This pose, the set up remind me of the way white women appeared to a colored man in the 1960's when they were the forbidden fruit. It is hard to explain the feel of the time, as it is hard to explain the feel of any time, or era. The clothes, the attitude and the sense of place supported the notion of entitlement white women enjoyed and embodied What they exuded was dangerous and puzzling at the same time it was appealing to Negro men, and copied with some creative alterations by Colored women at the time. The dynamic and the contrasts and the contradictions and the fears and the intended threats from white women white men in the corners and the shadows leering with anticipation of an affront were as real as the fears and the insecurity they carried beneath their surfaces.
What a story told in this photograph by Ike Lalji. ~ Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 9.7.13
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| Amy Taylor lounging in bare legged in pink heels and black shades by Ike Lalji May 11, 2013 |
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