Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Conversations with Roy DeCarava
1984
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary film with the title Conversations with Roy DeCarava. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. Through the use of DeCarava’s still photography and first-hand interviews with him and his closest friends and family, the documentary examines Roy DeCarava’s life and career as one of the most prominent photographers of the 20th century. Other notable individuals featured in the documentary include photographer Ansel Adams, photography critic A.D. Coleman, and then executive director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.62.1a