NAACP Image Awards Nominee - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) A biography of James Van Der Zee, innovative and celebrated African American photographer of the Harlem Renaissance. James VanDerZee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school...