The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Miguel

1999

Dawoud Bey

(American, b. 1953)
America
3 Polaroids
Overall: 220.2 x 167.1 cm (86 11/16 x 65 13/16 in.)
Gift of Carl and Joan Schneider 2018.310
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The camera used to make this photograph weighed around 265 pounds and is 6 feet tall.

Description

In 1991 Bey attained access to Polaroid’s 20-by-24-inch view camera, a massive, complex, and highly specialized piece of equipment that produced monumental versions of the then-familiar, lushly colored instant pictures. He began experimenting with conveying several moments, and multiple aspects of a sitter’s experience, in a single work by combining individual exposures from the same sitting.
  • Private Collection
    Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL
    2017-2018
    Carl and Joan Schneider, Whitmore Lake, MI
    December 3, 2018
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2018.310