Susie standing next to a holy picture in her living room
- Photograph by
- Moutoussamy-Ashe, Jeanne, American, born 1951
- Printed by
- ModernAge Photographic Services, American
- Subject of
- Smith, Susie Washington, American, 1931 - 2004
- Date
- ca 1978; printed 2007
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 13 × 19 7/16 in. (33 × 49.4 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 20 × 23 7/8 in. (50.8 × 60.6 cm)
- Description
- This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman named Susie standing next to a picture of Jesus. She is standing in an open doorway and stairs of into the distance. She is wearing a knit button down sweater and has a handkerchief on her head. On the wall the near the door frame sits a thermostat. To the right of the thermostat and above the light switch hangs a painting of Jesus with some of his disciples at his feet. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Daufuskie Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, Sea Islands, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Daufuskie Island
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- digital prints
- Topic
- Christianity
- Communities
- Photography
- Religion
- Rural life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Generously donated by Bank of America Corporation
- Object number
- 2014.310.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.