![]() ![]() Strongly influenced by the work of African American photographers who were working to document the black experience within the United States, Weems set out to complete a number of photographic series. She obtained a BA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, and later an MFA at the University of California, San Diego, and finally enrolled in a folklore studies program at the University of California, Berkeley, which sparked her interest in the observation methods used in social sciences. It wasn’t in fact until 1978 that she got hold of a camera and began her first major photographic series entitled Family Pictures and Stories, which took 5 years to complete. At 16, she fell pregnant with her only daughter, Faith, and left her family home to move to San Francisco where she would pursue her dreams of becoming a dancer. Born in Portland on April 20th, 1953, Weems took part in dance and street theatre from a young age. ![]()
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