Lee pauses in front of a print she remembers well, her solarized face in profile, a thin black line separating her skin from the white background. A small placard hangs next to the print, and Lee leans in close and squints to read it. SOLARIZATION, A JOINT DISCOVERY BETWEEN ARTISTS MAN RAY AND LEE MILLER, IS A PHENOMENON IN PHOTOGRAPHY IN WHICH THE IMAGE RECORDED ON A NEGATIVE OR ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT IS WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY REVERSED IN TONE. Lee reaches out and rubs her thumb over the words, leaves a smear on the plastic cover, and then smears it more when she tries to
