Carrie Mae Weems | Biography, Art, Photography, & Facts
Carrie Mae Weems: Speaking of Art (2012). Weems, who is probably best known as a photographer, initially studied modern dance. She received her first camera in her 20s. In 1978 she began her first photographic project, called Environmental Profits, which focused on life in Portland, Oregon. That same year she started her first major series, Family Pictures and Stories, intimate and candid photos of her friends and relatives, which she completed about five years later. In 1981 she graduated with a B.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, and she later obtained an M.F.A. (1984) from th...
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