- 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 kitchen in a house. At center of the photograph is a kitchen island. On the island is a glass vase with peach colored roses. Behind the vase, more roses are lying on the countertop, as if waiting to be placed in the vase. At center, next to the roses, is a half-drunk bottle of green juice with the label "Odwalla Superfood." In the background, a woman wearing a pink shirt and red shorts reaches into the kitchen pantry, her left hand resting on one of the two double doors.
- Portfolio/Series
- The Suburbia Portfolio
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- inkjet prints
- Topic
- Architecture
- Black geographies
- Cooking and dining
- Domestic life
- Interior design
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.55.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Sheila Pree Bright
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




