Beuford Smith

Beuford Smith
Born(1936-04-12)April 12, 1936
Cincinnati, Ohio
DiedJune 7, 2025(2025-06-07) (aged 89)
Brooklyn
Known forphotography

Beuford Smith (1936–2025) was an American photographer.

Smith was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sources differ on his birth year. the African American Registry and the New York Times list his birthday as April 12, 1936. Several sources list his birth year as 1941.

Smith was a member of the Kamoinge Workshop. He was also a founding editor of the Black Photographers Annual.

In 2020 his work was included in the traveling exhibition Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop. His work was included in the 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 at the National Gallery of Art. In 2026 the Keith de Lellis Gallery held a retrospective entitled Beuford Smith : A Retrospective of Community, Witness, and History.

Smith's photographs are in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Modern Art,the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sandomir, Richard (16 June 2025). "Beuford Smith, Photographer Who Chronicled Black Life, Dies at 89". New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Beuford Smith, Photographer born". African American Registry. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Beuford Smith". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Woman Bathing on Roof". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Beuford Smith". National Museum of African American History and Culture. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Onabanjo, Oluremi C. (14 July 2025). ""Less Words, More Eyes": Remembering Beuford Smith (1936–2025) | Magazine". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Brookman, Philip; Willis, Deborah (2025). Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985. New Haven London: Yale University Press. p. 263. ISBN 9780300283501.
  8. ↑ "Black History Month: Beuford Smith, A Retrospective of Community, Witness, and History | Keith de Lellis Gallery". Musée Magazine. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "Beuford Smith". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 February 2026.