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Dawoud Bey's teenage subjects defy stereotypes of American youth during this complicated age. For his new book, Class Pictures, Bey photographed young people from all parts of the economic, racial, and ethnic spectrum in both public and private high schools in Detroit; Lawrence and Andover, Massachusetts; Orlando; San Francisco; and New York City. Bey spent two to three weeks in each school. The resulting portraits are arresting both compositionally and psychologically. He also asked his subjects to write a page about themselves, which he then edited and displayed alongside the photographs. Bey shares his experiences in a conversation with David Travis, chair and curator of the Department of Photography, in Fullerton Hall on September 13 at 6:00. A booksigning follows.
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