class work

silhouette is a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on  light ground or one sketched in outline

the term silhouette comes from he use of using black coloring to change the back round / persons features in the photo.

i would describe kara walkers silhouettes as a true story she takes pictures from when she was a little kid and made them in to silhouettes to probably give the picture some more  feelings to understand it better