Thursday, June 29, 2006

James Van DerZee - 'Drop Me Off In Harlem'


(1886-1983) James Van DerZee was born on this day in Lenox, Mass. He became one of America's foremost photographers and a major chronicler of the visual history of the Harlem Renaissance. His photographic subjects included Marcus Garvey, Madame C.J. Walker, Daddy Grace and many others.

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