Roy DeCarava Was Early to Recognize the Artistic Power of Photography

David Zwirner is showcasing a solo exhibition of work by the late-master photographer, Roy DeCarava. Housed at the gallery's London location, the show is the first of its kind since his inclusion at Tate Modern's Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power exhibition in 2017.DeCarava was a lifelong New Yorker who began his career as a painter, before turning to photography by the mid-1940s. By experimenting with silver gelatin's rich tonalities, the photographer imbued a deeply human treatme...