Images:
A Young Man Resting on an Exercise Bike, Amityville, NY, 1988, Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953, gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches, © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery.
First Self Portrait, 1975, Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Couple in Prospect Park, 1990 (printed 2018), Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953, gelatin silver print, 21 7/8 x17 1/2 inches, Grand Rapids Art Museum, museum purchase, 2018.22. © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery.
Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Children), from
The Kitchen Table Series, 1990, Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, gelatin silver print, 40 x 40 inches, © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
You Became a Scientific Profile, from the series
Sea Islands, 1992, Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, chromogenic print with etched text on glass, 26 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches, © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Untitled #5 (Tree Trunk, Picket Fence, and House), from the series
Night Coming Tenderly, Black, 2017, Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953, gelatin silver print, 48 x 56 inches, © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery.
The Edge of Time–Ancient Rome, from the series Roaming, 2006, Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, digital chromogenic print, 73 x 61 in., © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Former Renaissance Ballroom Site, Harlem, NY, from the series
Harlem Redux, 2015, Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953, archival pigment print, 40 x 48 inches, © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery. The Birmingham Project: Wallace Simmons and Eric Allums, 2012, Dawoud Bey, American, born 1953, archival pigment prints mounted to dibond, 40 x 64 inches (two separate 40 x 32 inch photographs), © Dawoud Bey, courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery.
The Tragedy of Hiroshima, from the series
Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment, 2008, Carrie Mae Weems, American, born 1953, archival pigment print, 60 x 50 inches, © Carrie Mae Weems, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.