{"title":"Dawoud Bey","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDawoud Bey 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.\u003c\/span\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"street-portraits-dawoud-bey","title":"Street Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003eStreet Portraits by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.skny.com\/artists\/dawoud-bey\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDawoud Bey.\u003c\/a\u003e First edition (2021). First impression. Large format hardback in new condition. Signed by Dawoud Bey to a dedicated bookplate tipped in to copyright page. No markings. This is a new book. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Street Portraits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, from 1988 to 1991 Dawoud Bey made a series of portraits of African Americans in the streets of various American cities. Using a large format tripod mounted camera and a unique positive\/negative Polaroid film that created both an instant print and a reusable negative, he asked a cross section of the populations of these communities to pose for him, creating a space of self presentation and performance in the streets of the urban environment. As part of every encounter, Bey gave each person a small black-and-white Polaroid print for themselves as a way of reciprocating and returning something to the people who had allowed him to make their portrait. Defying racial stereotypes, the resulting portraits reveal the Black subjects in all of their psychologically rich complexity, presenting themselves openly and intimately to the camera, the viewer, and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRelated Links\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/dawoud-bey\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/dawoud-bey\"\u003eBooks by Dawoud Bey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/mack\"\u003eBooks by MACK\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dawoud bey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594423677137,"sku":"SBID_00304031","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/products\/dawoud-bey-street-portraits-scaled_9491a6e8-5ac3-424f-a5a8-68712d3e4703.jpg?v=1639648729"},{"product_id":"the-woman-in-the-light-harlem-new-york-1980","title":"The Woman in the Light, Harlem, New York. 1980.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications for all available Prints\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e6\" x 6\" Magnum Square print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFuji Crystal Archival Matte paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSigned by Dawoud Bey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMint condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Dawoud Bey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDawoud 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dawoud Bey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594485248209,"sku":"SBID_00265061","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/products\/QTsy2wpE.jpg?v=1675356274"},{"product_id":"dawoud-bey-on-photographing-people-and-communities","title":"Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst edition (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst impression \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium format softback in new condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn 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. Aperture Foundation works with the world’s top photographers to distill their creative approaches to, teachings on, and insights into photography—offering the workshop experience in a book. Our goal is to inspire photographers at all levels who wish to improve their work, as well as readers interested in deepening their understanding of the art of photography. Through images and words, he shares his own creative process and discusses a wide range of issues, from lighting and location to establishing relationships with subjects, and practical strategies for starting a larger portraiture project.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dawoud Bey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41267095929041,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/products\/dawoud-bey-on-photographing-people-and-communities-5570647.jpg?v=1781911291"},{"product_id":"harlem-usa","title":"Harlem, USA","description":"\u003cp\u003eHarlem, USA by Dawoud Bey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFirst edition. First impression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format hardback in fine condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned by the artist on the title page. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHarlem U.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the exhibition offered a young artist's vision of a moment in the neighborhood's life. Published here as a complete set for the first time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDawoud Bey: Harlem U.S.A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also includes five previously unpublished photographs from the same period. 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On those occasions much of what I did was not photographing, but spending time walking the streets, reacquainting myself with the neighborhood that I wanted to again become a part of, seeing up close the people and the neighborhood I had glimpsed from the car window years before as a child. As I got to know the shopkeepers and others in the neighborhood, I became a permanent fixture at the public events taking place in the community, such as block parties, tent revival meetings, and anyplace else where people gathered. The relationships and exchanges that I had with some of these people are experiences I will never forget. 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