My photographs are subjective and personal-they’r e intended to be accessible, to relate to people’s lives... People-their well-being and survival-are the crux of what’s important to me.
There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill it. - Roy Decarava
There were no black images of dignity, no images of beautiful black people. There was this big hole. I tried to fill it.
- Roy Decarava
The artist creates the material that we look back upon as part of history. - Roy Decarava
The artist creates the material that we look back upon as part of history.
Seeing your work on the wall is like the ultimate thing that can happen. - Roy Decarava
Seeing your work on the wall is like the ultimate thing that can happen.
I don't really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It's what the image does to the viewer that determines whether i… - Roy Decarava
I don't really think that the technique really determines the veracity of the image. It's what the image does to the viewer that determines whether i…
My photographs are subjective and personal-they’r e intended to be accessible, to relate to people’s lives... People-their well-being and survival-ar… - Roy Decarava
My photographs are subjective and personal-they’r e intended to be accessible, to relate to people’s lives... People-their well-being and survival-ar…
I try to photograph things that are near to me because I work best among things I know. I'm not concerned with startling anyone or discovering new fo… - Roy Decarava
I try to photograph things that are near to me because I work best among things I know. I'm not concerned with startling anyone or discovering new fo…
A photograph is a photograph, a picture, an image, an illusion complete within itself, depending neither on words, reproductive processes or anything… - Roy Decarava
A photograph is a photograph, a picture, an image, an illusion complete within itself, depending neither on words, reproductive processes or anything…
But if it's true it's beautiful. Truth is beautiful. And so my whole work is about what amounts to a reverence for life itself. - Roy Decarava
But if it's true it's beautiful. Truth is beautiful. And so my whole work is about what amounts to a reverence for life itself.
You should be able to look at me and see my work. You should be able to look at my work and see me. - Roy Decarava
You should be able to look at me and see my work. You should be able to look at my work and see me.
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