Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A.

Dawoud Bey: Harlem, U.S.A.

• Signed by the artist, Dawoud Bey

<P>In 1979, when African-American photographer Dawoud Bey showed twenty-five photographs at the Studio Museum in Harlem under the heading <I>Harlem U.S.A.</I>, the exhibition offered a young artist's vision of a moment in the neighborhood's life. Published here as a complete set for the first time, <I>Dawoud Bey: Harlem U.S.A.</I> also includes five previously unpublished photographs from the same period. Bey's vintage images are given new context in an essay by emerging African-American writer Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, who undertook her own fascinating study of Harlem in 2011.</P><P>Bey, who grew up in Queens with family roots in Harlem, has become one of most widely acclaimed portraitists on the contemporary scene. This handsome book, with faithful duotone reproductions, provides a wonderful opportunity to revisit a classic portfolio of images that still resonates in today's culture.