"The inventory started in 1839 and since then just about everything has been photographed or so it seem," (Sontang, 2010).
Response:This quote, to me, allows one to understand that photographs too can control the viewers' perception. Artists, through their art, can convey what they want their viewers to see and choose to what extent how much they intend to reveal. This surfaces the ideal we can only judge based on our understanding of how we individually view the world around us.
"Any photograph seems to have a more innocent and therefore more accurate relation to visible reality than do other mimetic objects," (Sontang,2010).
Response:
The word "seems" is very important in this quote; I believe it seems to be more accurate because artists aim to display only what they want you to see. To support this, later down in the article, Sontang mentioned photographs convey a "narrowly selective transparency." Meaning each individual can interpret or perceive an image differently regarding how evolved their minds are; just like print, our assumptions might be clouded due to limited experience. However, I can say that this makes way for conversation; it allows viewers to share and elaborate on their opposing perspectives to encourage open-mindedness.
Perceived reality-Jamella Williams
"everyone can relate to this work, its just not black women; its white women, Asian women, men can see the women in their lives, memories... it is universal, yet representation is rare, "(Palumbo,2020).
The beauty of this piece is its domesticity; it depicts real-world encounters that every individual at one point in life experiences. It is real, it is raw, and it is vulnerable. As proposed, black art in the past was only viewed as art that related to people of the black community. Still, through her "real" settings, Weems allowed her audience to be viewers of real-life encounters, of the natural world of a woman, in the most visited room of the house, going through most common emotions and experiences that accompany life.
"So tell me baby, what do you know about this great big world of ours? Not a damn thing sugar," (Weems, N.a.).
The way I interpreted this quote is Weems referring to her kitchen table series as her world, in where she eludes that, we only know as much as she displayed in her picture, there can be more or less to her story. Still, we are just onlookers that caught a glimpse of her experiences.
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