Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava

Roy DeCarava was a child of the Harlem Renaissance and a creative partner of Langston Hughes. He believed that the lives of ordinary Black people deserved to be immortalized and documented in photos, and this beautiful picture book captures that belief. Through his art, Roy celebrated Black people and saw beauty everywhere in Harlem. The book also includes additional information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a bibliography, and photos.

Format: Hardback
Length: 48 pages
Publication date: 09 January 2024
Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Roy DeCarava, a child of the Harlem Renaissance and a creative partner of Langston Hughes, is a lesser-known hero of Black history. Roy believed that the lives of everyday Black people deserved to be immortalized and recorded in photographs, and he celebrated Black people through his art, a process that the unparalleled author Gary Golio and illustrator E. B. Lewis capture in this magnificent picture book.

"Life is how you look at it." And for Black photographer Roy DeCarava, life in his neighborhood was beautiful. Follow Roy through 1940s Harlem, as he takes out his camera, pops in a roll of film, and opens his eyes to the beauty all around him. There's a little boy drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. Snap! A young man at the bus stop with a baby in his arms. Snap! Kids playing in an open fire hydrant. Snap! Looking at them all, Roy sees beauty everywhere in Harlem, and so do the people who look at his photos.

This meticulously researched picture book also includes additional information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a bibliography, and photographs.

Dimension: 279 x 241 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781662680557