Roy DeCarava
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| Born | Roy Rudolph DeCarava December 19, 1919 |
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| Known for | fine art photography |
| Notable work | The Sound I Saw, The Sweet Flypaper of Life |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, National Medal of Arts |
Roy DeCarava (December 9, 1919 – October 27, 2009) was an African-American painter and photographer who resided in Harlem, New York City. DeCarava was initially known for his early work chronicling the lives of African Americans and jazz artists in Harlem. DeCarava came to be known as a founder of fine art photography separate from the "social documentary" style of his predecessors who documented African-American life.[1]
Career
DeCarava produced five major books, including The Sound I Saw and The Sweet Flypaper of Life as well as landmark museum catalogs and retrospective surveys from the Friends of Photography and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[2][3] The subject of at least 15 single artist exhibitions, DeCarava was the first African American photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 2006, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest award given to artists by the United States Government.[4]
DeCarava encouraged other photographers and believed in the accessibility of the medium. From 1955 to 1957, at his own expense, he established and supported A Photographer's Gallery in his apartment in a brownstone block at 48 West 85th Street,[1] New York, in which was shown work of the great names of American photography of the period.
Roy DeCarava died on October 27, 2009.[5]
Works consulted
- The Sound I Saw. Phaidon Press, 2000
- Roy DeCarava, A Retrospective. Museum of Modern Art New York, NY 1996
- Roy DeCarava, Photographs. Edited by James Alinder, Friends of Photography, 1981.
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard. published by International Center of Photography, 2004, Introduction by Cynthia Young.
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References
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- ↑ Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Washington DC: Howard University Press 1984 (Reprint)
- ↑ "Museum of Modern Art", American Visions, December 1999. Accessed August 23, 2009.
- ↑ National Endowment for the Arts. 2006 National Medal of Arts. Roy DeCarava. Photographer, New York. Accessed August 23, 2009.
- ↑ Abbie Fentress Swanson, "Photographer Roy DeCarava Dies at 89", WQXR News, October 30, 2009.
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- 1919 births
- 2009 deaths
- African-American artists
- African-American photographers
- American photographers
- Cooper Union alumni
- Hunter College faculty
- Portrait photographers
- United States National Medal of Arts recipients
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Artists from New York City
- American people of Jamaican descent
