Photograph by
Bright, Sheila Pree, American, born 1967
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
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 bedroom. At center of the photograph is a wardrobe with chest of drawers. On top of the chest of drawers is a framed portrait photograph of a woman. At proper right is a chair covered with a white slipcover or sheet, with two (2) dolls propped up against a pillow on the seat of the chair. A bed with a white quilt can be seen in the mirror on the wardrobe door. Behind the bed stands a woman in a white shirt, out of focus.
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
2016.55.3
Restrictions & Rights
© Sheila Pree Bright
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cd2877a9-687a-4212-ab39-afbac839c80f

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