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28 de nov. de 2021 · Photographer James Van Der Zee created an extraordinary chronicle of life in Harlem during the 1920s and 1930s and beyond. Residents of this majority Black neighborhood in New York City turned to Van Der Zee and his camera to mark special occasions.
James Augustus Van Der Zee (June 29, 1886 – May 15, 1983) was an American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Aside from the artistic merits of his work, Van Der Zee produced the most comprehensive documentation of the period.
Learn about James Van Der Zee, a stalwart documentarian of Black life in Harlem who cultivated a visual vocabulary of grandeur and glamour. Explore his portraits of prominent figures, his studio practice, and his legacy at MoMA.
2 de abr. de 2014 · Black Artists. James Van Der Zee was a renowned, Harlem-based photographer known for his posed, storied pictures capturing African American citizenry and celebrity. Updated: Jan 4, 2022....
11 de may. de 2024 · James VanDerZee (born June 29, 1886, Lenox, Mass., U.S.—died May 15, 1983, Washington, D.C.) was an American photographer, whose portraits chronicled the Harlem Renaissance. VanDerZee made his first photographs as a boy in Lenox, Mass. By 1906 he had moved with his father and brother to Harlem in New York City, where he worked as a ...
James Van Der Zee, whose career spanned over eighty years, is one of the best known photographers of the Harlem Renaissance. His comprehensive practice documents a wide spectrum of life in twentieth-century Harlem, from the everyday to the aspirational.
7 de dic. de 2021 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Studio Museum in Harlem announced Tuesday that they would share ownership of the archive of James Van Der Zee, a virtuoso photographer who over a...
