In this photograph from her series "Not Manet's Type," Carrie Mae Weems appropriates and reimagines Édouard Manet's canonical paintings by inserting herself into the compositions, directly challenging the exclusion of Black women from art historical narratives. Through this intervention, Weems interrogates the racial and gender politics embedded in Western art canon, asserting her presence within spaces where she was historically absent or invisible. The work exemplifies her broader practice of using photography and text to critique institutional representation and reclaim agency in how Black identities are depicted and remembered.