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Harlem Photographer Remembered
filled nightclubs.
In 1951, he becam e the first
black photographer to win the
prestigious G uggenheim F el
lowship in the arts.
In his scholarship ap p lica
tion, he wrote: "1 w ant to show
the strength, the w isdom , the
dignity of the Negro people. Not
the famous and the well known,
Roy DeCarava
was a recorder
of the black
experience
(AP) -- Roy DeCarava, a pho
to g ra p h e r w h o se b la c k an d
white images captured Harlem's
everyday life and the jazz greats
who perform ed there, is being
remembered after his death Oct.
27 o f natural causes at the age
of 89.
D eCarava was considered to
be am ong the first to give seri
ous photographic attention to
th e b la c k e x p e r ie n c e in
America.
Trained as a painter, he relied
on anjbient light, infusing his
im a g e s w ith s h a d o w s an d
shades of gray and black — a
style that invited the view er to
look closer.
"He photographed for him -
but the unknow n and the un
named, thus revealing the roots
from which spring the greatness
o f all hum an beings.”
In 1955, he collaborated with
poet Langston H ughes on the
best-selling pictorial narrative
on 20th century African-A m eri
can life titled "The Sw eet Fly
paper of L ife.”
Roy DeCarava's 1949 'graduation' embodies the photographer's signature use o f
shades o f gray and black.
self, and ultim ately produced a
body o f work that enshrined the
social contradictions of the '50s,
th e e x p lo sio n o f im p ro v isa
tional jazz music in the '60s, the
struggle for social equity, the
bold faced stridency of the '70s
and '80s, only to turn to even
m ore co n tem p lativ e realities
during the later years o f his
life ,” h is w ife, art h isto ria n
Sherry Turner D eCarava, said
in a statement.
Using a 35 mm cam era, he
ch ro n ic led b lack A m erican s
doing ordinary things: A family
watching the H arlem River; a
couple dancing in their kitchen;
a girl standing on a desolate
street in a w h ite g rad u a tio n
d ress.
DeCarava worked at a time of
en o rm o u s creativ e energy in
Harlem, w hose many residents
included prominent writers, art
ists and m usicians. He spent
years capturing candid shots of
L o u is
A rm s tro n g ,
Jo h n
Coltrane and other jazz m usi
cians — many taken in smoke-
Roy DeCarava took pictures to show the dignity o f people.
Triumph of Love
Philip Cutlip as Orphée and
Lisa Saffer as The Princess
star in the Portland Opera's
newest production. Philip
Glass - the most renowned
and often-produced opera
composer of our time -
carefully follows the script of
Jean Cocteau's 1949 film in
Orphée, now playing at
Keller Auditorium. Shows are
scheduled Sunday, Nov. 8;
Saturday, Nov. 12; and
Monday, Nov. 14. For more information, visit
portlandopera.org.
Everclear will perform
Nov. 19 at the
McMenamins Crystal
Ballroom in a benefit
concert to support The
St. Francis Dining Hall,
a southeast Portland
charity.
Everclear Concert for Charity
Event to help
feed homeless
Everclear will wrap up its 2009
“In a D ifferent Light” tour with
a show to su p p o rt so u th east
P o rtland’s St. Francis Dining
Hall, a non profit that serves an
a v e ra g e o f 3 0 0 p e o p le an
evening meal, six days a week
in an atm osphere o f respect,
dignity and peace.
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T h e b and will jo in special welcome.
The imm ediate goal is to feed
guest Clayton Senne and a lo
cal b a n d to be se le c te d v ia more than 2,000 homeless, hun
M ySpace and Facebook at the gry people for the 2009 holiday
Thursday, Nov. 19 concert at season.
E v e r c le a r f ro n tm a n A rt
McMenamins Crystal Ballroom,
Alexakis has built a solid career
1332 W. Burnside St.
Tickets are on sale through and devoted fan base on heart
T ick etm aster and the Crystal felt songs culled from real-life
Ballroom box office; $20 ad experiences. His father ab an
vance; $25 day o f show — $2 doned the fam ily when he was
per ticket will be donated to St. a child, leaving his mom to raise
Francis Dining Hall. All ages are five kids in a tough Los A nge
Native
American
Culture Fest
Dr. Marcelitte
Faillit
Chiropractic
Physician
A cultural celebration o f traditional N a
tive A m erican music, dance, crafts, food
and cultural enrichm ent for the whole fam
ily will be held at Mt. Hood C om m unity
C ollege, Saturday, Nov. 7 from noon to 10
p.m. in the college gym. A traditional N a
tive T h an k sg iv in g feast o f salm on and
buffalo begins at 5:30 p.m.
les n eig h b o rh o o d . N o n e th e
less, says A lexakis, his m other
instilled in him a sense o f duty
to help those less fortunate.
“ I ’ve d o n e b e n e fits w ith
M cM enamins before, like the 9/
11 fire f ig h te r s ’ fu n d ra ise r,”
says A lexakis, “and there’s ju st
a m indset with M cM enam ins
that I love and respect. I thought
to g eth er we co uld m ake this
holiday fundraiser big.”
“This event gives...area com munities the op
portunity to interact with each other, and cre
ate a healthy dialogue am ong different cul
tures,” said Renea Ly-M enchaca, president o f
Chakokum tux, Mt. H ood’s Native Am erican
student club.
G rand entry cerem onies will be conducted
at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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