Occupation - Photojournalist Archives •

Roy DeCarava (1919-2009)

Roy Rudolph DeCarava was the first African American to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship. Born on December 9, 1919 in Harlem Hospital, New York City, New York, DeCarava was the only child of a Jamaican mother and American father, who separated when he was young. In 1938 DeCarava … Read MoreRoy DeCarava (1919-2009)

Peter Sexford Magubane (1932-2024)

Peter Magubane was a South African photojournalist best known for his photos that exposed that nation’s Apartheid injustice and humanitarian crisis to the west. He was born outside Johannesburg, in Vrededorp, on January, 18, 1932, and grew up in Sophiatown. Magubane started his photographic career … Read MorePeter Sexford Magubane (1932-2024)

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Roy DeCarava (1919-2009)

Peter Sexford Magubane (1932-2024)