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American photographer born in 1919 in Harlem, United States. A master of available-light Photography, he created deeply intimate, shadow-rich images of everyday Black life in Harlem — —, and collaborated with Langston Hughes on the landmark book The Sweet Flypaper of Life. Died 2009.