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

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

Seeing your work on the wall is like the ultimate thing that can happen.

- 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.

- Roy Decarava

A photograph is a photograph, a picture, an image, an illusion complete within itself, depending neither on words, reproductive processes or anything…

- Roy Decarava

It's the not the subject that interests me as much as my perception of the subject.

- 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…

- 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.

- Roy Decarava