The Woman in the Light, Harlem, NY, 1980, Dawoud Bey. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery. © Dawoud Bey
The Woman in the Light, Harlem, NY, 1980, Dawoud Bey. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery. © Dawoud Bey 
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Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems - In Dialogue

04/04/2023 - 09/07/2023

The J. Paul Getty Museum 
GETTY CENTER 
1200 Getty Center Dr 
CA 90049 Los Angeles

www.getty.edu   

 
Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems met in Harlem in 1976 when both were twenty-three years old. For more than 45 years, the two photographers have maintained a friendship and artistic dialogue that continues to this day, challenging and inspiring the other. Each addresses race, class, representation, and systems of power through their unique lenses, creating photographic series grounded in the history and everyday realities of Black Americans while also speaking to the broader human condition. This exhibition brings their work together for the first time.