Dawoud Bey's American Project
Date
May 19, 2021
Abstract
This article reviews the mid-career of photographer and College for Creative Studies (CCS) honorary doctorate Dawoud Bey mounted in 2021 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The article reviews Bey's development as a street photographer in Harlem in the 1970s to the adoption of more formal portraiture techniques midcareer to his current, more metaphorical work.
Publisher
PopMatters
Subject Terms
Black Arts Movement; Civil Rights Movement; Dawoud Bey: An American Project; photography; Whitney Museum of American Art; exhibit; exhibition; art; review
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Collection
Citation
Vince Carducci, “Dawoud Bey's American Project,” CCS Research Repository, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.ccsdetroit.edu/items/show/55.