Dawoud Bey

American

1953, Queens, New York

Photographer Dawoud Bey’s work grapples with history. The artist asks, “How can one visualize African American history and make that history resonate in the contemporary moment?” Here he discusses several series, sited from Harlem to Birmingham to the Underground Railroad routes of northeastern Ohio, each of which works to make histories visible.

Works in the Collection

Dawoud Bey

Untitled #20 (Farmhouse and Picket Fence I), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

2017
Dawoud Bey

Untitled #3 (Cozad-Bates House), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

2017
Dawoud Bey

Untitled #22 (Farmhouse), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

2017
Dawoud Bey

Untitled #23 (Near Lake Erie), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

2017
Dawoud Bey

Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky), from the series Night Coming Tenderly, Black

2017
Dawoud Bey

Don Sledge and Moses Austin, from The Birmingham Project

2012
Dawoud Bey

A Woman at the Parade

1990
Dawoud Bey

A Young Man in a Bandana and Swimming Trunks, Rochester, New York

1989

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