Tag: Photography
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Roy DeCarava – Photographer
Roy DeCarava was an African American artist who received early critical acclaim for his black and white photography. Initially engaging and imaging the lives of African Americans and jazz musicians in the communities where he lived and worked, DeCarava was a regular presence in Harlem and documented a number of local scenes and people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_DeCarava…
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1 Hour Photo
Anyone who smiles at this recently exposed sign on 3rd, knows how exciting 1 hour photos were in the 80s and 90s. On of our neighbors noted that this sign is a left-over film shoot prop, and not an authentic and revealed sign: Which has been removed. And, Further Uptown at 127th and 3rd Avenue…
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Mail In Your Vote and Honor Wesley A. Williams
The image (above) from The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is of Wesley A. Williams, a Black mail carrier/driver from 1915. Wesley was photographed under the presidency of Woodrow Wilson, a notoriously racist American President who re:segregated the Post Office (from Vox – https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/20/9766896/woodrow-wilson-racist): Easily the worst part of Wilson’s record as president…
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19th Century Views of East Harlem
Some of the images of East Harlem’s shanty towns that were soon swallowed by the grid and development, are remarkably striking. This one is from 1870: And is looking at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 117th Street. This photo (above) is not located, but dated 1894 and called East Harlem Shanty town. Debate Watch…