James Van Der

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Pall Bearers

David Greenlee Chris Lipscomb

Marcus Garvey Eric White

Adam Clayton Bill Robinson

Sometimes the photoraphs seemed to be more

valuable to me than they did to the people ! "as

photoraphin because ! put my heart and soul

into them#$

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Ac)no"ledement

*he +amily o+ &ames 'an Der (ee"ould li)e to than) all +or their

prayers and )indness throuh our

time o+ bereavement#

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!n this photo you can see "here ! stated be+ore ho" he

used the dar)room and "here the child is transparent#

*his photo is blac) and "hite/ i+ it "as in color ! dont

thin) you "ould et the same dramatic aect and the

child at the bottom "ouldnt be so transparent orhostly# ! +eel li)e in this picture the te:ture is evident

+rom the "alls o+ the bac)round# *o me it ive o a

haunted loo)/ as i+ this couple is an old couple that

died in the past or i+ the child at the bottom is

someone that is related to them or loo)in over them#

!+ a person loo)s at this photo +or a "hile ! +eel li)e it

"ill ro" on them/ as ! "as analy=in this photo !

noticed little dierent thins# *he couple also loo)s

"orried about somethin but then aain "ho )no"s

because "hen &ames 'an Der (ee created his photos

he al"ays retouched them someho"#

'an Der (ee loved ta)in photos o+ A+rican American

celebrities# *his one is obviously a photo o+ Bill Cosby#

Cosby is o centered in the photo but as soon as you

loo) at the photo you notice him and nothin else#


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Loo)in at this photo you "ill +eel happiness because

Bill Cosby is smilin and it is briht# *he lihtin o+ the

photo seems to be beamin e:actly on his +ace at the

top# Everythin else in the photo is very dull your

attention is mostly dra"n to his +acial e:pression#

*his is very po"er+ul photo that &ames 'an Der (ee

too)# *he e:pression in this photo o+ the man can bemany dierent thins as in serious/ anry/ con+used or

a+raid# 9e loo)s li)e a slave that did "ron and no" he

is chained up# *his photo reminds me o+ dierent

thins +rom the past "here li+e "asnt reat +or A+rican

Americans and they "ere o"ned by "ealth "hite

Americans# Althouh this photo seems out o+ +ocus

some"hat a little blurry to me it could have been

sharper# ! +eel li)e i+ it "as dierent you can see the

chains better and the e:pression on his could have

been vie"ed a little dierently#

*his "oman stands out per+ectly "ith this simple

bac)round/ "ith the bac)round bein plain it ma)es

you loo) at the "omen and the culture o+ her# &ames

tareted his photos on A+rican Americans and ! +eel li)e

this is the per+ect photo because o+ her s)in you can

really see the melanin# *he lihtin in this photo is

per+ect because it shines on her and you can see the

use o+ shado"s that 'an Der (ee used# *he shado"s

are in the +ront and bac) o+ her the +ront shado"seems to be the shado" o+ her head and the bac) may

be her arms# ! +eel li)e the contrast o+ this photo is ust

per+ect because i+ it "as dar)er you "ouldnt be able

to see ho" beauti+ul her s)in is# ! +eel li)e the contrast

creates a happy lamorous moment because you can

really see ho" she is brushin her hair and it loo)s li)e

she loves it#

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