“People say don't stare. Through the photos, not only do I stare, but I allow viewers to stare at the subject, to see things that they cannot see with a casual glance.” PeopleSubjectsStaringViewersGlancesCasual Author:Dawoud Bey
“Black people have been killed for directing their gaze at the wrong person. I want my subjects to reclaim their right to look, to see, to be seen.” PeopleWantLooksPersonsHas BeensBlackSubjectsBlack PeopleWrong Person Book:Dawoud Bey: portraits 1975-1995 Source: Dawoud Bey: portraits 1975-1995
“While I have devised various formal strategies for articulating [my] concerns, I think fundamentally the work is driven by a basic curiosity. I seek to find out things about people by making photographs of them.” PeopleThinkingConcernStrategyCuriosityPhotographVariousDrivenFormalArticulating Author:Dawoud Bey
