Background
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee was born on June 29, 1886, in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States.
James Van Der Zee
1918
James Van Der Zee, Self-portrait
(Beautiful and haunting book by the renowned Van Der Zee. ...)
Beautiful and haunting book by the renowned Van Der Zee. Funeral rites and photographs from Harlem during the first half of the twentieth century. From the rear cover- The Harlem Book of the Dead with its photographs poems and text are more than representational reflections of mourning rites. They reveal the history of a time in Harlem now past when society cared for both the living and the dead in the belief that we must preserve a standard of pride representing order high in spiritual and temporal values. There is a purging of sorrow in the very pageantry of funerals. Carelessness about death might reflect carelessness about life. The examples of ritual as presented in this volume are as universal as death - and there is Harlem's everywhere.
https://www.amazon.com/Harlem-Book-Dead-Camille-Billops/dp/0871001578/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=james+augustus+vanderzee&qid=1607074146&sr=8-4
1978
(James VanDerZee was one of the great American photographe...)
James VanDerZee was one of the great American photographers of the 20th century and the leading African-American photographer of his day. This first survey of his work in over 20 years includes his portraits for the first time as well as some new discoveries never before reproduced.
https://www.amazon.com/VanDerZee-Photographer-1886-1983-Deborah-Willis-Braithwaite/dp/0810939231/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=james+augustus+vanderzee&qid=1607074146&sr=8-1
1993
https://www.amazon.com/Vanderzee-James-VanDerZee/dp/0764915843/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=james+augustus+vanderzee&qid=1607074146&sr=8-5
2001
1922
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee was born on June 29, 1886, in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States.
Van Der Zee was self-taught in photography. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J., in 1976 and another by Haverford College, Pa., in 1980. Around 1906 he studied music at the Carlton Conservatory.
A self-employed photographer for most of his life, James Van Der Zee opened his first studio in 1918 in Harlem, New York City. Before that, he was the darkroom man for Gertz Department Store in New York City.
Van Der Zee is an Honorary Fellow for Life of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has been the recipient of many awards, including the International Black Photographers Award and the Living Legacy Award, both presented by President Jimmy Carter at a White House ceremony in 1979.
Van Der Zee's photographs were the basis of a film done in 1975 entitled Uncommon Images. Van Der Zee's documentation of life in Harlem at the height of its cultural glory is of tremendous historical significance. The bulk of his work consists of portraits that are sensitive, respectful and warmly understanding of their subjects.
(James VanDerZee was one of the great American photographe...)
1993(Beautiful and haunting book by the renowned Van Der Zee. ...)
1978
