10 Facts About Hank O'Neal

Hank O'Neal's mother, Sarah Christian O'Neal, was a homemaker from Tyler, Texas; she was musical and intellectual.

Hank O'Neal grew up in Texas, Bloomington, Indiana; and Syracuse, New York.

Hank O'Neal served in the US Army during the same period, rising to the rank of captain.

Hank O'Neal published books and articles on jazz, photographed most of the major jazz musicians from the second half of the 20th century, exhibited these photographs regularly and served on the boards of various non-profit organizations which serve the jazz community, including the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program of The New School, The Jazz Foundation of America, the Jazz Gallery, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

Hank O'Neal is a lifetime member of The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

Hank O'Neal began taking photographs while a teenager, and he had his first exhibition in September 1973 at The Open Mind Gallery in New York City.

From 1970 to 1999, Hank O'Neal published many books related to photography.

In January 1985, Allan Ginsburg asked Hank O'Neal to take portraits of Andy Warhol at his studio for a film about Ginsburg's life.

Hank O'Neal sits on the honorary founders board of The Jazz Foundation of America.

Hank O'Neal has served on the boards of non-profit organizations, including the Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York; the Jazz Gallery, and the Jazz and Contemporary Program of The New School.