirstein and an extensive bibliography.