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A black and white photo of Bessie Smith in a sleeveless top embroidered at the shoulders. On her right shoulder is the sculpted head of a larger-than-life-sized Black figure with wide eyes and a broad grin. Smith's eyes are pointed upwards at the figure's face.

Carl Van Vechten and the White Gaze

How patronage and racist imagery converge in Van Vechten’s photographs of Black artists

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