Carla marie freed biography examples

My Journey to Attainment—from Mann to Freed

For me art, specifically photography, speaks volumes. Art has the power to give you chills just upon sight while you’re surrounded by a heat wave.

The most influential and chill-provoking pieces that really move me and speak to me are Sally Mann’s Candy Cigarette and Carla Marie Freed’s The Last Time I and You. Photography has been a part of my life since I was born—my grandmother, mother and grandfather loved to photograph every moment of my life.

Carla marie freed biography examples

My grandmother grew up very poor before the civil rights movement, so having a camera or taking photographs was rare in a home, especially a black household. Photography became my life and is still my passion!

            Contemporary artists Sally Mann and Carla Marie Freed are the most influential sources for my own artwork.

For one, they are women, and as a woman myself wanting to get my pho