About this Event
Biography • Beverly Price is a Washington, D.C.-born fine art photographer whose practice explores the intersection of preventative justice and critical compassion. Using photography as a tool for advocacy and social engagement, Price centers the experiences of marginalized communities, with a particular focus on youth navigating systemic inequities.
Through an empathetic and deeply considered lens, Price documents the lives of young people while preserving their innocence, dignity, and individual voices. Her work engages complex social issues—including gun violence, inequality, displacement, and the impact of systemic injustice—while creating space for reflection, healing, and meaningful dialogue.
Price’s concept of critical compassion is central to her artistic practice, bringing together a critical examination of social structures with profound empathy for the individuals and communities she photographs. Her project Royal Blue: The Essence of Innocence, which examines the lives of three Black boys affected by gun violence, exemplifies her commitment to creating work that moves beyond documentation to foster understanding, connection, and social awareness.
Much of Price’s photographic practice is rooted in youth advocacy and the belief that creative expression can help young people reclaim their voices, imagine new possibilities, and shape their futures. Her camera becomes both a witness and an instrument for change, illuminating personal narratives while calling attention to the broader social conditions that shape them.
Price earned a Master of Fine Arts in Photographic & Electronic Media from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the National Museum of Women in the Arts. In 2026, her work was featured in A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks at the Center for Art & Advocacy in Brooklyn, New York, placing her photographic practice in dialogue with the influential legacy of Gordon Parks and his longstanding commitment to social justice, representation, and the power of the photographic image.
Price’s accomplishments include the Smithsonian James E. Webb Scholarship and the Art for Justice & Right of Return Fellowship, among other honors. Through her ongoing practice, she continues to use photography as a means of advocacy, storytelling, and preventative justice—creating images that honor individual experience while inviting audiences to consider their role in building more compassionate and equitable communities.
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* All events will be Wednesday nights, 6:30pm-8:00pm.*
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Event venue & nearby stays
Flagg Building, Corcoran School for the Arts and Design, George Washington University, Please use New York Avenue Door, 500 17th Street Northwest, Washington, United States
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