From Uncertain to Blue (Bill and Alice Wright Photography Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0292726988 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good Idea, Superb Results Uncertain and Blue are the names of just two of the one hundred small Texas towns having quaint and unusual names which Keith and Pat Carter visited in the late 1980's. This curious photo expedition produced the 80 works depicted in this fine book. The photographs are straightforward B&W images of people, places and animals which are poignant and evocative.The book's introduction was written by Carter's friend and admirer, the late Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright Horton F. Good Work Poorly Printed M. Morris There's is plenty of good work in the book and the introductions by Carter and Horton Foote are both interesting reads. Unfortunately, this is one of the worst printed books I've seen in a long, long time. I'm uncertain if it's just a few isolated copies or if the entire run is like this, but it pretty much ruins the viewing experience.. R. M. Peterson said Classic Americana (or Texana) photographs of small-town life. In 1986, Keith Carter suggested to his wife Pat that they commemorate their tenth wedding anniversary by driving all around Texas, leaving the interstates, "and messing around the back roads and taking pictures." They got out their maps, and for the next summer and over weekends of the following year they visited scads of Texas towns whose names intrigued them, with Pat taking notes and Keith taking pictures of whatever interested them. For this book of photographs shot during thei
"In the beginning, there was no real plan, just a road trip that became a journey." In the years 1986 and 1987, Keith Carter and his wife, Patricia, visited one hundred small Texas towns with intriguing names like Diddy Waw Diddy, Elysian Fields, and Poetry. I would take several rolls of film but select only one image to represent that dot on my now-tattered map. He also offers additional insight into his creative process by including some of his original contact sheets. The titles of the photographs are the actual names of the small towns." Carter created a body of work that evoked the essence of small-town life for many people, including renowned playwright and fellow Texan, Horton Foote. He says, "I tried to make my working method simple and practical: one town, one photograph. In 1988, Carter published his one town/one picture collection in From Uncertain to
. He is the author of eleven previous books, including Fireflies, A Certain Alchemy, Holding Venus, Keith Carter Photographs: Twenty-Five Years, Heaven of Animals, Mojo, The Blue Man, and From Uncertain to Blue. Carter’s work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the J. About the Author Keith Carter holds the endowed Walles Chair of Visual and Performing Arts at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and is the recipient of a 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Award and the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Paul Getty Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the George Eastman House; and the Wittliff Collections’ Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection
Keith Carter holds the endowed Walles Chair of Visual and Performing Arts at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and is the recipient of a 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Award and the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Paul Getty Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the George Eastman House; and the Wittliff Collections’ Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection.