DAWOUD BEY Bibliography

Selected Publications

2021 Tate, Greg. Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits. London: MACK, 2021.

2020 Drew, Kimberly and Jenna Wortham. Black Futures. New York: One World, 2020. Keller, Corey. Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2020.

2019 Bey, Dawoud. Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities: The Photography Workshop Series. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2019.

2018 Bey, Dawoud. Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2018. Daiter, Stephen. Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black. Chicago, Illinois: Stephen Daiter Gallery/Rena Bransten Gallery, 2018.

2013 Bey, Dawoud. Dawoud Bey: Picturing People. Chicago, Illinois: The Renaissance Society, 2013.

2012 Witkovsky, Matthew S. Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A. Chicago, Illinois: Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.

2007 Bey, Dawoud. Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures. New York: Aperture, 2007.

2003 Bey, Dawoud. Dawoud Bey: The Chicago Project. Chicago, Illinois: The Smart Museum of Art, 2003.

Selected Articles and Reviews

2021 Abdurraqib, Hanif. “The Timeless Pleasures Of Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits.” The New Yorker. April 15, 2021. Allen, Brian T. “Dawoud Bey at the Whitney: Great Art, Nice Show, Book’s the Dregs.” National Review. July 22, 2021. Angeletti, Gabriella, Nancy Kenney, Ruth Lopez and Wallace Ludel. “The top five museum shows to see during Armory Week”. The Art Newspaper. September 6, 2021. Bengal, Rebecca. “A Visit With Dawoud Bey in the Place of His Pictures.” Vanity Fair. April 22, 2021. Binlot, Anne. “Dawoud Bey’s ‘Street Portraits’ are a radical recentering of the Black community.” Document. February 18, 2021. Bonét, Sasha. “Dawoud Bey on 6 Photos That Pushed His Work Forward: The photographer has been making iconic American images for nearly 50 years.” Vulture - New York Magazine. April 12, 2021. Bourland, Ian. “Dawoud Bey on expanding the photographic moment.” ArtForum. April 17, 2021. Brutus, Bianca. “Photographer Dawoud Bey's work captures Black love, pride and history.” NBC News. July 11, 2021. Bubacz, Kate. “Taking A Look Back At The Profound Photos Of Dawoud Bey.” Buzzfeed News. May 2, 2021. Budick, Ariella. “Dawoud Bey at the Whitney — quietly spectacular.” Financial Times. May 6, 2021. Carmel, Julia. “Museums and Gardens and Koi (Oh, My!).” The New York Last updated: 17 September 2021

Times. August 4, 2021. Chui, Vivian. “CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER DAWOUD BEY LOOKS BACK AT HIS PAST.” Cultured. April 16, 2021. Civin, Marcus. “Dawoud Bey: An American Project.” The Brooklyn Rail. June 2021. Delson, Susan. “New Art for a New Year.” The Wall Street Journal. January 1, 2021. Duron, Maximiliano. “With an Eye Toward Racial Justice, Frieze New York Plans ‘Unprecedented’ Edition.” ARTnews. May 4, 2021. Eckardt, Stephanie. “Photographer Dawoud Bey Makes the Past Feel Present.” W Magazine. May 11, 2021. Editors. “Dawoud Bey: An American Project.” NYC Arts. July 2021. Editors. “Every Day Was Sunday in Harlem.” Paris Review. April 21, 2021. Editors. “Harlem Through The Lens Of Dawoud Bey.” Harlem World Magazine. July 13, 2021. Editors. “Illinois Humanities Awards and feature performances.” The Times Weekly. May 18, 2021. Editors. “The Art Angle Podcast: How Photographer Dawoud Bey makes Black America Visible.” artnet news. April 16, 2021. Editor. “The heart of Harlem: Dawoud Bey’s innovative street photography – in pictures.” The Guardian. June 2, 2021. Editors. “The Whitney Presents Dawoud Bey: An American Project.” Art & Object. June 9, 2021. Editors. “What to See in the US Now Frieze Week's Over.” Frieze. May 14, 2021. Editors. “10 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Judy Chicago Chat with Dior’s Creative Director to a New Beauford Delaney Show”. Artnet. September 6, 2021. Feeney, Mark. “To matter to the viewer’: ‘Dawoud Bey: An American Project,’ at the Whitney Museum of American Art.” Boston Globe. August 12, 2021. Ghassemitari, Shawn. “Dawoud Bey’s Prolific Career Is on View at the Whitney Museum”. Hypebeast. September 8, 2021. Gural, Natasha. “Take An Assiduous Look At Dawoud Bey’s Gripping Portraits And Chilling Landscapes At The Whitney.” Forbes. June 30, 2021. Harrison, Isheka N. “Why Do So Many Black Americans Carry The ‘Bey’ Last Name? 3 Things To Know.” The Moguldom Nation. June 15, 2021. Jacobson, Louis. “City Lights: The Underground Railroad, as Envisioned by Dawoud Bey and William H. Johnson”. Washington City Paper. July 26, 2021. Kinsella, Eileen. “Editors’ Picks: 10 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Judy Chicago Chat With Dior’s Creative Director to a New Beauford Delaney Show.” artnet News. September 7, 2021. Lopez, Ruth., Ludel, Wallace., & Kenney, Nancy. “Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend.” The Art Newspaper. April 23, 2021. McFadden, Syreeta. “‘Very American Photographs.’” The Atlantic. April 9, 2021. Michel, Karen. “An American Project: For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life.” NPR. February 2, 2021. Mitter, Siddhartha, “Seeking Art That Expands the Possibilities for a Troubled World.” The New York Times. September 14, 2021. Packard, Cassie. “‘Your Concise New York Art Guide for September 2021.” Hyperallergic. August 31, 2021. Sisley, Dominique. “Ten of the Most Desirable Photo Books to Buy This Month.” An Other Magazine. April 23, 2021. Scott, Andrea K. “Dawoud Bey: An American Project.” New Yorker. May 2021. Schaller, Allison. “14 of This Spring’s Best Art Books.” Vanity Fair. May 13, 2021. Sheets, Hilarie M. “Common cause: marking 40 years of the MacArthur Last updated: 17 September 2021

Foundation's ‘genius’ awards in Chicago.” The Art Newspaper. July 14, 2021. Smee, Sebastian. “This photographer transcends his medium — by turning day into night and past into present.” The Washington Post. April 21, 2021. Wheeler, André. “Touring Harlem, Then and Now, with Dawoud Bey.” The New Yorker. June 21, 2021. White, Ryan. “Dawoud Bey picks 8 of his favourite early images.” i-D. June 29, 2021. Zheng, Elaine. “The Armory Show: New York Exhibitions to See”. Ocula, September 2, 2021.

2020 A.C. “The African-American experience, as photographed by Dawoud Bey.” The Economist. February 20, 2020. Boot, Chris. “Dawoud Bey on the Photography World Past and Present.” Aperture. December 10, 2020. Cascone, Sarah. “Here Are 21 Highly Anticipated, Mind-Expanding Museum Exhibitions to Seek Out Across the US in 2020.” Artnet News. January 6, 2020. Charnock, Matt. “SFMOMA’s ‘An American Project' Showcases the Work Of Photographer Dawoud Bey.” SFist. February 18, 2020. Charlton, Lauretta. “The Greats.” T Magazine. October 19, 2020. Curiel, Jonathan. “Photos that Echo With Resolve and History: Four Questions for Dawoud Bey.” SF Weekly. January 27, 2020. Curiel, Jonathan. “Go with Dawoud Bey as He Retraces the Steps of Escaped Slaves.” SF Weekly. January 22, 2020. Desmarais, Charles. “Blackness is the subject in Dawoud Bey’s thoughtful, haunting SFMOMA show.” SF Chronicle. February 12, 2020. Durón, Maximíliano. “2020 Prospect New Orleans Triennial to Consider America’s ‘Unprecedented’ Political Movement.” Daily Beast. March 2, 2020. Editor. “In Dawoud Bey’s Photography, the Past Isn’t Past.” Mother Jones. February 14, 2020. Editors. “7 Must-See Exhibitions This Week, From San Francisco to London and Beyond.” Surface Magazine. February 10, 2020. Editors. “Arts and Letters: Celebrating the Fullness of Black Lives.” The New York Times. August 9, 2020. Evans, Summer. “Photographer Dawoud Bey Shines A Light On America’s Underrepresented Communities.” WABE. November 18, 2020. Feinstein, Jon. “Dawoud Bey’s Empathetic Lens.” Photograph. January/February 2020 Finlayson, Ciarán. “Close-up: The Night Shift.” Artforum. July/August 2020. Jacobs, Julia. “Whitney Biennial Postponed Until 2022.” The New York Times. October 1, 2020. Katz, Leslie. “Black like Bey.” SF Examiner. February 19, 2020. Kenney, Nancy. “Fulfilling a legendary curator’s vision, New Museum will present an exhibition on grief in black communities.” The Art Newspaper. October 6, 2020. Miller, M.H. “The Artists.” T Magazine. April 13, 2020. Mirzayan, Anna. “‘Artificial night’: on Dawoud Bey’s America.” Art Agenda Reports. December 15, 2020. Noyes, Chandra. “Dawoud Bey Photographs the American Experience.” Art&object. February 29, 2020. Rexer, Lyle. “DAWOUD BEY with Lyle Rexer.” The Brooklyn Rail. September 2020. Safia Sandy, Niama. “Dawoud Bey: A Rooted Gaze.” NAD NOW. The Journal of the National Academy of Design. November 18, 2020. Samudzi, Zoe. “Four Decades of Dawoud Bey.” Hyperallergic. March 4, 2020. Wheeler, André. “'Blackness is not a straitjacket on the imagination': the photography of Dawoud Bey.” The Guardian. February 17, 2020. Last updated: 17 September 2021

Wilson, Emily. “‘Change the dynamics’: Dawoud Bey on photography, place, and history.” 48 Hills. April 7, 2020. Wilson, Emily. “How Photographer Dawoud Bey Captured The Truths of Black America.” Daily Beast. March 2, 2020. White, Simone. “Dawoud Bey on His Powerful Photographs of Black American Life.” frieze. November 29, 2020.

2019 Armstrong, Annie. “Dawoud Bey, Portraitist of Civil Rights History, Joins Sean Kelly Gallery.” ARTnews. October 22, 2019. Brown, Jeffrey. “Dawoud Bey on photography as ‘transformative experience.’” PBS Newshour. March 15, 2019. Bury, Louis. “Making Interiority Visible.” BOMB. April 5, 2019. Chadd, Scott. “Dawoud Bey Recalls Horrors Of African-American History Beautifully.” Forbes. March 28, 2019. Editor. “2019 Infinity Award Winner Dawoud Bey.” International Center of Photography. March 22, 2019. Editor. “A secret network that helped slaves find freedom.” BBC. February 1, 2019. Editors. “242 Galleries to Participate in Art Basel Hong Kong, Gavlack Gallery Opens new LA Space, and More.” Artforum. October 25, 2019. Johnson, Steve. “Underground Railroad sites exposed through lens of Chicago photographer Dawoud Bey in haunting new Art Institute exhibit.” Chicago Tribune. January 28, 2019. Lakin, Chadd. “When Dawoud Bey Met David Hammons.” The New York Times. May 2, 2019. MacMillan, Kyle. “Dawoud bey photos ‘Tenderly’ reimagine Underground Railroad’s Ohio landscape.” Chicago Sun-Times. January 10, 2019. Meyers, William. “’Dawoud Bey’: Out of Darkness.” The Wall Street Journal. January 15, 2019. Scott, Chadd. “Dawoud Bey Recalls the Horrors of American History.” Forbes. March 28, 2019. Shapiro, Deborah. “The Activist Photographer: Dawoud Bey.” Chicago Magazine. November 19, 2019. Tully, Judd. “’I Ranged Far and Wide’: Dawoud Bey on Imagining the Paths of Fugitive Slaves.” ARTnews. January 10, 2019. Wheadon, Nico. “In Conversation with Dawoud Bey: Seeing Deeply.” Contemporary And. July 8, 2019. White, Ryan. “40 years of making people visible through portraiture.” i-D. September 26, 2019. Witkovsky, Matthew S. “Dawoud Bey’s Shadowy Landscapes Trace Paths Of The Underground Railroad.” Art in America. December 10, 2019.

2018 Als, Hilton. “A young black boy looks at a photograph of a young black boy.” The New Yorker. August 28, 2018. Berger, Maurice. “Escaping to Freedom, in the Shadows of the Night.” The New York Times. July 5, 2018. Cole, Teju. “There’s Less to Portraits Than Meets the Eye, and More.” The New York Times Magazine. August 23, 2018. Sayej, Nadja. “The Birmingham Project: behind Dawoud Bey’s haunting portraits.” The Guardian. October 9, 2018. Shakur, Fayemi. “Dawoud Bey: 40 Years of Photos Affirming the ‘Lives of Ordinary Black People.’” The New York Times. December 24, 2018. Sheets, Hilarie M. “Betting on Ohio as an Art Destination.” The New York Times. July 13, 2018. Sheets, Hilarie M. “New Triennial Offers Artists the Canvas of Cleveland.” The New York Times. July 11, 2018. Last updated: 17 September 2021

TIME Photo Department. “TIME’s 25 Best Photobooks of 2018.’” TIME. December 20, 2018.

2016 Berger, Maurice. “On The Streets of Harlem, a Sense of ‘Erase and Replace’.” NYTIMES.COM/LENS. October 11, 2016.

2014 Editors. “Galleries - Uptown/Dawoud Bey.” The New Yorker. June 2, 2014.

2012 Blair, Gwenda. “’70s Portrait of Harlem, Gathered for Today.” The New York Times. July 29, 2012. Hahn, Nina Kokotas. “Bey's Window.” Chicago Magazine. May 2012. Huebner, Michael. “Dawoud Bey Capturing Images of Young and Old for September Exhibition at Birmingham Museum of Art.” Birmingham News. December 12, 2012. Singh, Jim. “Dawoud Bey's Birmingham Project.” WELD. November 20, 2012. Weinberg, Lauren. “Double Exposure.” Time Out Chicago. May 3-16, 2012. Westerbeck, Colin. “Bey's People.” Art in America. November 2012.

2009 Bey, Dawoud. “Carrie Mae Weems Interviewed by Dawoud Bey.” BOMB. Summer 2009. Johnson, Martin L. “Class Actions: looking at Students looking at Themselves.” Baltimore City Paper. January 28, 2009.

2008 Alerti, Vince. “Dawoud Bey.” THE NEW YORKER. January 28, 2008. Goodwin, Mary. “Class Pictures.” American Photo On Campus. March 2008. O’Sullivan, Michael. “His Photos Are Only Part of the Picture.” The Washington Post. December 26, 2008. Rexer, Lyle. “About the Cover.” PHOTOGRAPH. January/February 2008. Yarbroff, Jennie. “Worth Your Time: The Secret lives of Teens.” NEWSWEEK. January 28, 2008.

2007 Aletti, Vince. “Looking Back.” The New Yorker. May 28, 2007. McQuaid, Cate. “Teens in America, Pose by Pose.” The Boston Globe. September 23, 2007. Miller, Francine Koslow. “Reviews: Dawoud Bey, Addison Gallery of American Art.” Artforum. December 2007. Nance, Kevin. “High School Confidential.” Chicago Sun Times. September 23, 2007.

2006 Nance, Kevin. “The Power of Eye Contact: Dawoud Bey's Teens Connect with Viewers.” Chicago Sun Times. October 4, 2006.

2005 Glueck, Grace. “Photography Review: American Jewishness in All Its Infinite Variety.” The New York Times. October 5, 2005. Hamlin, Jesse. “Traveling to High Schools Nationwide, Dawoud Bey Puts a Face on Teen Life. And Lets Kids Have Their Say.” San Francisco Chronicle. December 15, 2005.

2004 Bey, Dawoud. “Into the Light: Dawoud Bey Looks at the Photographs of Alex Harsley.”Art on Paper. May 2004.

2003 Jones, Donna. “Every Picture Tells a Story.” Santa Cruz Sentinel. March 12, 2003. Stein, Lisa. “Face to Face with Teens Through Bey's Lens.” Chicago Tribune. May 30, 2003. 2002 Artner, Alan G. “Art Scene: Dawoud Bey's Latest.” Chicago Tribune. May 17, 2002. Editors. “Dawoud Bey at Gorney Bravin + Lee.” The Art Newspaper. May 2002. Last updated: 17 September 2021

Houlihan, Mary. “On View: Opening the Shutters on Teen's World.” Chicago Sun- Times. June 9, 2002. Schmerler, Sarah. “Dawoud Bey at Gorney Bravin + Lee.” Time Out New York. May 2002. Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen. “Street Life.” Art and Auction. May 2002.

2001 Cotter, Holland. “Invoking Marcus Garvey While Looking Ahead.” The New York Times. August 24, 2001. Bonerti, David. “Dawoud Bey Focuses on Details.” San Francisco Chronicle. June 23, 2001.

2000 Foerscner, Abigail. “Living Large: The 20X24 Polaroid.” View Camera Magazine. March/April 2000. Kimmelman, Michael. “A New Whitney Team Makes Its Biennial Pitch.” The New York Times. March 24, 2000. Wiens, Ann. “Art: The Chosen.” Chicago Magazine. February 2000.

1999 Glueck, Grace. “Art Review: Faces of the Centuries, Famous and Far From It.” The New York Times. September 17, 1999. Johnson, Ken. “Art Review; Seen and Heard: Under the Spell of Childhood and Its Trappings.” The New York Times. August 20, 1999. Vogel, Carol. “Surprises in Whitney's Biennial Selections.” The New York Times. December 8, 1999. Wiens, Ann. “Art: The Chosen.” Chicago Magazine. February 2000.

1998 Bishron, Derek. “Reviews: Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975-1995 Barbican Gallery, London.” Portfolio, Issue 28. December 1998. Glueck, Grace. “Art Review: A Century's Worth of Efforts to Capture a City's Essence.” The New York Times. October 30, 1998. Sengupta, Somini. “Portrait of Young People as Artists.” The New York Times. January 18, 1998. Warman, Christopher. “Wide-angle Lens man: Non-white Views of the States. The Times London. January 17, 1998.

1997 Cunis, Cathy. “Something to Smile About.” Los Angeles Times. April 22, 1997. Daniel, Jeff. “Life on the Street.” St. Louis Dispatch. September 1997. Kimmelman, Michael. “Art Review: In New Jersey, Evolution in Retrospectives.” The New York Times. July 18, 1997. Lifson, Ben. “Reviews: Dawoud Bey.” Artforum. February 1997. Loke, Margaret. “Reviews: Dawoud Bey.” ART NEWS. February 1997. McNally, Owen. “African Americans Gain Museum Walls.” The Hartford Courant. January 9, 1997. O'Connell, Kathy. “Walk Softly and Carry a Big Camera.” Hartford Advocate. January 9-16, 1997. Patterson, Tom. “Larger-than-life Works Dignify Young Subjects.” The Charlotte Observer. December 21, 1997. Reid, Calvin. “Review of Exhibitions: Dawoud Bey at David Beitzel.” Art in America. April 1997. Schwabsky, Barry. “Photography: Redeeming the Humanism in Portraiture.” The New York Times. April 20, 1997. Seitz, Sharon. “This Artist's Vision.” The Home News and Tribune. April 8,1997. Walsh, Daniella. “Another Perspective on the Face.” The Orange County Register. April 27, 1997.

1996 Annas, Teresa. “The Power of the Image.” The Virginia-Pilot. September 29, 1996. Last updated: 17 September 2021

Boneni, David. “Gallery Watch: Two Studies of 20th Century Portraiture.” San Francisco Examiner. February 16, 1996. Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Dawoud Bey.” The New York Times. October 25, 1996. Holg, Garren. “Photographer's Images Make Ordinary Faces Extraordinary.” Chicago Sun-Times. April 14, 1996. Huntington, Richard. “Portraits from Real life.” The Buffalo News. January 21, 1996. James, Curtialn “Thinking Man's Photos.” Portfolio Magazine. October 22, 1996.

1995 Abbe, Mary. “The Eyes of Dawoud Bey.” Minneapolis Star Tribune. September 15, 1995. Editors. “Scores of Portraits.” Popular Photography. October 1995. Morgan, Susan, Bey Watch: A Twenty-year Retrospective of Dawoud Bey's Seductive Portraits.” Elle Magazine. May 1995. Robson, Brin. “The A List: Dawoud Bey, Portraits 1975-1995.” City Pages. September 13, 1995.

1993 Cox, Ted. “Instant Art: Photographer Enlarges the Polaroid Snapshot Into a New Art Form.” Daily Southtown. November 19, 1993. Foerstner, Abigail. “Photography: Dawoud Bey Specializes in Capturing the Big Picture.” November 5, 1993. Schuss, Vera. “Art People: Dawoud Bey's Positive Portraiture.” Chicago Reader. November 12, 1993.

1992 Wise, Kelly. “The Indelible Icons of Walker Evans.” The Boston Globe. November 25, 1992.

1991 Palmer, Brian. “Reviews: Urban light.” Afterimage. February 1991.

1990 Aletti, Vince. “Portrait in Black.” The Village Voice. April 17, 1990. Aletti, Vince. “Choices: An Opinionated Survey of the Week's Events – Photo.” The Village Voice. March 20, 1990. Coleman, A.O. “City Streets, Not Homes, Favored in Show of Urban Images.” The New York Observer. December 17, 1990. Coleman, A.O. “Letter from New York No. 13.”Photo Metro. May 1990. Reid, Calvin. “Dawoud Bey.” Arts Magazine. September 1990. Netsky, Ron. “View Through a Pinhole: Visual Studies Shows Work of Four Residents.” Democrat and Chronicle. June 17, 1990.

1989 lverem, Esther. “Portraits Across the Seas.” New York Newsday. August 23, 1989.

1988 Aletti, Vince. “Choices: An Opinionated Survey of the Week's Events – Photo.” The Village Voice. November 15, 1988. Anderson, Jim. “The State of the Photographer's Art: Strong Black and White Work by Dawoud Bey.” The Phoenix. November 10, 1988.

1987 Aletti, Vince. “Choices: An Opinionated Survey of the Week's Events – Photo.” The Village Voice. February 24, 1987. Wise, Kelly. “New Photo Talent on Display.” The Boston Globe. March 16, 1987.

1986 Chayat, Sherry. “Dawoud Bey's Photographs Focus on Relationships.” Syracuse Herald American Stars Magazine. May 4, 1986. Niepce, Gonzo. “Grants Boom.” American Photographer. August 1986. O'Reilly, Kathleen. “Choices: An Opinionated Survey of the Week's Events – Photo.” The Village Voice. November 25, 1986.

Last updated: 17 September 2021

1982 McDarrah, Fred. “Voice Choices.” The Village Voice. November 16, 1982.

1980 Stout, Ruth. “Negatives Positive for Jamaica.” New York Daily News. August 3, 1980. Williams, John A. “Dawoud Bey.” The Black Photographer’s Annual. Volume 4, 1980.

Last updated: 17 September 2021