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Dawoud Bey
American photographer and educator
Dawoud Bey (born David Edward Smikle; November 25, 1953) is an American photographer, artist and educator known for his large-scale art photography and street photographyportraits, including American adolescents in relation to their community, and other often marginalized subjects.[2] In 2017, Bey was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D.
and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation[3] and is regarded as one of the "most innovative and influential photographers of his generation".[4]
Bey is a professor and Distinguished Artist at Columbia College Chicago.[5] According to The New York Times, "in the seemingly simple gesture of photographing Black subjects in everyday life, [Bey, an African American,] helped to introduce Blackness in the context of fine art long before it was trendy, or even accepted"[6]
Early life and education
Born David Edward Smikle in New York City's Jamaica,