| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:photographer 
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                                | gptkbp:activeYearsEnd | 1983 
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                                | gptkbp:activeYearsStart | 1906 
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                                | gptkbp:awarded | Living Legacy Award (1978) 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1886-06-29 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Lenox,_Massachusetts,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:burialPlace | gptkb:Woodlawn_Cemetery,_The_Bronx 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 1983-05-15 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:ethnicity | gptkb:African-American 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | portrait photography documentary photography
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | Harlem Renaissance photography 
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                                | gptkbp:movement | gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | photographs of African-American life photographs of Harlem residents
 photographs of Marcus Garvey
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:photographer 
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                                | gptkbp:openedStudio | gptkb:Guarantee_Photo_Studio 
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                                | gptkbp:openedStudioYear | 1916 
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                                | gptkbp:parent | John VanDerZee Susan VanDerZee
 
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                                | gptkbp:photographed | gptkb:Billie_Holiday gptkb:Marcus_Garvey
 gptkb:Adam_Clayton_Powell,_Jr.
 gptkb:Florence_Mills
 African-American families
 Harlem funerals
 Harlem social life
 Harlem weddings
 
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                                | gptkbp:residence | gptkb:Harlem,_New_York_City 
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                                | gptkbp:sibling | Walter VanDerZee 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Gaynella_Greenlee 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | gptkb:Harlem_on_My_Mind_(exhibition) James VanDerZee: Photographer (book)
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Jennie_Louise_VanDerZee 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | James VanDerZee 
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