Keith Carter, the Photographers Series

I was absent on the day we watched the video “Keith Carter, the Photographers Series.” So, I did research on Keith Carter instead. Keith Carter was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Texas. Carter taught himself how to photograph and is best known for his imagination. He began with commercial photography and personal projects on the side. Carter believes in that photograph is the writing of light like the Greeks do. He thinks of photography as documenting his life, as if he was making an autobiography. He photographs of places he has visited and people he cares about. This is his form of journaling his life as well as the people’s lives around him. Carter’s work was able to really stand out because of his ability to make it mystical and almost fantastical. In order to do this, he caught himself using a small view camera incorrectly before inserting his film. Carter would later purposefully distort the focus of his photographs.