Clarke Art Consulting was honored to interview emerging photographer Jamil Smith, a native of Richmond, Virginia, currently living in Brooklyn, New York. Smith uses the camera as a tool to document the candid events of life; capturing the essence beauty and spirit in his subject matter. Smith sees through the lens what most of us aspire [...]
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Celebrating Black History in Art: James VanDerZee (1886-1983)
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 [...]
