<I>The Suburbia Portfolio: Untitled 8</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006; printed 2016
name: label: Photograph by
content: Sheila Pree Bright, American, born 1967
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Child or Children
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: A color photograph of the interior of a modern house. At proper left is a staircase thatleads down to a landing on which there are two (2) child's toy trucks and a pair of pink fuzzy slippers. On the first stair is a doll's head with hair that can be styled. At proper left, mostly out of frame, is a child's back. At proper right is the living space of the home, including a leather sofa, a large framed artwork, and a wooden dining table with clear plastic chairs. Behind the table are large pane glass windows with an expanse of leafless trees visible through the windows.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Black geographies
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Interior design
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: The Suburbia Portfolio
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.55.4
objectType: label: Type
content: inkjet prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sheila Pree Bright
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)