Van Der Zee
Americannoun
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“You’re here today and gone sometimes today,” Van Der Zee told the sculptor Camille Billops, who gathered the photographs into a collection and edited this book before it was first published in 1978.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
A transcript of a candid conversation, held when Van Der Zee was 91 years old, is one of two texts that complement the funeral portraiture; the other is writing by the poet Owen Dodson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Work by George Bellows, James Van Der Zee, Mary Cassatt and Robert Henri adorn the walls, and there is a table ready to receive a Tiffany lamp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
My brother showed me some photographs my father had taken in college and he had an exhibit as if he was James Van Der Zee.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2022
Van Der Zee “allowed his sitters or clients to dream,” Rosenheim said.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
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