A Boy Eating a Foxy Pop

Dawoud Bey creates photographs that encourage viewers to consider the expansive social and cultural dynamics that shape his subjects. Noting James Van Der Zee, Roy De Carava, and Walker Evans as motivational figures, Bey was also inspired by photo albums from his family and a sense of social consciousness. Large projects have involved the participation of his sitters, such as the youth pictured in A Boy Eating a Foxy Pop, in constructing their own photographed representations.