Photo-AttractionsIn Spring 1938, an Indian dancer named Ram Gopal and an American writer photographer named Carl Van Vechten came together for a photoshoot in New York City. Ram Gopal was a pioneer of classical Indian dance and Van Vechten was reputed as a prominent white patron of the African American movement called the Harlem Renaissance. Photo Attractions describes the interpersonal desires and expectations of the two men that took shape when the dancer took pose