Carrie Mae Weems creates the Kitchen Table Series

Carrie Mae Weems created the Kitchen Table Series in 1990, a landmark body of photographic work depicting a Black woman's domestic life, relationships, and interiority through staged scenes shot at a single kitchen table. The series is considered one of the most important works in American photography and feminist art, establishing Weems as a preeminent voice in using photography to explore Black identity, womanhood, and power.