Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Selfie with Carrie Mae Weems











"Weems’s black-and-white photographs are like mirrors, each reflecting a collective experience: how selfhood shifts through passage of time; the sudden distance between people, both passable and impassable; the roles that women accumulate and oscillate between; how life emanates from the small space we occupy in the world."



“Carrying a tremendous burden, she is a Black woman leading me through the trauma of history. I think it’s very important that as a Black woman she’s engaged with the world around her; she’s engaged with history, she’s engaged with looking, with being. She’s a guide into circumstances seldom seen.”


Carrie Mae Weems caught my eye because I truly love how each one of her photos tell a story. You can see her emotions right through her photos. You can personality feel what she is feeling and even relate to her.

 

 





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