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Roy DeCarava, a photographer whose black-and-white images captured Harlem's everyday life and the jazz greats who performed there, has died at age 89.

Born in Harlem, DeCarava was considered to be among the first to give serious photographic attention to the black experience in America.

DeCarava worked at a time of enormous creative energy in Harlem, whose many residents included prominent writers, artists and musicians. He spent years capturing candid shots of Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane and other jazz musicians -- many taken in smoke-filled nightclubs.

In 1951, he became the first black photographer to win the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in the arts.

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