Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures
Bey spends two to three weeks in each school, taking formal portraits of individual students, each made in a classroom during one 45-minute period. At the start of the sitting, each subject writes a brief autobiographical statement. By turns poignant, funny or harrowing, these revealing words are an integral part of the project, and the subject's statement accompanies each photograph in the book. Together, the words and images in "Class Pictures" offer unusually respectful and perceptive portraits that establish Dawoud Bey as one of the best portraitists at work today.
Author: Dawoud Bey
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 163
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 11.20h x 9.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781597110433
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/15/2007 pg. 108
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 274
Voya Top 10 Qck Pick/Reluctant 04/01/2008 pg. 8
About the Author
Weems, Carrie Mae: - Carrie Mae Weems is an American artist who is best known for her award-winning photographs, films, and videos, which have all been displayed in over 50 exhibitions in the United States and abroad. She focuses on serious issues that face African Americans today, such as racism, gender relations, politics, and personal identity.Bey, Dawoud: - Dawoud Bey earned his MFA from Yale University School of Art and is professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago. He has been featured in numerous exhibitions--including a midcareer survey at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, in 1995--and has received several awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is represented by Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago.
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