{"title":"Dawoud Bey Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bey-book-syracuse-1985","title":"Bey, Syracuse 1985","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"507\" data-start=\"193\"\u003eThis catalog presents a pivotal early body of work created during a one-month residency at Light Work in the fall of 1985, this series marks a defining moment in Bey’s development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46666217062630,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7647\/2806\/files\/Bey_Syracuse.jpg?v=1758729835"},{"product_id":"bey-book-seeing-deeply","title":"Bey, Seeing Deeply","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecipient of a 2017 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” Dawoud Bey has created a body of photography that masterfully portrays the contemporary American experience on its own terms and in all of its diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a forty-year retrospective of the celebrated photographer’s work, from his early street photography in Harlem to his current images of Harlem gentrification. Photographs from all of Bey’s major projects are presented in chronological sequence, allowing viewers to see how the collective body of portraits and recent landscapes create an unparalleled historical representation of various communities in the United States. Leading curators and critics—Sarah Lewis, Deborah Willis, David Travis, Hilton Als, Jacqueline Terrassa, Rebecca Walker, Maurice Berger, and Leigh Raiford—introduce each series of images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevealing Bey as the natural heir of such renowned photographers as Roy DeCarava, Walker Evans, Gordon Parks, and James Van Der Zee,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edemonstrates how one man’s search for community can produce a stunning portrait of our common humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSource: \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/utpress.utexas.edu\/9781477317198\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eutpress.utexas.edu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Signed","offer_id":46676636303590,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7647\/2806\/files\/Bey_Seeing_Deeply.jpg?v=1758729846"},{"product_id":"bey-book-street-portraits","title":"Bey, Street Portraits","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mackbooks.us\/products\/street-portraits-br-dawoud-bey?srsltid=AfmBOor9oi6o6KoM1qjYGUsoDbSAWhp_3NK9frGuVYGIUGreL9F_HRm9\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emacbooks.us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Signed by Dawoud Bey","offer_id":46676693582054,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed by Dawoud Bey and Greg Tate","offer_id":48250405355750,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7647\/2806\/files\/bey_streetportraits.jpg?v=1760121462"},{"product_id":"bey-book-two-american-projects","title":"Bey, Two American Projects","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"302\" data-start=\"134\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlending portraiture with evocative landscapes, this compelling volume delves into Dawoud Bey’s exploration of race, memory, history, and geography through photography.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"302\" data-start=\"134\"\u003eDawoud Bey (b. 1953) is an acclaimed American photographer recognized for his impactful portraits of often-overlooked individuals and his engagement with pressing social and political issues. Alongside his contemporary focus, Bey has also turned to the past for inspiration. This publication brings together two of his significant recent projects that directly engage with African American history. \u003cem data-end=\"729\" data-start=\"705\"\u003eThe Birmingham Project\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) pays tribute to the six young victims of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, through poignant paired portraits that reflect on the tragedy’s legacy. In contrast, \u003cem data-end=\"968\" data-start=\"938\"\u003eNight Coming Tenderly, Black\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) consists of large-format black-and-white landscapes that offer a meditative reimagining of locations once part of the Underground Railroad in Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1391\" data-start=\"1125\"\u003eThe book includes insightful essays that situate these two series within Bey’s broader artistic practice, examining their interconnections and how they navigate themes of racial identity, historical memory, and the enduring presence of the past in contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Signed","offer_id":46676714258662,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7647\/2806\/files\/bey_twoamericanprojects.jpg?v=1760121434"},{"product_id":"harlem-u-s-a","title":"Bey, Harlem, U.S.A","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarlem U.S.A\u003c\/em\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDawoud Bey: Harlem U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ealso includes five previously unpublished photographs from the same period. Bey’s vintage images are given new context in an essay by emerging African American writer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, who undertook her own fascinating study of Harlem in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBey, who grew up in Queens with family roots in Harlem, has become one of the most widely acclaimed portraitists on the contemporary scene. This handsome book, with faithful duotone reproductions, provides a wonderful opportunity to revisit a classic portfolio of images that still resonates in today’s culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSource: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.artic.edu\/print-publications\/6\/dawoud-bey-harlem-usa\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eartic.edu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Signed","offer_id":46685554737382,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/7647\/2806\/files\/Bey_HarlemUSA_1_96b78496-8124-4098-b344-25ee8db29b50.jpg?v=1786647073"}],"url":"https:\/\/stephendaiter.com\/collections\/bey-books.oembed","provider":"Stephen Daiter Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}