Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Man reading newspaper), 1990-1999
gelatin silver print, 29 x 29 inches (framed) [73.6 x 73.6 cm]

Carrie Mae WeemsOn the 2023 Hasselblad Award

ARTnews magazine writes about the announcement of Mae Weems’s 2023 Hasselblad Award, which recognizes “significant achievement” in photography with a grant of around $187,000. Weems says of the award that recognition “comes with the continued responsibility to deliver on the promise made to myself and to the field, which is to shine a light into the darker corners of our time and thereby, with a sense of grace and humility, illuminate a path forward.” 

Read the ARTnews article here.