Background
James Augustus Joseph Van Der Zee was born on June 29, 1886, in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States.
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
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.
(James VanDerZee was one of the great American photographe...)
1993(Beautiful and haunting book by the renowned Van Der Zee. ...)
1978