Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop

Nov 21, 2020–Mar 28, 2021

Exhibition works

15 total
Beuford Smith
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Beuford Smith

A close up portrait of a face with glasses.
A close up portrait of a face with glasses.

Anthony Barboza, Beuford Smith, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 1/16 × 7 in. (25.6 × 17.8 cm); image, 8 13/16 × 5 5/8 in. (22.4 × 14.3 cm); frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art.  © Anthony Barboza

Beuford Smith

Born 1941 in Cincinnati, OH

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Malcolm X in front of a bookstore.
Malcolm X in front of a bookstore.

Beuford Smith, Malcolm X in front of Mr. Lewis Michaux’s bookstore, 1964, printed 2017. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.8 × 35.4 cm); image, 10 9/16 × 13 5/8 in. (26.8 × 34.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2020.45. © Beuford Smith

Malcolm X in front of Mr. Lewis Michaux’s bookstore, 1964

A man speaking into a standing microphone.
A man speaking into a standing microphone.

Beuford Smith, Pork Chop Davis, 125th and Lenox Ave., 1965. Gelatin silver print: frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm), image: 13 5/16 × 10 5/16in. (33.8 × 26.2 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Beuford Smith

Pork Chop Davis, 125th and Lenox Ave., 1965

A woman sitting in front of a doorway next to a building covered with posters.
A woman sitting in front of a doorway next to a building covered with posters.

Beuford Smith, Woman in Doorway, Harlem, 1965. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (19.1 × 24.3 cm), image: 7 1/2 × 9 9/16 in. (19.1 × 24.3 cm), frame: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Beuford Smith

Woman in Doorway, Harlem, 1965

A woman walking down a street, wearing a white dress and holding a handbag.
A woman walking down a street, wearing a white dress and holding a handbag.

Beuford Smith, Sunday, Harlem Woman, 1966. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm), image: 9 7/16 × 7 7/16 in. (24 × 18.9 cm), frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Sunday, Harlem Woman, 1966

A man standing in front of a rolling rack of garments.
A man standing in front of a rolling rack of garments.

Beuford Smith, Garment Worker NYC, 1967. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 7/8 × 13 15/16 in. (27.6 × 35.4 cm); image, 10 5/16 × 13 3/8 in. (26.2 × 34 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Photography Committee 2020.44. © Beuford Smith

Garment Worker NYC, 1967

A close-up of a person on a ladder holding an American flag.
A close-up of a person on a ladder holding an American flag.

Beuford Smith, Street Speaker, 1968. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 7 15/16 × 9 13/16 in. (20.2 × 24.9 cm); mount, 10 15/16 × 14 in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm); frame, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Street Speaker, 1968

A portrait of a man crying.
A portrait of a man crying.

Beuford Smith, Man Crying (MLK Essay), 1968. Gelatin silver print: frame, 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm), image: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (34.3 × 26.7 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Beuford Smith

Man Crying (MLK Essay), 1968

A person wearing a hat sitting with their head down and their hands clasped together.
A person wearing a hat sitting with their head down and their hands clasped together.

Beuford Smith, Lower East Side, 1969. Gelatin silver print: mount, 13 3/4 × 11 in. (34.9 × 27.9 cm), sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (23.5 × 15.6 cm), frame: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Aldine S. Hartman Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Lower East Side, 1969

Letters of the alphabet handwritten on pavement with a person crouched and writing on the ground.
Letters of the alphabet handwritten on pavement with a person crouched and writing on the ground.

Beuford Smith, Brooklyn, NY, 1970. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm), image: 9 7/16 × 7 5/16 in. (24 × 18.6 cm), frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Brooklyn, NY, 1970

A person leaning forward to touch a puddle on a street.
A person leaning forward to touch a puddle on a street.

Beuford Smith, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1970. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 9 15/16 × 8in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm), image: 9 1/2 × 6 13/16in. (24.1 × 17.3 cm), frame: 20 × 16in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1970

A silhouette of a boy on a swing with snow on the ground.
A silhouette of a boy on a swing with snow on the ground.

Beuford Smith, Boy on Swing, Lower East Side, 1970. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm); image, 6 13/16 × 9 7/8 in. (17.3 × 25.1 cm); mount, 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm); frame, 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Boy on Swing, Lower East Side, 1970

The silhouettes of two people playing the double bass. A tent covering is above them.
The silhouettes of two people playing the double bass. A tent covering is above them.

Beuford Smith, Two Bass Hit, Lower East Side, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.78 × 35.4 cm), Image: 9 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (23.81 × 34.29 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment © Beuford Smith

Two Bass Hit, Lower East Side, 1972

A wall with graffiti and a person running past it.
A wall with graffiti and a person running past it.

Beuford Smith, Wall, Lower East Side, 1972. Gelatin silver print: sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 15/16 in. (28.1 × 35.4 cm), image: 10 7/16 × 13 7/16 in. (26.5 × 34.1 cm), frame: 16 × 20in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Wall, Lower East Side, 1972

Two people within a crowd, each holding a large picket sign showing a portrait of a woman speaking.
Two people within a crowd, each holding a large picket sign showing a portrait of a woman speaking.

Beuford Smith, Angela Davis Rally, Central Park, NYC, 1972. Geltain silver print: sheet, 10 15/16 × 14in. (27.8 × 35.6 cm), image: 10 3/8 × 13 15/16in. (26.4 × 35.4 cm), frame: 16 × 20in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment. © Beuford Smith

Angela Davis Rally, Central Park, NYC, 1972

A waterfall with a shadow of a person in front of it.
A waterfall with a shadow of a person in front of it.

Beuford Smith, Self-Portrait in Waterfall, NYC, 1978.  Gelatin silver print: frame, 16 × 20in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm), image, 9 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (24.6 × 34.4 cm). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; National Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art. © Beuford Smith

Self-Portrait in Waterfall, NYC, 1978

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