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I just feel that I need to work at things that matter to me, that uplift me, that inspire me, that carry me.

— Carrie Mae Weems

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Let me say that my primary concern in art, as in politics, is with the status and place of Afro-Americans in our country.

Showing in major institutions has given me the privilege to widen the field, not just for other artists, but for a public looking for signs of themselves.

It’s taken 40 years for people to catch up with the depth of the project.

We do have the possibility to live a considered life.

Family Pictures and Stories’ is only now really beginning to be shown in a very serious way.

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