The sweet flypaper of life
by Roy DeCarava, Langston Hughes · 1955
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955) is the result of a collaborative effort between photographer Roy DeCarava and writer Langston Hughes. Their unique fusion of words and images provides an opportunity to examine how the two media can be brought together to form composite modes of expression. DeCarava and Hughes’s work reveals their deft command of both African American and Western cultural practices, which they employ to forward their vision of black Americans as full participants in American life and culture.
African AmericansAfro-AmericansDescription and travelPictorial worksViewsAfrican americans, new york (state), new yorkNew york (n.y.), pictorial worksPhotography, artisticArtistic collaborationPoetry and the artsPOETRY / American / African AmericanPHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / Monographs