© Roy DeCarava
"No, its not about pretty pictures, because it’s not about pretty. It’s about truth. And truth is a many splendored thing — a multi-faceted thing. It doesn’t have to be pretty to be true, but if its true it’s beautiful. Truth is beautiful. And so my whole work is about what amounts to a reverence for life itself."RIP, Roy DeCarava. I can't even put into words how much of an inspiration this man and his work has been for me.
Of Interest: (DeCarava edition)
1996 Tribes interview with Dread Scott
NY Times obituary
Beautiful photos from the Lens blog
Liberator Magazine feature
Sweet Flypaper of Life, his collaboration with Langston Hughes
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