Wedding Party of Four

Wedding Party of Four

This photo depicts two young black couples dressed on what can be assumed their wedding day. James Van Der Zee, the photographer of this photo, was well known during the Harlem Renaissance. He documented the portraits of the African Americans that lived in Harlem. The women in this photo are wearing flapper dresses as their wedding dresses a nod to the change of morals and values during the 1920s. Additionally this shows the rise to the middle class that some African Americans in Harlem were fortunate to have.

James Van Der Zee

Van Der Zee, James. Wedding Party of Four. 1927. Art Institute Chicago. Web. 14 Dec. 2015.
<http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/184030?search_no=5&index=2>.

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1927

Gabriella Green