Roy De Carava

The first black photographer to receive a Guggenheim fellowship, Roy De Carava was one of a handful of innovators in the early 1950's who broke with traditional styles and subjects for photography, and tried to capture the humanity of his subjects — the "real life" of his neighborhood, the subway, restaurants, and especially jazz musicians. Now the first major retrospective of his work is touring the country, organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Karen Michel (mih-SHEL) reports.