Art21: Carrie Mae Weems explores the history of Black subjects in photography

Carrie Mae Weems explores the history of Black subjects in photography

Whether adapting or appropriating archival images, restaging recognizable photographs, or creating altogether new scenes, Carrie Mae Weems examines the history of the Black subject in photography.

“[From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried] was the kind of project that allowed me to think again about the history of Black subjects in photography as well, how the Black body had been used photographically.”

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IMAGE: Production still from the Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 5 episode “Compassion.” © Art21, 2009.