![]() ![]() Reflecting her performative roots, Weems soon turned to featuring herself in her photographs, adopting different personas as a means to examine social norms. The documentary-style series, drawing on photographs taken during the late 1970s, features candid and intimate images of friends, relatives, and neighbours inspired by writer Zora Neale Hurston and photographer Roy DeCarava. ![]() Weems' 'Family Pictures and Stories' (1981–1982) was her first major series. Text, audio, and spoken word often punctuate the confronting themes of her work. ArtworksĬarrie Mae Weems' art explores personal and familial themes, while also reflecting the broader Black experience and Black history. She later earned a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts and an MFA in photography from the University of California San Diego, before joining the graduate programme in Folklore at the University of California Berkeley. Studying modern dance under Anna Halprin in the 1970s, performance persists within her broader practice today.Īfter receiving her first camera as a gift in 1973, Weems took up courses in photography and design at San Francisco City College the following year. Born in Portland, Oregon, Weem's initial interest was in street theatre and dance. ![]()
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