Roy DeCarava, a RetrospectivePeter Galassi, Chief Curator at the Museum, traces the evolution of DeCarava's work and career, including such neglected episodes as the pioneering photography gallery he established in the 1950s. Sherry Turner DeCarava, an art historian, curator, and the author of several essays on her husband's work - including that in the Friends of Photography monograph Roy DeCarava: Photographs (1981) offers new insight into its development by reaching back to his earliest artistic efforts, before he turned to photography. |
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Foreword | 7 |
Introduction BY PETER GALASSI II | 37 |
Pages from a Notebook BY SHERRY TURNER DECARAVA | 59 |
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