Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! PDF Author: Andrea J. Loney
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781620142608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
"A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword, photos, and author's sources"--Publisher.

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee!

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! PDF Author: Andrea J. Loney
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781620142608
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
"A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance. Includes an afterword, photos, and author's sources"--Publisher.

Touching Photographs

Touching Photographs PDF Author: Margaret Olin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226626466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Book Description
Photography does more than simply represent the world. It acts in the world, connecting people to form relationships and shaping relationships to create communities. In this beautiful book, Margaret Olin explores photography’s ability to “touch” us through a series of essays that shed new light on photography’s role in the world. Olin investigates the publication of photographs in mass media and literature, the hanging of exhibitions, the posting of photocopied photographs of lost loved ones in public spaces, and the intense photographic activity of tourists at their destinations. She moves from intimate relationships between viewers and photographs to interactions around larger communities, analyzing how photography affects the way people handle cataclysmic events like 9/11. Along the way, she shows us James VanDerZee’s Harlem funeral portraits, dusts off Roland Barthes’s family album, takes us into Walker Evans and James Agee’s photo-text Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and logs onto online photo albums. With over one hundred illustrations, Touching Photographs is an insightful contribution to the theory of photography, visual studies, and art history.

Art From Her Heart

Art From Her Heart PDF Author: Kathy Whitehead
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399242198
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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A picture book biography of the remarkable folk artist Clementine Hunter. Can you imagine being an artist who isn't allowed into your own show? That's what happened to folk artist Clementine Hunter. Her paintings went from hanging on her clothesline to hanging in museums, yet because of the color of her skin, a friend had to sneak her in when the gallery was closed. With lyrical writing and striking illustrations, this picture book biography introduces kids to a self-taught artist whose paintings captured scenes of backbreaking work and joyous celebrations of southern farm life. They preserve a part of American history we rarely see and prove that art can help keep the spirit alive.

Vanderzee

Vanderzee PDF Author: Deborah Willis-Braithwaite
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810927827
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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Book Description
One of the great American photographers of the 20th century and the leading African-American photographer of his day, James VanDerZee is best remembered as the eyes of the Harlem Renaissance. Reproduced here are many of the thousands of photographs he took in New York's Harlem between the wars. 200 photos.

Camera Lucida

Camera Lucida PDF Author: Roland Barthes
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374521344
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Book Description
"Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, these 'reflections on photography' begin as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind."--Alibris.

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks PDF Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807530182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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The Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibit 2015 2015 NAACP Image Award—Outstanding Literary Work, Children New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2016—CBC/NCSS STARRED REVIEW! "Weatherford writes in the present tense with intensity, carefully choosing words that concisely evoke the man. Parks' photography gave a powerful and memorable face to racism in America; this book gives him to young readers."—Kirkus Reviews starred review "This is a promising vehicle for introducing young children to the power of photography as an agent for social change, and it may make them aware of contemporary victims of injustice in need of an advocate with a camera."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books The story of a self-taught photographer who used his camera to take a stand against racism in America. His white teacher tells her all-black class, You'll all wind up porters and waiters. What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he was a poor African American looking for work. When he bought a camera, his life changed forever. He taught himself how to take pictures and before long, people noticed. His success as a fashion photographer landed him a job working for the government. In Washington DC, Gordon went looking for a subject, but what he found was segregation. He and others were treated differently because of the color of their skin. Gordon wanted to take a stand against the racism he observed. With his camera in hand, he found a way. Told through lyrical verse and atmospheric art, this is the story of how, with a single photograph, a self-taught artist got America to take notice.

The Harlem Book of the Dead

The Harlem Book of the Dead PDF Author: James Van Der Zee
Publisher: Morgan & Morgan, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Book Description
James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer who specialized in funerals. This book includes many of his photographs, with his comments. The text, by Camille Billops, is primarily an interview with the artist at the age of 91. Includes poetry, by Owen Dodson, inspired by some of the photos.

When Aidan Became a Brother

When Aidan Became a Brother PDF Author: Kyle Lukoff
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
ISBN: 9781620148372
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
"Aidan, a transgender boy, experiences complicated emotions as he and his parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby"-- Provided by publisher.

Sing a Song

Sing a Song PDF Author: Kelly Starling Lyons
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525516107
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21

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Book Description
"Lyons delivers the history of a song that has inspired generations of African-Americans to persist and resist in the face of racism and systemic oppression. . . . A heartfelt history of a historic anthem."--Publishers Weekly Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us. In Jacksonville, Florida, two brothers, one of them the principal of a segregated, all-black school, wrote the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" so his students could sing it for a tribute to Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900. From that moment on, the song has provided inspiration and solace for generations of Black families. Mothers and fathers passed it on to their children who sang it to their children and grandchildren. Known as the Black National Anthem, it has been sung during major moments of the Civil Rights Movement and at family gatherings and college graduations. Inspired by this song's enduring significance, Kelly Starling Lyons and Keith Mallett tell a story about the generations of families who gained hope and strength from the song's inspiring words. --A CCBC Choice --A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People --An ALSC Notable Children's Book

Reflections in Black

Reflections in Black PDF Author: Deborah Willis
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393322804
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Book Description
Shows that the history of black photographers intertwines with the story of African American life, as seen through photographs ranging from antebellum weddings and 1960s protest marches, to portraits of contemporary black celebrities.