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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5af0c15c2-3d8c-4209-aecc-10fd25746e34

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