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Roy Rudolph DeCarava (December 9, 1919 – October 27, 2009) was an American artist. DeCarava received early critical acclaim for his photography , initially engaging and imaging the lives of African Americans and jazz musicians in the communities where he lived and worked.
Learn about Roy DeCarava, a pioneering African American photographer who documented Harlem life and culture with poetic vision and humanism. Explore his works, publications, and exhibitions at MoMA, including The Shaping of New Visions and The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook.
Roy DeCarava (born December 9, 1919, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 27, 2009, New York City) was an American photographer whose images of African Americans chronicle subjects such as daily life in Harlem, the civil rights movement, and jazz musicians. DeCarava won a scholarship to study at the Cooper Union School of Art (1938–40).
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Oct 24, 2019 · A pair of exhibitions highlight the work of neglected African-American photographer Roy DeCarava and his mysterious and captivating photos of black America. When you first look at the photograph ...
Oct 29, 2009 · Roy Rudolph DeCarava was born in New York on Dec. 9, 1919. He was the only child of Elfreda Ferguson, a Jamaican immigrant, who separated from Mr. DeCarava’s father not long after his birth. As ...
During his lifetime, DeCarava received numerous awards, including a National Medal of Arts, the high civilian honor awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts and presented by the President of the United States. The Studio Museum presented two solo exhibitions of DeCarava’s work: Thru Black Eyes: Photographs by Roy DeCarava (1969); and ...
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