2019
In Keith Carter's work, there is always more than meets the eye. The contemporary American photographer's pictures have a Surrealist quality, and Carter has a way of transforming the ordinary into the otherworldly. He strives to bring out the significance of the moment with black and white, figurative and abstract photography that has a deep sense of time and place.
Carter was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1948. He grew up in Beaumont, Texas, where he also studied business management at Lamar University, graduating in 1970. After finding himself drawn to taking pictures, Carter started working as a commercial photographer.
Photography proved a successful and fruitful calling, and Carter earned recognition for his work over the years. In 1997, his photography was nationally televised on CBS Sunday Morning. Celebrities also started collecting Carter's photographs, including Julia Roberts, Steven Spielberg, Diane Keaton, Elton John, Vanessa Redgrave and Barack Obama.
Carter was awarded the Texas Medal of Arts in 2009. Unfortunately, that same year, he was diagnosed with melanoma in his left eye, leaving him with limited vision. His photographic work helped him get through the experience: he even decided to make photographs focused on sight itself. Carter began experimenting with materials like silver gelatin and archival pigment to mimic the cloudiness of his vision.
Carter is represented by PDNB Gallery in Dallas, Texas, as well as by other galleries across the United States. In speaking to Introspective, the owners of PDNB Gallery describe Carter as a "Texas legend" and explain that they were following his work before they even opened their gallery. Their first 1997 show with the artist was described as a "blockbuster."
Carter's work is held in the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and many more prestigious institutions. He holds the Endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University and continues to exhibit and hold workshops across the United States.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of original Keith Carter photography.
Great Egret in Flight - Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Bird, Limited Edition
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10 Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin. Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 ...
Archival Pigment
Under the Moon
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil by Keith Carter. Archival pigment print Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 16 x 16 in. Keith Carter is an American photog...
Archival Pigment
Nevermore
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Series: Ghostland Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure...
Archival Pigment
Swamp Moon by Keith Carter, 2016, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Swamp Moon by Keith Carter presents a dramatic scene; detailed shot of the moon, half lit, emerges from a dark, murky background. Swamp Moon by Keith Carter is a 20 x 16 inch archi...
Archival Pigment
Rookery Study #3 by Keith Carter, 2019, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Rookery Study #3 by Keith Carter presents an ethereal scene. Barren trees stand in the murky swamp, emerging from the hazy atmosphere. White egrets and black cormorants rest in the b...
Archival Pigment
Daydream
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 35 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered pencil on print verso by Keith Carter Gelatin silver print, 15 x 15 in. Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for h...
Silver Gelatin
Egret in Flight, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Egret in Flight, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” by the Los ...
Archival Ink
Ibis on Clouds, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ibis on Clouds, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordina...
Archival Ink
Wings, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print
By Beth Moon
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Wings, limited edition photograph, signed, Platinum/Palladium Print My fascination with birds of prey began eight years ago. There have been nesting owls on my family’s land in the ...
Platinum
Dove, limited edition archival pigment ink photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Dove, limited edition archival pigment ink photograph, signed and numbered Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influenced...
Archival Pigment
Under the Moon, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Under the Moon, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influenced his pencha...
Archival Pigment
Earth, Moon, and Water, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Earth, Moon, and Water, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed and numbered Ghostland is an exploration of the flora, fauna, and folklore of swamplands in the American ...
Archival Pigment
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