A photo probably taken after 1932 shows the James Van Der Zee GGG Studio with an updated Art Deco look. Most of the images of the legendary photographer's Harlem studio shows the hand painted signage on the brownstone walls but the above image reveals that the facade was altered in latter years. This is probably a good thing since the new display probably protected the painted letters underneath and evidence of the former studio of the artist that captured Harlem society during the Renaissance years can still be seen today just right below 124th Street on Lenox.
Photo via Rompedas
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ReplyDeleteLet's not limit Van Der Zee to the Harlem Renaissance Generation. He spanned generations of Harlem and African-American history, even more so than Eubie Blake, Duke Ellington, Benny Carter, or Mary Lou Williams. Van Der Zee eventually captured figures as recent as Bill Cosby and Jean-Michel Basquiat!
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