We present CCD surface photometry of 16 nearby dwarf galaxies , many of which were only recently discovered .
Our sample comprises both isolated galaxies and galaxies that are members of nearby galaxy groups .
The observations were obtained in the Johnson B and V bands ( and in some cases in Kron-Cousins I ) .
We derive surface brightness profiles , total magnitudes , and integrated colors .
For the 11 galaxies in our sample with distance estimates the absolute B magnitudes lie in the range of -10 \ga M _ { B } \ga - 13 .
The central surface brightness ranges from 22.5 to 27.0 mag arcsec ^ { -2 } .
Most of the dwarf galaxies show exponential light profiles with or without a central light depression .
Integrated radial color gradients , where present , appear to indicate a more centrally concentrated younger population and a more extended older population .