Results for "Bey, Dawoud"

Dawoud Bey focuses on the landscape to create a portrait of the early African American presence in the United States. Renowned for his Harlem street scenes and expressive portraits, Dawoud Bey continues his ongoing series on African American history. Elegy brings together Bey's three landscape seri... Read More about Dawoud Bey: Elegy

A visual and conceptual conversation between two leading US photo-artists famed for their mutual explorations of race, class and power Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems met in New York in the late 1970s, and over the next 45 years these close friends and colleagues have each produced unique and influe... Read More about Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems: In Dialogue

In the fifth installment of The Photography Workshop Series, Dawoud Bey--well known for striking portraits that reflect both the individual and their larger community--offers his insight on creating meaningful and beautiful portraits that capture the subject and speak to something more universal. ... Read More about Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities: The Photography Workshop Series

Through engaging interviews, testimonials, and anecdotes from photographers, curators, printers, and colleagues, Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson pays homage to a legendary figure whose name is synonymous with the evolving history and philosophy of photographic reproduction. From m... Read More about Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson

"For all our sakes, I hope Deborah Roberts continues to stake a claim, through her work, for a more expansive view of Black children." --Dawoud Bey The definitive look at two decades of work by Austin-based artist Deborah Roberts (born 1962) with newly commissioned texts and a thorough dive into her... Read More about Deborah Roberts: Twenty Years of Art/Work

For the past 15 years, Dawoud Bey has been making striking, large-scale color portraits of students at high schools across the United States. Depicting teenagers from a wide economic, social and ethnic spectrum--and intensely attentive to their poses and gestures--he has created a highly diverse gro... Read More about Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures