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Everywhere Beauty is Harlem |
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* * * "An image-centered picture book that summons the senses. DeCarava captures it all--and so too do Golio and Lewis--in this luminous tribute." "This joyful, exuberant picture book biography of Roy DeCarava does exactly what he strove to do through his photography: capture the beauty of Harlem." "Golio has penned an elegant ode to a notable photographer, filling his narrative with sensory details and enriching it with quotations from Roy himself. Lewis's stunning watercolor art showcases the people and the neighborhood, offering a variety of perspectives to reflect the vision and work of DeCarava.." In 1952, Roy DeCarava became the first Black American to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. He spent the next year photographing the people of his Harlem hometown--jazz luminaries, close friends, and passersby on the street. His aim was to reveal the extraordinary, everywhere beauty of Harlem in its everyday sights and sounds, and in the eyes of its people. For Roy--who became an world-renowned photographer--this became a lifelong labor of love. |
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