This amazing collection of photographs by the great Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee is accompanied by poetry by Owen Dodson and text by Camille Billops (primarily an interview with Van Der Zee), with a Foreword by Toni Morrison. In addition to photograping Harlem's growing middle class, their weddings, celebrities and sports stars, and social life, he also specialzed in funerary portraits and other aspects of mourning rites, which were gathered into this book late in his life. Especially interesting is the interview with Van Der Zeee about some specific photos in the back ... View More...
