Carrie Mae Weems

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African American photographer (born 1953)

United States ArtistsBorn 1953 · age 73

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Fame47.7

MomentumNot measured

Languages13

In century#49,938

Also inDeutsch

Photos 2

First panel from Untitled (1996, printed 2020), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

The Armstrong Triptych (from The Hampton Project) (2000) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC in 2022.

Awards 7

2022National Medal of Arts

2017honorary doctor of Syracuse University

2014Lucie Award

2013MacArthur Fellows Program

2007Anonymous Was A Woman Award

2006Rome Prize

Hasselblad Award

Connected to Carrie 6

Vernon JordanAlso won honorary doctor of Syracuse University

Susan MeiselasAlso won Hasselblad Award

Joan JonasAlso won Anonymous Was A Woman Award

Lucien ClergueAlso won Lucie Award

Andrea FraserAlso won Anonymous Was A Woman Award

Harry BensonAlso won Lucie Award

About this person

Carrie Mae Weems is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video, and is best known for her photography. She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series. Her photographs, films and videos focus on serious issues facing African Americans today, including racism, sexism, politics and personal identity.

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United States