Alva, New York, NY (1992) and Lorna, New York, NY (1992) Polaroid dye diffusion transfer prints by Dawoud Bey
Over the course of Bey’s eight-year engagement with the 20 × 24-inch Polaroid camera, he increasingly explored the possibilities of multipanel portraiture as a way of conveying a sense of the length of a portrait session as well as acknowledging the reality that no one image can fully portray an individual’s complexity.
– Whitney Museum of American Art














