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Tell it Like it is

David Alan Harvey's first photojournalist project from 1967 capturing the lives of a black family living in Virginia, USA

David Alan Harvey

David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA. 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos
David Alan Harvey From the series 'Tell It Like It Is'. Norfolk, Virginia, USA 1966. © David Alan Harvey | Magnum Photos

Made when he was 19 years old, Tell It Like It Is was David Alan Harvey’s first photo story and book. The project was concerned with the lives of a family living in a Norfolk, Virginia slum.

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