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Carla Williams
Born1965
Los Angeles, California, United States
EducationUniversity of New Mexico Princeton University
Known forPhotography, History

Carla Williams (born 1965, Los Angeles, CA) is an American photographer, historian and writer who's work deals with race and representation in the photographic canon, as well as interrogating bias in societal paragons of beauty.[1]

Early life

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Carla Williams was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She studied visual arts and archeology at Princeton University, earning a BFA. Williams then earned a MA and MFA in Photography at the University of New Mexico.[2] While still a graduate student at the University of New Mexico in the 1990s, Williams met artist and art historian Deborah Willis, with whom she began collaborating with on research projects and publications.[3]

Work

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Williams' photography has often taken the form of the self-portrait, through which she has documented herself at different ages, addressing issues of beauty norms and racial and gender representation.[4] Her photography has been included in publications such as The New Yorker[5] and exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute and the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park[6][7].

Following graduate school, Williams worked as Curator of Prints and Photography at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.[3][4] Through her work at the Schomburg Center, Williams met and began a long-term collaboration with Deborah Willis. Williams and Willis co-wrote The Black Female Body: A Photographic History (2002)[8] and later, Black Venus 2010: they called her "Hottentot" (2010).[9]

Williams' has written extensively on the history of photography and Black Female subjectivity in art history, photography and the American popular culture for exhibition catalogs and publications such as Aperture Magazine and EBONY. [1][10][11]

Collections

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Her work is in the permanent collections at Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Allentown Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Arts and in the Museum of Arts and Design.[12] Some of her crochet work was transformed into mosaics for the New York City Subway's 34th Street – Hudson Yards station.[13]

Exhibitions

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2002

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  • Xenobia Bailey: Paradise Under Reconstruction in the Aesthetic of Funk--Phase IV (January 18 - February 17)[14]

Honors and Awards

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In 2000, Xenobia Bailey won a Creative Capital grant for her project, Paradise Under Reconstruction in the Aesthetic of Funk.[15]

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Official website

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vision & Justice - Aperture Foundation NY". Aperture Foundation NY. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  2. ^ "Museum of Contemporary Photography". www.mocp.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. ^ a b "The Schomburg Legacy Lives On: The Genius of Deborah WiIllis". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  4. ^ a b Peregoff, Lindsey (October 22, 2004). "Interview with Carla Williams" (PDF). http://www.glbthistory.org. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  5. ^ "The New Yorker Digital Edition : Dec 28, 1998". archives.newyorker.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  6. ^ "The David C. Driskell Center". www.driskellcenter.umd.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  7. ^ "Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present | Smithsonian". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  8. ^ Willis, Deborah; Williams, Carla (2002-01-01). The black female body: a photographic history. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1566399289. OCLC 47045028.
  9. ^ Williams, Carla; Willis, Deborah (2010-01-01). Black Venus 2010: they called her "Hottentot". Philadelphia, Pa: Temple Univ. Press. ISBN 978-1439902042. OCLC 837288540.
  10. ^ "Beyond the Selfie: Renée Cox on the Power of Shooting Black Bodies [PHOTOS] - EBONY". www.ebony.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  11. ^ Smith, Shawn Michelle; Greene, Myra; Williams, Carla; Visual Studies Workshop Gallery; Hartnett Gallery (2009-01-01). Taking another look at race: Myra Greene & Carla Williams. Rochester, N.Y.: Visual Studies Workshop. OCLC 428813978.
  12. ^ Bailey, Xenobia. "Museum of Arts and Design Permanent Collection". Museum of Arts and Design. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  13. ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority. "7 Line Extension". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  14. ^ [1], “EXHIBITIONS JULY 2001 - JUNE 2002.” Annual Report (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), 2002, pp. 42–42, retrieved March 11, 2017.
  15. ^ "Creative Capital - Investing in Artists who Shape the Future". creative-capital.org. Retrieved 2017-02-28.



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