Though photography involves a technical practice, it can still elicit moments of lyricism and poetry.

The power of such work comes from its ability to elicit emotion from the viewer,

something that is only possible when the photographer

considers more than just pixel counts and sharpness.

Keith Carter has built a career on having an exacting photographic practice, both as a commercial

photographer and as a fine artist.

Yet his body of work is elevated by his

embracing of the idea that imperfections, flaws, and moments of failure are as much a part

of the photographic process as good equipment and a well-exposed piece of film. He understands

that one of his greatest strengths as a photographer is his

willingness to mind his own life, world, and experiences as familiar and as mundane as they may

appear to create something universal. Well, yes, but I agree with you. I get wildly stimulated in a new place. It's something I've never seen, etc., etc., etc. And it makes your synapses fire in a different way, and you work in a different way. On the other hand, if you're in a place that is relatively familiar, there's a different sense of calmness.

And on a good day, you can still find that same excitement.

You just have to look sometimes a little harder.

We'll talk to Keith about the literary influences of his work,

as well as the role his wife played in his evolution as a photographic artist.

This is Ebody and X, and welcome back to the Candid Frame.

I so appreciate you making time for me.

I've been wanting to talk to you for a long time.

I've long admired your work and your sensibility.

And anytime I've had a chance to hear you speak like you did at Art Center a couple of years ago or something that I catch on the computer,

I just really have always appreciated the sincerity and just the genuineness that you bring to your love of photography that I see exhibited in your work.

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