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Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life 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
Spotted Apple
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Magnolia
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Flying V (Sky and Water Series)
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Paper size: 17 x 22 in. Image size: 16 x 16 in. Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and w...
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2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blue Atlas Moth
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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Archival Pigment

Blackberries
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Pinocchio on Dove
By Keith Carter b.1948
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 25 Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Paper size: 17 x 22 in. Image size: 16 x 20 in. Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for his dreamlike black and w...
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2010s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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Touch
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: 16 x 16 in. Keith Carter is an American photographer who is known for...
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Blackberries, silver gelatin print, signed and numbered, limited edition, signed
By Keith Carter b.1948
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Blackberries, silver gelatin print, signed and numbered, limited edition, signed Storytelling comes naturally for photographer Keith Carter whose East Texas roots have greatly influ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Keith Carter b.1948 Still-life Photography

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