Lower East Side (Primary Title)
Beuford Smith, American, born 1941 (Artist)
Another early member of the Kamoinge Workshop, Smith played a leading role in the production of The Black Photographer’s Annual. Inspired by the photographs of Roy DeCarava in the early 1960s, Smith became a freelance photographer, documenting street life in New York neighborhoods. In Lower East Side, Smith’s composition uses the man’s posture rather than a facial expression to emphasize his plight.
Signed Beuford Smith in lower left of mount under image
Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund
A Commitment to the Community: The Black Photographers Annual, Volume I, VMFA, February 16, 2017 – October 1, 2017
Identity Shifts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 26 – July 27, 2014
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop, VMFA, February 1 - June 14, 2020; Whitney Museum of American Art, November 20, 2020 - March 28, 2021; Cincinnati Art Museum, February - May, 2022; J. Paul Getty Museum, July-October, 2022
Identity Shifts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 26 – July 27, 2014
Working Together: Louis Draper and the Kamoinge Workshop, VMFA, February 1 - June 14, 2020; Whitney Museum of American Art, November 20, 2020 - March 28, 2021; Cincinnati Art Museum, February - May, 2022; J. Paul Getty Museum, July-October, 2022
© Beuford Smith
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