Description: Holding Venus photography by Keith CARTER, John WOOD (essay) Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 2000. First trade edition. SIGNED / INSCRIBED by Keith Carter on title page. Larger cloth hardcover with mounted photo ; title on spine scuffed and scuffing to rear cover (see photos) else good; Essay by John Wood. In his most recent series, Holding Venus, Keith Carter continues to explore what he has referred to as the poetry of the ordinary, that moment of transcendence when the commonplace becomes the extraordinary. Myth and metaphor form the foundation of Carters imagery, which transforms the literal into the symbolic. In this sense, the notion of holding Venus remarks upon the connection between the earthly and the celestial at the same time that it attests to the fundamental human aspiration to realize that which is seemingly unattainable. While his early work concentrated on evoking a sense of place and spirit in his native East Texas, Carter has more recently turned his distinct perspective outward, photographing in Italy, France, England, and elsewhere. Yet, he approaches his subject matter with humor and celebration and with a probing eye for the human spirit, regardless of time and place. Often, his subjects are merely apparitions, whose forms are slightly obscured by opt! ical distortions. The imagery of Carters enigmatic worldexplores the mythological, the surreal, and the intangible that infuse everyday rituals and moments. A poet of the ordinary. Los Angeles Times Keith Carters photographsare united by an uncommonly penetrating sensibility. They are works of endearingly human dimension. New York Times .
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Signed By: Keith Carter
Book Title: Holding Venus
Custom Bundle: No
Book Series: Holding Venus
Original Language: English
Item Length: 11.5 in
Vintage: Yes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8 in
Personalized: Yes
Features: Illustrated, signed, inscribed
Topic: Abstract Photography, Artists, Photographers, General
Item Width: 10.5 in
Signed: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Arena Editions
Inscribed: Yes
Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: First Trade Edition
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Picture Book
Era: 2000s
Illustrator: Yes
Author: Keith Carter
Genre: Photography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 42.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 156 Pages
