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Dawoud Bey: Portraiture, Harlem & the Photography of Black American Life

Dawoud Bey has spent more than five decades asking deceptively simple questions about photography. Who gets pictured? Who gets to control the way they are seen? What happens when a camera treats an ordinary person with the same seriousness traditionally reserved for celebrities, politicians, and historical figures? And can a photograph make a history visible …

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