| Dawoud Bey: Class Pictures Contributor(s): Bey, Dawoud (Photographer), Reynolds, Jock (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Nettleton, Taro (Text by (Art, Photo Books)) |
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ISBN: 1597110434 ISBN-13: 9781597110433 Publisher: Aperture OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 Annotation: For the past 15 years, Dawoud Bey has been making striking, large-scale color portraits of students at high schools across the United States. Depicting teenagers from a wide economic, social and ethnic spectrum--and intensely attentive to their poses and gestures--he has created a highly diverse group portrait of a generation that intentionally challenges teenage stereotypes.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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Portraits & Selfies - Photography | Individual Photographers - General |
| Dewey: 779.209 |
| LCCN: 2007009062 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 9.8" W x 11.2" (2.75 lbs) 163 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For the past 15 years, Dawoud Bey has been making striking, large-scale color portraits of students at high schools across the United States. Depicting teenagers from a wide economic, social and ethnic spectrum--and intensely attentive to their poses and gestures--he has created a highly diverse group portrait of a generation that intentionally challenges teenage stereotypes. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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.Reynolds, Jock: - Jock Reynolds is the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery and is the author of Emmet Gowin: Changing the Earth (Yale).Nettleton, Taro: - Taro Nettleton is a visual culture critic based in Tokyo. He is Adjunct Professor at Temple University Japan.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. |