Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-ChiefLast Modified: 17:00 PM EDT, 08 January 2014

"From the very beginning, Carrie Mae Weems has had a sharp intelligence that was looking for a way into the world. From her early documentary photographs to the more expansive and materially varied recent works, she has consistently set out to visually define the world on her own terms and to redefine for all of us the nature of the world that we are in. After all these years I still anticipate her work with a fresh sense of wonderment, knowing that her restless search for the deeper meaning of things will yield a continuing rich trove of objects and images. On a Sunday morning in May I called from my home in Chicago to reconnect with my dear friend while she was traveling in Seville, Spain." ~ Dawoud Bey

Watch the PBS documentary of this phenomenal photographer, her life and work here.

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