Comprehensive selection of Roy DeCarava's photographs for a complete visual narrative
Includes preface by Zoe Whitley and essay by Sherry Turner for in-depth critical analysis
Explores DeCarava's artistic training in painting and printmaking, as well as his philosophical undertakings
Features a dynamic range of images highlighting his mastery of tonal and spatial elements
Hardcover format for durability and collectible value
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Light Break presents the first survey since 1996 of photographer Roy DeCarava, an essential figure of American art and culture, whose “poetry of vision” re-forms urban life, labor, love, and jazz into the discovery of “an intimate, emotional arc of transformation.”
Though DeCarava often refrained from public discussion of his work, this c
