Thank you Mr. Roy DeCarava

I was saddened to hear about the passing of Roy DeCarava from the NYTimes. Mr. DeCarava was a photographer whose work touched me when MOMA held his retrospective in 1996, when I was a senior in High School. It was perfect timing- I had two years of H.S. black & white photography classes and was going onto Art School, the same one Mr. DeCarava went to about 50 years prior. I remember walking through the exhibition and feeling the jazz and the beat of uptown and everyday life in his images. The prints were gorgeous- the tones were subtle and rich. I was ooh-ing and aah-ing, left and right. I couldn't get enough. It was one of the best exhibitions I had ever been to. Thank you Mr. DeCarava for bringing to light your world, it opened up my young eyes.