She is the nation’sfirst Black woman to serve on the highest bench in the land.
It’s like Abe Lincoln is the focus.
Anotherwrote, “Do you see [Jackson] or do your eyes go to Lincoln immediately?
If I didn’t know she was in the photo I wouldn’t be looking for her.”
How did you manage the 1).
Poor lighting of this Black woman, 2).
De-center her in her own narrative, and 3).
Make a dead white man the center of a Black woman’s success and narrative."
One thought Leibovitz was staying true to her art,writing, “Light is light.
And Annie almost always shoots these dramatic ‘low light’ photos.
It’s a stylistic choice.
Shooting Black people ain’t any different.”
