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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

Double Exposure in Daytona Beach

Double Exposure
African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
January 23 – May 30, 2010
“The visual dialogue created by this exhibition links past, present, and future generations of African American artists. This dialogue seeks to help viewers explore the universal nature of memory and photographic representation in relation to their own personal histories.” – Lisa Henry
Saturday January [...]

My lecture tomorrow @ Cornell University

I’m not on promo my game, but tomorrow in Ithaca, New York, at 5:00 p.m. I am presenting a paper on black photographers and publishing as part of the Visual Culture Colloquium at Cornell University. Despite the fact that it took me so long to publicize this I’m really looking forward to it!
November 9, 2009 – [...]

Posing Beauty

Check out this really lovely article on Deborah Willis’ current publication and touring exhibition, Posing Beauty: http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue13/13_feature_beauty.html Here are some installation views I made at the venue in NYC. My work is above right (you’ll recognize it from this blog’s header). It’s an interesting read—I can’t believe someone would tell Deb that it is inappropriate [...]

Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait

I (in collaboration with Deirdre Visser) have work in this show along with Accra Shepp, Victor Masayesva, Jr., etc. Check it out if you’re in the area.

Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait
October 24, 2009-February 21, 2010
VISIT   Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, NJ 08544   609-258-3788
OPEN Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to [...]

Interview by Kasalina Nabakooza

The wonderful blogger Kasalina Nabakooza posted an interview with me on her blog at http://kasalina.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/interview-with-carla-williams-editor-of-81-press/ I was coincidentally a regular reader of her blog so was delighted when she contacted me.

Make sure you check out her entire blog, though; she posts her own images, which are lyrical and inquisitive and quite wonderful with a great [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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      Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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