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Inside the heart of Harlem
By LENNIE BENNETT
Published October 5, 2006
"If you look very intensely and slowly, things will happen that you never dreamed of before," said photographer Aaron Siskind. And he proved it in a remarkable series, taken from 1932 to 1940 and eventually gathered together under the title "A Harlem Document." Several dozen are on display at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, formerly the Tampa Gallery of Photographic Arts, in its new downtown Tampa location at 200 N Tampa St. The black and white prints are an intimate look at this New York neighborhood during a time when it thrived as a fairly self-contained community. The richness of the lives documented are juxtaposed with the often difficult economics of their situations. It's a place that no longer exists except in these photographs such as the one shown above, brimming with life. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (813) 221-2222 or www.fmopa.org. - LENNIE BENNETT, Times art critic
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