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Lorna Simpson I find Lorna Simpson to be very expressionistic in her work. Her photographs give a direct message to the viewer when looked at. When I look at her photographs I clearly understand what she is trying to portray. To me her feelings are expressed directly, depicting a thought or idea on a subject. I think that her work is very original and personal; to both her and the viewer. I believe that her work can represent a statement of feeling. Whether she is trying to speak about racism, family values, or African-American heritage. Lorna Simpson was born is Brooklyn, New York City, in 1960. She moved around sections of NYC, going from Brooklyn to a section close to Queens in her teens. Lorna Simpson was trained in traditional photography techniques at the School of Visual Arts in New York, although early on she began to explore more creative approaches to photography and presentation. She expanded the possibilities for black-and-white photography in a number of ways, the best known of which are her combinations of images and text. This technique forces viewers to conceptualize both text and photography. This adds a lot of explanation to her work. When the viewer looks at her work they will be able understand easily her and what she is trying work, piece, understand, simpson, lorna, think, pieces, different, having, baby, woman, viewer, photography, one, hair, trying, text, look, going, explanation, decide, child, being, around, african-american, word, women, very, universal, situation, simpson’s, shall, plain, photographs, photograph, much