Beverly Price

Biography
Beverly Price is a native of Washington, DC, photographer and creative activist. Price uses her photography to encourage community engagement and give voice to Black communities and youth. 

Her photography is grounded in the tradition of photographic realism and explores critical compassion. She is inspired by photographers like Gordon Parks, Helen Levitt, Ming Smith, Berenice Abbott, Wendy Ewald, and many more. She regularly works with communities throughout historic Washington, DC, including Barry Farm and Congress Heights. Price is a recipient of the Smithsonian James E. Webb Scholarship and the Leslie King Hammond Graduate Fellowship.

 

She also received the 2020 AIGA Design World Studio Scholarship. Price has received an artist residency at The Nicholson Project in Washington, DC. She is 2023 Right of Return Fellow and Art for Justice Fellow. Her work has been exhibited and featured at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Anacostia Art Center, Maryland Institute College of Art, American University, and Virginia Commonwealth University, among others. Price holds an MFA in Photographic & Electronic Media from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

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