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FIREFLIES
In Fireflies, Keith Carter presents a magical gallery of photographs of children
and the world they inhabit. The collection includes both new work and iconic
images such as "Fireflies," "The Waltz," "Chicken Feathers," "Megan's New
Shoes," and "Angel" selected from all of Carter's rare and out-of-print books.
When making these images, Carter often asked the children, "do you have
something you would like to be photographed with?" This creative collaboration
between photographer and subject has produced images that conjure up stories,
dreams, and imaginary worlds. Complementing the photographs is an essay in
which Carter poetically traces the wellsprings of his interest in photographing
children to his own childhood experiences in Beaumont, Texas. As he recalls
days spent exploring in the woods and creeks, it becomes clear that his art flows
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A CERTAIN ALCHEMY
In A Certain Alchemy, his tenth book, Keith Carter explores relationships that are
timeless, enigmatic, and mythological. Drawing from the animal world, popular
culture, folklore, and religion, Carter presents photographs that attempt to reflect
hidden meanings in the real world. Accompanying the images is an introduction
by Carter's friend and fellow photographer Bill Wittliff, who describes Carter's
artistic journey and the epiphanies he has experienced. Patricia Carter, Keith's
wife and muse, also offers her insights into the wellsprings of his work.
In Keith Carter's own words, "A Certain Alchemy is a collection of imperfect
observations of the relationship we have to our ideas of place, time, memory,
desire, and regret. It is an anthology of oblique angles and awkward pauses that
examines the history of photography and our own shared natural histories." |
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Opera Nuda : 2006 |
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ANTHROPY ARTS DVD : 2006 A documentary DVD on Keith Carter is now available from Anthropy Arts, Inc. as part of The Photographers Series. This state of the art DVD production starts with an intimate documentary that takes the viewer through Keith's entire career, giving an in-depth look at his techniques and philosophy , and features special guest interviews, including curator Anne Wilkes Tucker and Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Horton Foote. In addition, there is a separate interactive segment of Keith discussing the stories behind many of his best known photographs, and a bonus feature of a step-by-step toning session in his darkroom.
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HOLDING VENUS : 2000 ISBN# 1-892041-24-3 (Contact your favorite bookstore)
"The imagery of Holding Venus offers us a cosmic mythology. A story of children and of potential and innocence,
of animals and angels,men and women, and earth and stars all yoked together as worlds come to rest in our hands, as stars glow
in them, and as galaxies blanket us." John Wood / Poet and Critic |
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EZEKIEL'S HORSE : 2000 ISBN# 0-292-71229-4 (Contact your favorite bookstore) |
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KEITH CARTER PHOTOGRAPHS - TWENTY-FIVE YEARS : 1997 ISBN# 0-292-71195-6 (Contact your favorite bookstore)
"If, of all the pleasures this survey monograph affords us, the one most generously offered is it's open
invitation into a peculiar and magical parallel universe. Then the deepest intimacy in which it involves us is that of
watching Keith Carter learn to fly." A.D. Coleman / Art Critic |
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BONES : 1996 (Out of Print)
First Edition Hardback, $150 Signed.
Keith Carter's powerful and lyrical look at the hidden life of dogs. |
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HEAVEN OF ANIMALS : 1995 (Out of Print)
First Edition Hardback, $200 Signed.
An Exploration Of The Inherent Kinship Between Man And Animal.
"The photographs of Keith Carter are timeless, enigmatic and mythological. This is lovely mysterious
stuff: Welcome to the Carter cult." The Village Voice |
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MOJO : 1992 (Out of Print)
First Edition Hardback, $300 Signed.
From the African word "Moo-yo". Meaning "Spiritual spark", "Force", or "Soul".
"A Pagan spirituality roams loose in these pages. It's a notoriously complicated and even personal
force, this Mojo." Rosellen Brown / Poet |
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THE BLUE MAN : 1990 (Out of Print)
First Edition Hardback, $200 Signed.
"Keith Carter's luminous, poetic photographs are moving documents of people and places where time seems
to have stopped. Like Walker Evans portraits, these photographs have a sense of permanent path that informs a highly
developed understanding of the medium and it's history." Barbara Rose / Art Critic |
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FROM UNCERTAIN TO BLUE : 1988 (Out of Print)
First Edition Hardback, $200 Signed.
An American Classic. A Two Year Road Trip Across The Mythic State of TEXAS.
"Keith Carter has the gift of taking things we have seen all our lives and giving them another dimension.
A beauty that you can't easily be rid of." Horton Foote / Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright |
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