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Dawoud Bey

(1953) Photographer

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Dawoud Bey is a photographer.

Quick Facts About Dawoud Bey

Born: January 1, 1953
Profession: Photographer

About Dawoud Bey

[Wikidata] African American artist (born 1953)... | [Wikipedia] Dawoud Bey is an American photographer, artist and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photography portraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other often marginalized subjects. In 2017, Bey was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and C

Quotes by Dawoud Bey

While I have devised various formal strategies for articulating [my] concerns, I think fundamentally the work is driven by a basic curiosity.…

Articulating

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Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to…

Black

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People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to…

Casual

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If done well, I believe the photographic representation of the human subject has the potential to be more revealing than what is…

Believe

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Sara Blair's Harlem Crossroads is an important addition to the body of literature that currently exists about Harlem. It brilliantly illuminates the…

Add

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I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture.

Challenges

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Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think…

Able

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