Acclaimed Photographer Roy DeCarava dies at 89

Acclaimed Photographer Roy DeCarava dies at 89

Acclaimed photographer Roy DeCarava, known for his empathetic images of the everyday lives of African Americans in Harlem, died last Tuesday at the age of 89. From his obituary in the L.A. Times: DeCarava (pronounced Dee-cuh-RAH-vah) photographed Harlem during the...
Photo mash-ups of past and present on Flickr

Photo mash-ups of past and present on Flickr

This may be the coolest thing I’ve seen all week: Looking into the Past, a Flickr photo pool started by Jason E. Powell, is a collection of images that literally overlap past and present incarnations of everyday spaces. Photographers seek out archival images of...