# Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy Decarava - Hardcover

by **Gary Golio** (Author), **E. B. Lewis** (Illustrator)

**A Kirkus Reviews Most Anticipated Book of 2024**

A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is an unsung hero of Black history. Convinced that the lives of ordinary Black people deserved to be immortalized and documented in photos, Roy celebrated Black people through his art, a process that the incomparable author Gary Golio and illustrator E. B. Lewis capture in this beautiful picture book.

"Life is how you look at it." And for Black photographer Roy DeCarava, life in his neighborhood was beautiful. Follow Roy through 1940s Harlem, as he takes out his camera, pops in a roll of film, and opens his eyes to the beauty all around him. There's a little boy drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. _SNAP!_ A young man at the bus stop with a baby in his arms. _SNAP!_ Kids playing in an open fire hydrant. _SNAP!_ Looking at them all, Roy sees beauty everywhere in Harlem, and so do the people who look at his photos.

This deeply researched picture book also includes additional information on DeCarava, a list of places to view his photos, a bibliography, and photos.

### Author Biography

A visual artist, musician, and psychotherapist, Gary Golio is the author of the _New York Times_\-bestselling picture book _Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow_, which received the 2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. His other books, most of which profile important artists, include _When Bob Met Woody_, _Strange Fruit_, and most recently _Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge_. Visit garygolio.com.

The recipient of a Caldecott Honor and an Orbis Pictus Award, along with many others, E. B. Lewis is the illustrator of more than seventy books for children. His Calkins Creek titles include _Seeking Freedom_ by Selene Castrovilla and _Lizzie Demands a Seat_ by Beth Anderson, which won Bank Street College of Education's Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for excellence in fiction, along with many other honors. He is also illustrating the forthcoming book _Invincible_ by Wade Hudson.

**Number of Pages:** 48

**Dimensions:** 0.5 x 11.2 x 9.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 16, 2024

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