# Dawoud Bey
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dawoud bey (born 1953) is an American photographer 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 fellow and the recipient of a "Genius Grant" from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He is a professor and Distinguished Artist at Columbia College Chicago.
Rebecca Zorach, "Temporary Monuments: Art, Land, and America's Racial Enterprise" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Art has long played a key role in constructing how people understand and imagine America. Starting with contemporary controversies over public monuments in the United States, in Temporary Monuments: Art, Land, and America’s Racial Enterprise (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Dr. Rebecca Zorach c…
Rebecca Zorach, "Temporary Monuments: Art, Land, and America's Racial Enterprise" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Art has long played a key role in constructing how people understand and imagine America. Starting with contemporary controversies over public monuments in the United States, in Temporary Monuments: Art, Land, and America’s Racial Enterprise (University of Chicago Press, 2024), Dr. Rebecca Zorach c…
The Photographed Person was Always There
On May 29, 2025, MoCP presented a series of conversations that explored topics of authorship, representation, and the dissemination of information as they relate to the past, present, and future of photography.
This special edition of Focal Point Extras captures the conversation between artist Da…
"Dawoud Bey: Elegy" at NOMA
Brian Piper, Freeman Family Curator of Photographs, Prints, and Drawings at the New Orleans Museum of Art, discusses the photography exhibit on view through January 4, 2026.
Note: Piper asked for an addendum to the conversation, which is included at the end of the interview.
Images accompanying…
E. Gaynell Sherrod, Ed.D.
Dancer E. Gaynell Sherrod, Ed.D., describes the challenges and triumphs of creating the sonic landscape for 350,000, an immersive film installation featured in the exhibition Dawoud Bey: Elegy.
This episode also features Valerie Cassel Oliver, the Sydney and Frances Lewis Family Curator of Modern a…
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The Photography Workshop Series: Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities Batman (1989)
Reach out to us @idlehandssociety. Your hosts today are @danshigginson, @p…
Jess T. Dugan & Charlotte Cotton on Collaboration, Community, and the Evolution of Love Pictures. - Episode 108
Photographer Jess T. Dugan and writer Charlotte Cotton join PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss their 2 volume book, Love Pictures, published by Radius Books. Developed through their friendship and an ongoing dialogue between Dugan and Cotton, Love Pictures explores key themes shaping Dugan’s phot…
Jess T. Dugan, D.B. Dowd
Episode No. 755 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Jess T. Dugan and author D.B. Dowd.
Radius Books is publishing "Jess T. Dugan & Charlotte Cotton: Love Pictures," a collaboration featuring Dugan's photographs and conversations with Cotton and members of Cotton's and Dugan's communit…
Dawoud Bey turns his lens toward landscapes that hold Black history
If you don’t know Dawoud Bey’s name, chances are you’ve seen his work. One of the most influential photographers working today, Dawoud rose to prominence through his powerful portraits of Black Americans and young people. In 2017, he shifted his focus from portraiture to landscape photography, expl…
A brush with... Dawoud Bey
Dawoud Bey talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work. Bey, who was born in 1953 in New York, makes photographs and film installations that address the experience of Black people in …
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