Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait 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.
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Artist: Keith Carter b.1948
Boy with Bee
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marsh
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boy with Bee - Black and White Portrait, Child, Insect, Sculpture
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Bee by Keith Carter is a black and white portrait of a child sitting on a bench while holding a bee sculpture.
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Car...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Tennis Ball by Keith Carter, 2015, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy with Bee - Black and White Portrait, Child, Insect, Sculpture
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Boy with Bee by Keith Carter is a black and white portrait of a child sitting on a bench while holding a bee sculpture.
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Keith Car...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elephant and Stars
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bog Dog by Keith Carter, 2014, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Boy with Bee
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Chicken Feathers
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Original gelatin, silver, print, signed and pencil with a title and date on the back. Framed to 28x22”.
Category
1990s Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Marsh
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Two Deer
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Conversation with a Coyote
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Bebe
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Pep, Hockley County, from Uncertain to Blue
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bog Dog by Keith Carter, 2014, Archival Pigment Print
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pep, Hockley County, from Uncertain to Blue
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paradise, TX
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Homage to Bellocq
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Isabel
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Paradise, TX
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Maydelle, Cherokee County
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
One Eared Goat
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Air, Mason County, TX
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 50
Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 20 x 16 in., Image size: 15 x 15 in.
Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for...
Category
1980s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bird and Ribbon, silver gelatin print, signed and numbered, limited edition
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Bird and Ribbon, silver gelatin print, signed and numbered, limited edition
Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influenced...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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