Roy DeCarava

Roy DeCarava (December 9, 1919 October 27, 2009) was an African American artist who resided in Harlem, New York City.

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.[1][2] 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.[3] Roy DeCarava died on October 27, 2009.[4]

Works consulted

References

  1. Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Washington DC: Howard University Press 1984 (Reprint)
  2. Museum of Modern Art] American Visions, December 1999. Accessed August 23, 2009.
  3. National Endowment for the Arts. 2006 National Medal of Arts. Roy DeCarava. Photographer, New York. Accessed August 23, 2009.
  4. Multiple news stories. http://www.wqxr.org/#/articles/wqxr-news/2009/oct/30/photographer-roy-decarava-dies-89/

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