Roy DeCarava: the sound i saw

Roy DeCarava: the sound i saw

Roy DeCaravaâ€™s the sound i saw is the pictorial equivalent of jazz. Here, the visionary photographer turns his gaze on legendary jazz icons Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, and Billie Holiday, among many others.Â

â€œThis is a book about people, about jazz, and about things. The work between its covers tries to present images for the head and for the heart and, like its subject matter, is particular, subjective, and individual,â€ writes DeCarava. A master of poetic contemplation and of sensual tonalities in black and white, DeCarava is, above all, a photographer of people. A member of the postâ€“World War II generation that sought a new modernist vocabulary, he was first recognized for his innovative images of life in Harlem (the subject of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, his 1955 collaboration with poet Langston Hughes) and extraordinary portraits of jazz musicians. It is these two themesâ€”New York and jazzâ€”interwoven and inseparable, that are the ostensible subject of the sound i saw. However, the seemingly casual yet deeply felt compositions and the rich, gradient tones of DeCaravaâ€™s photographs stir emotions that resonate far beyond one neighborhood and one era.
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Conceived, designed, written, and made as an artist maquette by DeCarava in the early 1960s, the sound i saw went unpublished for almost half a century until it was printed by Phaidon in 2001. At its core is a visual and philosophical journey to plumb the meaning of a creative life. The artistâ€™s intention in proposing a complex relationship between vision and music moves his comprehensive, decade-long reflection to the status of a magnum opus. This new edition, copublished by First Print Press and David Zwirner Books, includes new scholarship by Radiclani Clytus and reflections by Sherry Turner DeCarava.
Country USA
Brand David Zwirner Books
Manufacturer David Zwirner Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781644230107
ReleaseDate 2019-09-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781644230107

Country	USA
Brand	David Zwirner Books
Manufacturer	David Zwirner Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781644230107
ReleaseDate	2019-09-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781644230107

Roy DeCarava: the sound i saw

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