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Title:	Dawoud Bey
Date:	11/17/2024 - 5/11/2025
Address:	Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy., Denver, CO 80204
Location:	Denver, CO
Hours:	Mondays - Sundays: 10am - 5pm, Tuesdays: 10am - 8pm
Cost/Cover:	free - $27
Web Page:	https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/exhibitions/dawoud-bey
Contact Info:	(720) 865-5000

Details:

Dawoud Bey: Street Portraits is the first standalone museum show to explore a transformational phase of the celebrated photographer and 2017 MacArthur Fellow Dawoud Bey's work. The show features 38 portraits he took between 1988 and 1991, when he collaborated with Black Americans of all ages whom he met on the streets of various American cities. He asked a cross section of people in these communities to pose for him, creating a space of self-presentation and performance in their urban environments. Bey used a large format tripod-mounted camera and a unique positive/negative Polaroid film that created both an instant print and a reusable negative. Bey considers photography an ethical practice that requires collaboration with his subjects. As part of every encounter, he gave each person a small black-and-white Polaroid print as a way of reciprocating and returning something to the people who allowed him to make their portrait.