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Podcast: Story Time with Avant-garde Books, LLC
Episode: Take a Picture of Me, James Vanderzee! by Andrea J. Loney and Keith Mallett (Illustrator)
Description: James Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew his small town and moved to the exciting, fast-paced world of New York City. After being told by his boss that no one would want his or her photo taken -by a black man, - James opened his own portrait studio in Harlem. He took photographs of legendary...