- Photograph by
- Bright, Sheila Pree, American, born 1967
- Subject of
- President Obama, Barack, American, born 1961
- Unidentified
- Date
- 2006; printed 2016
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
- H x W (Image): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
- Caption
- Shoes recently kicked off, toys on the stairs, and a purse dangling from a newel post are all offered by Bright as traces of the Black domestic interior in The Suburbia Portfolio. With figures just out of frame or carefully obscured, these scenes maintain privacy for residents but also create an atmosphere of familiar intimacy and downtime.
- Description
- A color photograph of a sitting room. At proper left is a carved marbletop coffee table with a selection of magazines arranged across its long end, all featuring President Obama or the Obama family on the cover. On the table behind the magazines is a slender vase. Next to the table at the proper left, mostly out of frame, a pair of crossed legs are just visible. In the background, on the other side of the room from the coffee table, a teal blue upholstered armchair is placed in the corner, and sunlight streams into the room from nearby windows. The room has hardwood floors.
- Portfolio/Series
- The Suburbia Portfolio
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Architecture
- Black geographies
- Domestic life
- Interior design
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.55.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Sheila Pree Bright
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




