Dawoud Bey approaches using photography as his voice by picking a black subject and adding complexity to the photo so much so that you have to go beneath the surface. One of his projects was Harriet Tubman’s underground railroad. He didn’t add any people or lights or colors. He wanted people to view this photo as the slaves point of view

Carrie Mae Weems felt as if she should develop a voice for women. The kitchen table project was showing what she believed society should be like 

I can find my own voice by also channeling something of importance to me wether I think it just needs a light shed on it or I think something needs to change