- Photograph by
- Bright, Sheila Pree, American, born 1967
- 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 suburban street. A large, two-story cream colored house is at center, partially surrounded by trees. Around the corner from the house, at proper left and partially out of frame, a black car is parked on the street in front of a large tree.
- 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
- 2016.55.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Sheila Pree Bright
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




