Posts Tagged ‘James Van Der Zee’

James VanDerZee was an acclaimed, largely self-taught, African American photographer who documented the lives of the urban middle class. Born June 29, 1886 in Lenox, Massachusetts, VanDerZee was raised to appreciate music and art; eventually forming a talent for photography. By fifth grade, VanDerZee was given his first camera. He took hundreds of pictures of [...]