[8] Through her work, Greene prompts thought-provoking questions about how individuals are often judged based on skin color and other physical characteristics rather than on their character.
from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Artsat Washington University in St. Louis (1997) and her M.F.A.
In a response to her feelings about how society first and foremost categorized her by her skin-color rather than judging her by who she is as a person, Greene's close-up and tightly framed images of portions of her own face prompt an uncomfortable answer to the questions the collection's title implies about whether she, and black people in general, are judged by their skin color rather than by their character.
This linkage to historical African-American slave roots makes these images powerful reminders of the commodification and stereotyping Greene spotlights through the materials and medium she used to create this collection.
Greene commented in an Art Beat interview that her friend said "they're really beautiful, but I just don't feel comfortable thinking about blackness.