"I use a lot of repetition. And it becomes a filmic way of talking because as you put the same image after the other, even though it’s the exact identical image, everyone sees something changing from one image to the next."
"Untitled," from Kitchen Table Series (1989-90)
"Untitled," from Kitchen Table Series, 1989-90
Set of 20 gelatin-silver prints, 28 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches each
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Set of 20 gelatin-silver prints, 28 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches each
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
"I can’t ask anybody else to do something that I don’t do first myself. I have to know what it means to be naked and exposed first, and then I can ask you, perhaps, to participate with me."
-Carrie Mae Weems
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