To celebrate the reissue of The Sweet Flypaper of Life—text by Langston Hughes, photographs by Roy DeCarava—Thelma Golden will moderate a panel on the work and Harlem milieu of the late photographer.
Participants include writer A.D. Coleman, filmmaker Radiclani Clytus, professors Leslie Hewitt and John Stauffer, and photographer Hope Wurmfeld.
A RADICAL VISION
ROY DECARAVA’S THE SWEET FLYPAPER OF LIFE panel
Monday, October 29, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm.
Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York City.
Above: Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life.
Below: Roy DeCarava, Woman walking above, New York, 1950. © The Estate of Roy DeCarava, 2018. All rights reserved.
Images courtesy David Zwirner.
