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Re-Photo: Roy DeCarava 1919-2009
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography: Passings ~ Roy DeCarava (1919 ~2009)
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Remembering Roy DeCarava
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RT: @nytimesphoto: Parting Glance: Roy DeCarava: perceptive, tender, persuasive images. http://tinyurl.com/ylcax7h 16 days ago |
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A giant. More great DeCarava work here: http://bit.ly/kLgFD //RT @AudreyGray: "his finest stories were self-assigned" http://bit.ly/4v2Nxo 17 days ago |
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A link to deCarava's memorable images. http://bit.ly/1oflLa 19 days ago |
Roy DeCarava 1919-2009
Re-Photo —
... You can read a tribute to Roy DeCarava with a set of images on the Lens blog of the New York Times, and there is longer piece about him in the ...
Passings ~ Roy DeCarava (1919 ~2009)
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography —
... Roy Decarava has died. He was just short of his 90th birthday. You can find notices at The New York Times here and here. I will link to obituaries as they appear. Some time ago I wrote this post on DeCarava's subtle and insightful views on race and photography. ...
Remembering Roy DeCarava
Museum of Contemporary Photography —
... other well-known cultural figures. Edward Steichen was a mentor to and collector of DeCarava’s work, eventually purchasing three photographs for the MoMA collection. Langston Hughes was a colleague and friend and wrote text for DeCarava’s book, The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Jazz greats like Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holliday were photographic subjects for DeCarava’s study of the New York jazz world.
Read the NYT obituary and see a slide show of DeCarava’s work.
Watch a 1996 interview with Charlie Rose.
See DeCarava ...
