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Re-Photo: Roy DeCarava 1919-2009
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography: Passings ~ Roy DeCarava (1919 ~2009)
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RT @lensculture: Roy DeCarava, Pioneering Photographer, Dies at 89 - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6MuzHe 11 days ago |
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Some of Roy DeCarava's photography. If you don't know his work, check it out. http://bit.ly/1Xfzg7 11/5/2009 |
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Roy DeCarava, pioneering photographer, dies at 89. http://tinyurl.com/yhhssnz 11/2/2009 |
Roy DeCarava 1919-2009
Re-Photo —
... of the New York Times, and there is longer piece about him in the newspaper. DeCarava was one of the finest photographers of his generation, but somehow failed to quite get the recognition he deserved. ...
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. ...
Roy DeCarava, 1919-2009
Horses Think —
Roy DeCarava, Self-Portrait, 1956
More about the man and his powerful body of work over at the Times.
Remembering Roy DeCarava
Museum of Contemporary Photography —
... when he realized its potential to make moments his own by capturing his perception of each of his scenes. He went on to establish himself as a postwar street photographer of daily life, specifically African-American life in New York. DeCarava was not the first photographer to shoot Harlem, but his commitment to interpreting it in artistic terms sets him apart from the history of social documentary established there.
As he wrote in his application for a Guggenheim fellowship, (via NYT Arts Beat), DeCarava did not work to make “a documentary or sociological ...
