A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy Decarava is an unsung hero of Black history.
This deeply researched picture book also includes additional information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a bibliography, and photos..
SNAP! Looking at them all, Roy sees Beauty Everywhere in Harlem, and so do the people who look at his photos.
SNAP! Kids playing in an open fire hydrant.
SNAP! A young man at the bus stop with a baby in his arms.
There\'s a little boy drawing on the sidewalk with chalk.
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.
And for Black Photographer Roy DeCarava, life in his neighborhood was beautiful.
Life is how you look at it.
Lewis capture in this beautiful picture book.
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Convinced that the lives of ordinary Black people deserved to be immortalized and documented in photos, Roy celebrated Black people through his art, a process that the incomparable author Gary Golio and illustrator E.
A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy Decarava is an unsung hero of Black history
