Dawoud Bey photographed high school students in their schools for his series Class Pictures. In a short response to this work (300 words min), characterize his portrait style. How does he use expression, pose, framing, light, and foreground background relationships to create these sympathetic portraits of young people? What ideas did you get about how you might approach today’s in-class shoot from looking at this work?

View a selection of Class Pictures:

https://mam.org/bey/gallery.htm

and the interview with Dawoud Bey about creating this work: