I got my first camera when I was 21 - my boyfriend gave it to me for my birthday - but at that point politics was my life, and I viewed the camera as a tool for expressing my political… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
In terms of digital photography, I continue to print and use film for the most part. I still shoot with film, 21/4 film specifically,… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I didnt know photography would take me to the places that it has taken me — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music, or pop… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
You know, artists are influenced by other artists. We're all deeply influenced by what's around us; we don't make anything cold. Sometimes we think… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
It's very important for me to really use this body as a barometer of a certain kind of knowledge--to take the personal risk of… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose.… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
How you get work done is by exploiting yourself and your feelings, and sometimes people get in the way. — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
It's fair to say that black folks operate under a cloud of invisibility - this too is part of the work, is indeed central… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
Sometimes my work needs to be photographic, sometimes it needs words, sometimes it needs to have a relationship to music, sometimes it needs to… — Carrie Mae Weems Copy Share Image
![“It's fair to say that black folks operate under a cloud of invisibility - this too is part of the work, is indeed central to [my photographs]... This invisibility - this erasure out of the complex history of our life and time - is the greatest source of my longing.” quote by Carrie Mae Weems](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/344/carrie-mae-weems-24837_black_it-s-fair-to-say-that-black-folks-operat_1875928.jpg)
