... can look at her work and understand here point and relate to it in some way or another. One of Simpson's major themes is the situation of black women in society; she shows them at times as victims, and often as survivors. I noticed that many of her works show women as her subjects in the photographs, many times having them face in the opposite direction ... the part from her head to her lower torso. She is wearing a plain white gown, similar to a nightgown. In each of the photos there is a clear piece of plastic, with a single word in it, placed in front of her stomach. In each of the p...

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