Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_installation], and is best known for her photography [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography].[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Mae_Weems#cite_note-:0-1][2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Mae_Weems#cite_note-2] She achieved prominence through her early 1990s photographic project The Kitchen Table Series. Her photographs, films and videos focus on serious issues facing African Americans [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_american] today, including racism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism], sexism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism], politics and personal identity.