Carrie Mae Weems - Three Decades of Photography and Video

The work of contemporary artist Carrie Mae Weems hits hard with a powerful mix of lived life and social commentary. Since the 1970s, her photographs, films, and installations have become known for presenting realistic images of African Americans while confronting themes of race, gender, and class. This book presents a survey of her career.

About the author

Kathryn Delmez is curator at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Henry Louis Gates Jr. is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Franklin Sirmans is Terri and Michael Smooke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Robert Storr is dean of the Yale School of Art. Deborah Willis is University Professor and chair of the department of photography and imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn E Delmez, Kathryn E. Delmez, Kathryn E. (EDT)/ Gates Delmez, DELMEZ KATHRYN E
• Assisted by: Kathryn E. Delmez (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9780300176896
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17689-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs