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.
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Artist: Keith Carter b.1948
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Open Hand
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Open Hand, 2004
Gelatin silver print,
Paper size: 16 x 20 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso by Keith ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spotted Apple
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
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
Lovelady, Houston 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
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Window
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 35
Signed, numbered, titled, and dated.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figure, animals, and me...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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
Happy, TX by Keith Carter, 1985, Silver Gelatin Print, Landscape Photography
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Happy, TX by Keith Carter is a silver gelatin print and is an edition of 50. The photograph features a parking lot with a silo and a building in the distance. This photograph is sig...
Category
20th Century 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
Resting Gulls
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
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
Boy with Bee
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Carter
Gelatin silver print
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who i...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Noonday, Smith County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled and dated
Series: From Uncertain to Blue
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and white photographs of the figu...
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
Nesting Tree #2, Footpath, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Footpath, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed and numbered
Ghostland is an exploration of the flora, fauna, and folklore of swamplands in the American South.
“Usi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Pigment
Footpath, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Footpath, limited edition, archival pigment ink print, signed and numbered
Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influenced ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Atchafalaya Study #1, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Atchafalaya Study #1, 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...
Category
2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
Polka-Dot Wings, Silver Gelatin Print, Signed and numbered, limited edition
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Polka-Dot Wings, Silver Gelatin Print, Signed and numbered, limited edition
Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gossamer Autumn
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sky & Water
During our historic pandemic, I began morning walks through the marshlands west of town. I felt that I was walking through prehistory, and could count on seeing at least one small miracle each day: luminous reflected clouds in water, a nonchalant bobcat, frolicking river otters...
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2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Pigment
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
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2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rookery Study #2
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
This selection of images appear in my upcoming monograph scheduled for release fall of 2022 by the University of Texas Press. Ghostlight is an exploration of dark waters: the otherwo...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
Materials
Archival Ink
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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
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 ...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Cormorants, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Cormorants, 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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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
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Archival Ink
Turner Clouds, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Turner Clouds, 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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Sunken Weathervane, color photograph, signed and numbered, limited edition
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sunken Weathervane, color photograph, signed and numbered, limited edition
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” b...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Lone Pine, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Lone Pine, 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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Laguna Salinas, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Laguna Salinas, 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 th...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Illuminated Tree, color photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Illuminated Tree, 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 ...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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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...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Flying V, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Flying V, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” b...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Egret and Crane, color photograph, signed and numbered, limited edition
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Egret and Crane, color photograph, signed and numbered, limited edition.
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” by t...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Bullrushes, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Bullrushes, color landscape photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary”...
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2010s Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Ink
Young Stallion, photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Young Stallion, 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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Archival Pigment, Silver Gelatin
Tidewater, silver gelatin photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Tidewater, silver gelatin 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Sunglasses, silver gelatin photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sunglasses, silver gelatin photograph, signed and numbered
Keith Carter’s work explores time, place, and vernacular culture. Described as a “Poet of the Ordinary” by the Los Angele...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Sheepdogs, silver gelatin photograph, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Sheepdogs, silver gelatin 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Peacocks, silver gelatin photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Peacocks, silver gelatin photograph, limited edition, signed and numbered
Described as a "Poet of the Ordinary," Keith came of age during the turbulent sixties and seventies, devel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Silver Gelatin
Owl's Nest, silver gelatin print, limited edition photograph, signed + numbered
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Owl's Nest, silver gelatin print, limited edition photograph, signed + numbered
Described as a "Poet of the Ordinary," Keith came of age during the turbulent sixties and seventies,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Photography
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Silver Gelatin
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