Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems was born on April 20th, 1953. In December 1969 Carrie gave birth to her first and only child Faith. Before she was a photographer she was many things, over her life she was dipping her interests into theatre and dance. in 1973 Carrie received a camera for her birthday and the following year she started going to school for photography at san Francisco city college and was there between 1973-1974. After going threw college she met a guy who associated with black photographers annually and eventually became an assistant for Anthony Barboza. in 1980 researchers and organizes exhibition on women in photography. In 1981 Carrie reserves a Batular of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of arts.  one day Carrie Mae got serious about her research and started finding black artists and interviewing them and recording the conversations. in 1986 she met a man named Jeff Hoone. when she met him she felt a future with him of getting married but Jeff didn't feel anything towards her. Over time she got more and more into photography and got more degrees in art then anyone could ever imagine. many of her photos are now in galleries all over the world. in the 90`s she was in many different programs on PBS and books. in 2005 something tragic happened to Carrie Mae, her father died and she got heartbroken after it. over the next couple of years, many things happened in her life including her moving with her husband jeff and her daughter Faith turns 40 years old in 2009. in 2010 Michelle Obama visits the museum of modern arts and was moved by the photographs that Carrie took. Carrie has won many awards over the years she has been a photographer. Carries photography preference was black and white photos of African American lives.

Carrie Mae Weems's claim to fame would have to be how she shows the life of African American people in there every day lives because over the time she was born and grew up there was still segregation between black people and white. she used a black and white filter to show that black and white people aren't so different.

this is a picture that Carrie Mae Weems took called "Aint Jokin" 1987-1988 (credit to google)

this particular picture really interested me because it shows a black woman who is looking at a picture of a white woman. it shows that people aren't different like during this time of segregation was still around while the carrier was growing up and it affected her a lot. when this "ain't jokin"  was taken segregation was over at the time, but Carrie wanted to make a point. why I liked this picture so much was because it's elegant and suttle with the design.

today in time Carrie Mae Weem is still alive and well. i hope shes still making photography in her free time and continues doing what she loves.

http://carriemaeweems.net/