[1] Her work has been published, screened, and exhibited around the world in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, and Sydney.

[3] In the late 1980s, while she was studying photography at The Evergreen State College, Carland co-founded the independent art gallery Reko Muse (a.k.a.

wreck-o-muse) in Olympia, Washington with fellow photography student, Kathleen Hanna and another friend, Heidi Arbogast.

Local band, Nirvana, led by Kurt Cobain, periodically played benefit shows to support the gallery.

She has also been a contributor to Joanie4Jackie, a film compilation zine created by Miranda July, which featured Dear Mom and Becky 1977 in the first and second issues respectively.

Her videos Live From Somewhere,[7] Odd Girl Out, and Lady Outlaws and Faggot Wannabes have screened nationally and internationally.

Mr. Lady was an independent record label and video distribution company dedicated to promoting feminist and queer culture.

She has cited Bernd and Hilla Becher, Felix Gonzales-Torres and Imogen Cunningham as influences, especially on her "Lesbian Beds" series.