Describe your reaction to any of the photographs or documentary scenes, or perhaps an interview or lecture quote, which moved you (positively or negatively).

This short assignment is focused on your ideas and feelings of Photography capturing the lifestyles of African Americans. First you will review the work of American photographer Carrie Mae Weems, and in particular her groundbreaking Kitchen Table Series. https://carriemaeweems.net/galleries/kitchen-table.html . https://www.wmagazine.com/story/carrie-mae-weems-kitchen-table-series-today-interview/ . Next you will review work of a photographer from the Ivory Coast, Ananias Leki Dago. https://www.anotherafrica.net/art-culture/ananias-leki-dago-shebeen-blues . https://www.leica-camera.blog/2014/01/20/ananias-leki-dago-being-there-where-things-are-fragile/ . Finally, you may watch this video on “The New African Photography” . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSVodvwscGY&feature=youtu.be . After your review the presented materials, please answer the following questions based upon your personal feelings. QUESTION #1: Prior to viewing this work, had you ever seen African and Black American lives portrayed in this way? If not, how have you usually seen them depicted? QUESTION #2: Describe your reaction to any of the photographs or documentary scenes, or perhaps an interview or lecture quote, which moved you (positively or negatively). Reflect and try to articulate what exactly it was about that photograph, or scene, or quote, that moved you in that way. QUESTION #3: Have you ever considered how you might use your own camera to tell someone’s story? It could be your own story, or the story of people like you, or perhaps someone who isn’t like you but whose story and voice you feel compelled to share. Tell us about this person, or these people. What is it about them that you think people need to know?