You Became Mammie, Mama, Mother, Then, Yes, Confidant-Ha

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You Became Mammie, Mama, Mother, Then, Yes, Confidant-Ha

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Carrie Mae Weems

American Photographer · 1953–present

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Date
1995–1996
Medium
Chromogenic print with etched glass
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
1b53d444-af60-419b-adac-c3598bcf7113

Red-toned portrait of a woman in a patterned dress with a headscarf tied over her head and a knit apron that covers her dress. Sand-blasted text etched on glass reading "YOU BECAME MAMMIE, MAMA, MOTHER & THEN, YES CONFIDANT - HA" hovers over the image.

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