Roy DeCarava : A Retrospective

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1996.
ISBN: 9780810961562
Condition: Nr Fine. Some handling
Hardcover
SIGNED 280 pp , 10.25 x 1 x 11.75 inches

The nearly two hundred superb plates in this book survey a half-century of work by a great American photographer. First applauded for The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a book on life in Harlem with text by Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is also known for his extraordinary photographs of jazz musicians - Billie Holiday, Milt Jackson, John Coltrane, and many others. A master of poetic contemplation and of sensual tonalities in black and white, DeCarava is, above all, a photographer of people. In his pictures of couples and children, of men at work and protesters on the march, he presents a compelling unity of private feeling and social conviction. 978-0810961562. Item #7858

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