Harlem Tenement in Summer
8"x10"
$29.60
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Throughout the 19th and early 20th century, photography had long been used to represent people of color as “the other”, as objects of study. The visual record of African Americans was largely composed of ethnographic images and bleak depictions of racial stereotypes. But with the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s came a fresh bloom of photographers using the medium to show community, humanity, and joy in Black American life—a trend that carried on into the 1930s and even today. Shot in the late 1930s, Harlem Tenement in Summer challenges the negative representations that often saturated the socio-political climate of the time with a typical day in the neighborhood punctuated by a smile from the window, schoolchildren chatting, and an infectious laugh you can almost hear. While the photographer is unknown, they captured a pivotal shift in perspective that influenced the medium for decades to come.
Harlem Tenement in Summer
$29.60
Sale price
$29.60
Regular price
$40.00