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Keith Carter's newest body of work, ". . . Only a little planet," is comprised of photographs taken in locations ranging from Carter's hometown of Beaumont, Texas to Mexico, England, Switzerland, Italy, and Norway. This work, which he created over the past two years, explores "the passage of time, the temporal beauty of memory, and the universal courage of the human spirit." Dreamlike and often askew, these portraits are more than images of people or things. These are photographs about courage, character, and soul that offer more than aesthetic beauty.
Also included in this exhibition is a very personal series of photographs Mr. Carter took of his late mother during her battle with Alzheimer's disease. While he was growing up, Mr. Carter's mother, Jane Davis Goodrich, photographed children for a living. Keith first experienced the magic of photography as a young boy while playing in the kitchen that his mother converted into a darkroom. These emotional portraits depict the photographer's struggle to accept that the woman who once gave him the confidence and encouragement to pursue photography was withering away, both in body and mind.
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Keith Carter was born in Madison Wisconsin in 1948, and has lived in Beaumont, Texas since he was five. Carter is an internationally recognized photographer and educator, who holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University. He is the recipient of two National Endowments for the Arts Regional Survey Grants and the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 1998, he received his University’s highest teaching honors, the University Professor Award and was named University Distinguished Lecturer. Eight monographs of his work have been published to date, and his photographs are included in numerous permanent collections and have appeared in a multitude of solo and group exhibitions in the U. S. and abroad. The Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography at Southwest Texas State University houses his major collection.
A new documentary film on Keith Carter and his work has been produced by Anthropy Arts, New York. The DVD, which will be available during Mr. Carter's exhibition, includes a one-hour documentary, a one-hour photo commentary, and a twenty-minute toning demonstration.
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