James Van Der Zee (1886-1983): James Van Der Zee was a renowned photographer who documented the Harlem Renaissance and its luminaries through his lens. His portraits are a valuable visual archive ...

The museum prominently features the work of the artist James Van Der Zee, a leading photographer of the Harlem Renaissance. Van Der Zee opened his first photography studio on 135th Street in 1918 ...

The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a movement of the 1920s and '30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography ...

photography, film and ephemera in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s comprehensive exhibit “Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” opening Feb. 25 and running through July 28.

By the time you reach the end of “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic ... ranging artistic contributions — no doubt including photographer Barron Claiborne’s kingly portrait of Biggie ...

photography and film projections. The exhibition underscores the essential role of the Harlem Renaissance and its radically new modes of portraying the modern Black subject as central to the ...

A sculpture from Augusta Savage, photographer James Van Der Zee ... In some ways, the Harlem Renaissance started the debates that we're still having about Black art today, raising questions ...

“I thank the dedicated team at The Met and applaud Denise Murrell for her vision and thoughtful curation of this vibrant collection of paintings, sculptures, film, and photography that gives a ...

Alain Locke Washington D.C. Often called the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance,” Alain Locke ... was a white patron of the Black arts and a photographer whose subjects ranged from his friends ...

In “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism ... had lost its primary raison d’être following the advent of photography in the 1830s and never really recovered.