# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-van-der-zee
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:05:38.585Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-van-der-zee"
name: "James Van Der Zee"
slug: "james-van-der-zee"
description: "James Augustus Van Der Zee was an American photographer best known for his portraits of black New Yorkers. He was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Aside from the artistic merits of his work, Van Der Zee produced the most comprehensive documentation of the period. Among his most famous subjects during this time were Marcus Garvey, Bill \"Bojangles\" Robinson and Countee Cullen."
tagline: "African American photographer (1886–1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Van_Der_Zee_portrait%2C_RIT_NandE_Vol13Num34_1981_Oct29_Complete_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1886-06-29"
deathDate: "1983-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             7.386377678372835
  historical:           8.618041333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمس فان دير زي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس فان دير زى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "James Van Der Zee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "James Van Der Zee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "James Van Der Zee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "James Van Der Zee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "James Van Der Zee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%97%D0%B5%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Ван Дер Зее, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Van_Der_Zee"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump