“Placing the symbolic weight of this mayhem into the palm of my hand brings me comfort and hope.”
Roy DeCarava
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Films About Bosch and Hockney Among OVID’s New Additions in April 2020
The streaming platform has added new documentaries about artists, joining its existing collection of films on Pina Bausch, Roy DeCarava, and others.
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An Elegy to Roy DeCarava’s Poignant Compositions
A pair of exhibitions at David Zwirner conveys the photographer’s skill at perceiving arresting visual juxtapositions, revealing a consciousness that is supple and keenly insightful.
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Roy DeCarava’s Intimate Photos of Black Americans, from Billie Holiday to a Loving Father
Over six decades, DeCarava took to the streets of cities like New York City and Washington, DC to cast Black American lives in ways that went beyond documentary or stereotype.
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Barry Jenkins and Kahlil Joseph Reimagine Roy DeCarava’s Admiring Vision of Harlem
Director Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and video artist Kahlil Joseph’s “Fly Paper” transmute the aesthetics and storytelling of photographer Roy DeCarava’s 1950s portraits of Harlem.
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Thelma Golden Leads a Panel on Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes’s Book on Harlem
In honor of the republication of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Cooper Union will host a panel discussion on their work.
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An Annual Compendium of Black Photography that Was a Revolutionary Act
In 1973, a small band of black artists published the Black Photographers Annual, Volume I, a book that changed the history of photography in America.
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Celebrating Photographers of Color and the Collectives That Have Nurtured Them
“And who else is there?” A staff member at a well-known photo festival and I were nearing the end of an awkward conversation.