A haunting and intimate chromogenic print by Carrie Mae Weems, *I Beseech You* employs the artist's signature use of the Black female figure as both subject and symbol, rendered in deep, luminous tones on Kodak paper. The work draws the viewer into a space of urgent, personal address, where photography becomes an act of bearing witness and demanding recognition. The full margins of the print frame the image with a quiet gravitas, reinforcing Weems's meditation on identity, power, and the vulnerability embedded in the act of appeal.