Dawoud Bey was born on David Edward Smikle; November 25,1953 and 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.
10 Facts About Dawoud Bey
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In 2017, Bey was named a fellow and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship from the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation and is regarded as one of the "most innovative and influential photographers of his generation".
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Dawoud Bey studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York from 1977 to 1978, and spent the next two years as part of the CETA-funded Cultural Council Foundation Artists Project.
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Dawoud Bey didn't receive his first camera until he was 15, and has stated until that point he wanted to become a musician.
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Over time Dawoud Bey proves that he develops a bond with his subjects with being more political.
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Dawoud Bey writes more about the aesthetics of Beys work and how it is associated with documentary photography and how his work shows empathy for his subjects.
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The photography in 'Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects' is a departure from Bey's colour photography.
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Dawoud Bey is known to arrange his photographs in pairs and grids.
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Dawoud Bey is a professor of art and Distinguished College Artist at Columbia College Chicago.
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In early 2019, the Art Institute of Chicago hosted an exhibition titled "Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black", consisting of twenty-five black and white photographs that were captured along the Underground Railroad in Cleveland and Hudson, Ohio.