"Often when you're in the process of realizing an image, it's going somewhere else. If that tangent starts going off in a place that feels more exciting, that's what I go with."
"Welcome Home" (1978-84)
"Welcome Home," 1978-84
Gelatin silver print, 24 x 36 inches
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Gelatin silver print, 24 x 36 inches
© Carrie Mae Weems
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
"My family is from the Mississippi delta. So the idea of working in the fields is one that I know very well (and I worked in the fields until I was maybe fifteen, before I left home)."
-Carrie Mae Weems
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