Tag Archives: Photographer

Autoportrait Day 364~ Carrie Mae Weems

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Contemporary American artist Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953)

1. First Self Portrait, 1975 / Image from Jack Shainman Gallery

2. Portrait of Myself as an Intellectual Revolutionary, 1988 /Image from Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

3. Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire) / Image from Kitchen Table Series

4. In the Mountains of Santiago de Cuba (from Dreaming in Cuba), 2002 / Image from Guggenheim Museum, NYC

5. I Looked and Looked and Failed to See What so Terrified You, 2003 / Image from the Louisiana Project series

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How Carrie Mae Weems sees herself~
https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/epvbq7/how-carrie-mae-weems-sees-herself

Autoportrait Day 357~ Ellen Carey

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

American photographer Ellen Carey (born 1952)

1. Self-Portrait with Tulip, 1978 / Unique Polaroid 20×24

2. Self-Portrait, 1984 / Unique Polaroid 20×24

3. Self-Portrait, 1984 / Double-exposure gelatin silver print

https://www.mbart.com/exhibitions/137/works/artworks-11767-ellen-carey-self-portrait-1987/

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Autoportrait Day 351~ Elisabeth Hase

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

German photographer Elisabeth Hase (1905-1991)

1. Untitled (Self-portrait on the Phone), c.1930 / Silver gelatin print / Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2. Untitled (Bathing Scene), 1932-33 / Vintage silver print / Robert Mann Gallery, NYC

3. Hase Crying, 1933 / Gelatin silver print / Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

4. Untitled (Crying Woman), c.1934 / Vintage silver print / Robert Mann Gallery, NYC

5. Down Stairs, c.1948 / Gelatin silver print / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
(This is usually displayed online as a vertical. I went with the Met’s orientation because it is physically logical, but wonder if the artist meant it to be displayed vertically?)

6. Untitled, ND, date / Photograph / Found on http://elisabeth-hase.de/

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Autoportrait Day 314~ Erica Deeman

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

British (active in USA) interdisciplinary artist
Erica Deeman (born 1977)

1. Untitled 11 (Self Portrait), 2020 / Cassius Obsidian clay / Image: Anthony Meier Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

2. Untitled 14 (Self Portrait), 2020 / Cassius Obsidian clay / Image: Anthony Meier Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

3. Self Portrait #2, 2020 / Instax film / The Svane Family Foundation, San Francisco, CA

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Autoportrait Day 310~ Heather Agyepong

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British Ghanaian visual artist and performer
Heather Agyepong (born 1990)

Wish You Were Here (1. Le Cake-Walk: Rob This England), 2020
C-Type color print on Hahnemühle paper / Part of a limited edition set of 10

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Autoportrait Day 296~ Sylvia Salazar Simpson

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Installation artist, book artist, and photographer
Sylvia Salazar Simpson (born 1939)

Antes-Después (Before-After), 1981 / Four color photographs / Private collection

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Autoportrait Day 287~ Mattie Gunterman

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Canadian photographer and mining camp cook
Ida Madeline “Mattie” Gunterman (1872-1945)

1. Self-Portrait by a tree, 1899 / Silver gelatin print / Collection of Henri Robideau

2. Three poses, c.1900 / From glass plate negative / Vancouver Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

3. Mattie Gunterman riding her horse Nellie, 1905 / From glass plate negative / Vancouver Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

4. Mattie Gunterman with a rifle and holding a grouse, c.1907 / From glass plate negative / Vancouver Public Library, British Columbia, Canada

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Autoportrait Day 278~ Maud Sulter

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Scottish artist, photographer, writer, and
feminist activist Maud Sulter (1960-2008)

1. Calliope from Zabat series, 1989 / Dye destruction print / Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

2. Hysteria from Hysteria installation, 1991 / Black and white
photographic print / Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK

3. Les Bijoux I from Les Bijoux series, 2002 / Polaroid print on paper / Tate, London, UK

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