 girl with a bamboo earring. His take on Vermeer's 17th century girl with a pearl earring, but with a black model, is the focus of the 30-inch by 39-inch photograph. He says he uses different media to reimagine African-American and African visual culture, and that he views history like a Rolodex of images he can flip through, and if he desires, flip on their head. He says it's important for him to create confident, powerful, and downright regal images of black people.