The first book dedicated solely to one of Carrie Mae Weems’ most significant and important bodies of work, her Kitchen Table Series (1989-90). Photographed in black and white, twenty photographs tell the story of one woman’s life as conducted in the intimate setting of her kitchen – a space of domesticity and the patriarchal domain of women. Although technically a self-portrait series, it is not of the artist herself, but her as an archetype of the ways Black women have been portrayed in society. This is the second edition published in 2022.