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“The Sweet Flypaper of Life remains a lauded title that conveys Harlem as a microcosm within the larger city.” — Dani Issler ?
The Brooklyn Rail“A breakthrough in photo books.” — Suzanne Charlé ?
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life is an incredible wonder that is so compact you can almost cradle it in your palm. A sense of humanity permeates the black-and-white photographs…And DeCarava’s narrow range of deep tones breathes beautiful life into the black faces of the young and old.” — Nicole Herrington ? The New York Times“It is a book, then, that continues to fascinate, even more so, perhaps, in the current political climate. Its timely reissue will hopefully alert a new generation to a still undervalued master of intimate observation and his singular collaboration with a writer who instinctively understood his radical vision.” — Sean O’Hagan ?
The Guardian“A mixture of the warm and stark, the tender and the slightly terrifying- in short, very like life itself.” — Staff ?
The Village Voice“The subtle, the almost exquisite interplay of text and photographs.” — Staff ?
Image Journal“As the narrative progresses, the images and words dance together in a way that still surprises… what emerges is an intimate portrait of a close-knit community on the point of great change.” — Sean O’Hagan ?
The Guardian“Astonishing verisimilitude.” — Staff ?
The New York Times“The sensitivity of the photographs and the excellent blending of the pictures with the text… Bravo!” — Henri Cartier Bresson
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