Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
American, b. 1948
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.
Color: Black
Artist: Keith Carter b.1948
Elephant and Stars
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cypress Swamp Study #2
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3 out of 25
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 20 x 16 in.
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter
Series: Ghost...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rookery Study #5
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition 3 out of 25.
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on print verso
Series: Ghostlight
Keith C...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Crossing
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter
Series: Ghostlight
Keith Carter is an Ameri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Baygall Study #2
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 16 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter
Series: Ghostlight
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ghostlight
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 16 x 16 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter
Series: Ghostlight
K...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Mother and Child by Keith Carter, 2016, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
This black and white photograph by Keith Carter features a mother holding her child with their backs facing the viewer. They are both dressed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bog Dog by Keith Carter, 2014, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Bog Dog by Keith Carter presents a portrait of a dog looking off into the distance. This photograph is listed as a 20 x 16 inch archival pigment print, with the paper size measuring 22 x 17 inches. This print is available in an edition of 25. It is signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter. Bog Dog is from Carter's series, Ghostland.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and meaningful objects. He began photographing new and unknown realities using East Texas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Peacock Study No. 2
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Toned gelatin silver print
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Signed, titled, dated and number in pencil on print verso by Keith Carter
Keith Carter is a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Deer
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 20 x 16 in.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
One Eared Goat
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 20 x 16 in.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paradise, TX
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Series: From Uncertain to Blue
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spanish Moss
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 16 x 16 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Homage to Bellocq
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Series: Ghostland
Paper size: 17 x 22 in. Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marsh
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Toned gelatin silver print.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Basket of Fruit
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
1990s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Atlas Moth
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
How to Love the Empty Air
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 16 x 16 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Night and Light and The Half Light
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 20 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Under the Moon
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Holding Venus
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the...
Category
1990s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Atlas
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Carter
Keith Carter is an American photographer who i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tennis Ball by Keith Carter, 2015, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Tennis Ball by Keith Carter depicts an older, fluffy golden retriever resting it's head on the sidewalk, with a tattered tennis ball in it's mouth.
This photograph is listed as a 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Touch
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 22 x 17 in., Image size: 16 x 16 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Appaloosa
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Juggling the Moon by Keith Carter, 2007, Silver Gelatin Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and meaningful objects. He began photographing new and unknown realities using East Texas...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dawn
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vermeer's Dream
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Butterfly Collection
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fireflies Contact Sheet
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 20
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Carter
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 9 x 11 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nevermore
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Magnolia
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Squirrel Tree
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maydelle, Cherokee County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Gelatin silver print
Signed by Keith Carter, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Printed 2011
Keith C...
Category
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Conversation with a Coyote
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tree Roots, from Ghostland
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Archival pigment print
Paper size: 22 x 17 in. Image size: 20 x 16 in.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Railway Station
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mean...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cypress Swamp
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 17 x 22 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Series: Ghostland
Keith Carter is an American photographe...
Category
1990s Surrealist Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Leopard Appaloosa
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 25
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 17 x 22 in. Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Uncertain, Harrison County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Gelatin silver print
From Uncertain to Blue series
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Images: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Cart...
Category
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Earth, Lamb County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mea...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bebe
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mea...
Category
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blackberries
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
White Horse in Moonlight
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Thirty Plates
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Desdemona, Eastland County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, numbered, and dated
Series: From Uncertain to Blue
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fate, Rockwall County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Oatmeal, Burnet County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Umbrellas
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, titled, dated and numbered.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Strawberry Moon
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Part of Ghostlight Series
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Starry Night
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Part of Ghostlight Series
Category
2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Phantom Moss, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Phantom Moss, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
This photograph is part of Carter's series Ghost Light.
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular cult...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Oak Mott Study #7, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Oak Mott Study #7, 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 Lo...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Hanging Moss, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Hanging Moss, 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 Ang...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Ghostlight, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Ghostlight, 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 Angel...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Crossing, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Crossing, 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 Angeles...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Camellia Flowers, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Camellia Flowers, 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...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Swirls, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Swirls, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” by the Los An...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
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