From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter
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Portrait of the space
From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in Texas with Keith Carter
Portrait of the space
Before we get to taking a look at some of the pictures that I have made of Keith, what I want to do here is step back for a few moments. One of the things that I like to do before I make a portrait of a person is I like to try to create pictures which somehow portray that person without the person in the frame. In other words, I try to capture these small details that somehow tell or reflect a bit about the person I am going to photograph. So what I want to do here is just walk through some photographs and share some stories and insights to some of these pictures, some of these pictures of Keith Carter's studio and home, his space, because I think that space, it creates an interesting portrait of him, and I want to start off with this photograph. This is his studio sign Keith Carter Studio. This particular sign had fallen off a wall, and it broke in a number of different pieces. What's so interesting to me about this sign is that it tells a lot about Keith. He is one of those people…
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