Artist: Keith Carter

I became interested in Keith Carter's work for his personal aesthetic. All of his imagery has a very distinct style to it. It starts with the shallow depth of field but I feel like it's also in his strong compositions. I would really like to develop a specific style or aesthetic for my work this semester as a way to tie my project together. I also really enjoy his work because of the everyday nature of his subject matter and how he creates an emotion with it. It's encouraging to see work that is so successful without being overly complicated.

Bio:
Keith Carter is an internationally recognized photographer and educator. Born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1948,he holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University Beaumont, Texas. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Regional Survey Grants and the Lange-Taylor Prize from The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 1997 Keith Carter was the subject of an arts profile on the national network television show, CBS Sunday Morning. In 1998, he received Lamar University's highest teaching honor, the University Professor Award, and he was named the Lamar University Distinguished Lecturer.

Quotes:
"It’s not that these pictures are telling you things you didn’t already know, but rather that... they’re reminding you of things you’ve deep down always known but somehow forgotten, because life has a nasty habit of simply becoming too daily, too dependent on thought at the expense of feel (Wittliff)."

"Working in black and white, and citing Henri Cartier-Bresson and Eugene Atget as seminal influences, Carter favors a classical style of photography that's a bit out of vogue at the moment, but never really loses its audience. Conceptually straightforward and unabashedly beautiful, Carter's timeless, graceful pictures are like the photographic equivalent of comfort food--looking at them makes you feel better (McKENNA)."






Interview:
http://articles.latimes.com/1994-08-09/entertainment/ca-25318_1_keith-carter

Representation:
Howard Greenberg Gallery
http://www.howardgreenberg.com/
Catherine Edelman Gallery
http://www.edelmangallery.com/
McMurtrey Gallery
http://www.mcmurtreygallery.com/
G. Gibson Gallery
http://www.ggibsongallery.com/
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery
http://www.pdnbgallery.com/Site/HOME.html
Photo Eye Gallery
http://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/
Stephen L. Clark Gallery
http://www.artnet.com/gallery/239/stephen_l_clark_gallery.html
A Gallery for Fine Photography
http://www.agallery.com/

Artist Website:
http://www.keithcarterphotographs.com/home.html

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION:

McKenna, Kristine. "A Poet of the Ordinary." Los Angeles Times 09 Aug 1994, Print.
[NOTE: Italicize "Los Angeles Times"]

Wittliff, Bill. "An Essay." Keith Carter Photographs. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sep 2010. .

PARENTHETICAL CITATION:
(McKenna), (Wittliff).