Carrie Mae Weems is an American
photographer and artist from Oregon, she abroad the issues about African
American and their status on their own country. She is documentary photography
and incorporating text and mixed the use of photography, text and images.
“This personal work extends into
a metanarrative on the complexities of race, gender and class on American
life.”
Carrie Mae Weems is focused in
show and inquires about gender roles, racism, sexism and social class and she
portray it in a beautiful and powerful way and always tried to storytelling
about human conditions this is complement with overtones of humor and sadness
of the picture or text. She questions the structure of society through her
pictures.
“Used the format of documentary
photography and intimate stories about her own family to portray people who are
no likely ever to see themselves in work of art.”
One of her best works is Mirror,
Mirror, this pictures draw attention because it can be read like a joke using
an innocent line from the story of Snow
White but also you can see beyond that and understand that is talking about
racial differences in a subtle, yet powerful way.
“Crude visual and
verbal jokes based on racial stereotypes that aren’t funny.”
Quotations
‘Feminism and Contemporary Art’
Jo Anna Issak (1996) by Routledge
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