Photograph by Dawoud Bey. Part of Indivisible: Stories of American Community, an exploration of contemporary civic life developed by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. This photograph is part of the project on the Chicago, IL community.
Observation: What do you see?
Name 10 – 20 specific details from the picture.
Interpretation: What is the picture about?
Who is this woman? How do we know this?
How is she feeling? What is she thinking about?
Who is the woman looking at, and why?
Where is the photographer standing?
Why did the photographer choose to focus on her face?
Imagine you are the woman. What happened to you that day? Tell a story.
