Keith Carter is an internationally recognized photographer and educator. Born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1948,he holds the endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University Beaumont, Texas. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts Regional Survey Grants and the Lange-Taylor Prize from The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. In 1997 Keith
Carter was the subject of an arts profile on the national network television show, CBS Sunday Morning. In 1998, he received Lamar University's highest teaching honor, the University Professor Award, and he was named the Lamar University Distinguished Lecturer.

Eight monographs of his black and white photographs have been published: From Uncertain To Blue, 1988; The Blue Man, 1990; Mojo, 1992; Heaven of Animals, 1995; and Bones, 1996. A mid-career survey, Keith Carter Photographs - Twenty Five Years was published in 1997; Holding Venus and his eighth book, Ezekiel's Horse, were published in 2000. Called "a poet of the ordinary" by the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Carter's haunting, enigmatic photographs have been widely exhibited in Europe, The U.S., and Latin America. They are included in numerous permanent collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the George Eastman House; the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston; and the Wittliff Collection of Southwestern and Mexican Photography at Southwest Texas State University.

Janet Woodcock: I was born and raised in a suburb of Detroit. My father was with the United Auto Workers Union and that was a huge influence in my growing up. I went to the University if Michigan in 1965. I think I went to more sit-ins and protests than classes! I left in 1968 to move to Boston and at the tender age of 30 decided I really wanted to be a photographer. I attended the Art Institute of Boston and the New England School of Photography. I worked for a number of years on small newspapers and then left and did mostly commercial work. I also taught at the New England School of Photography. My personal work has become more and more important to me and I stopped doing any assignment work about 5 years ago.

April 2004, Four person show, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY. May 2003, Group show, featured artist, Dragonfly Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA. February 2003, Small, Smaller, Smallest, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA. November 2002, “BarnYard”, solo exhibit, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY. September 2002, “Relics of the Nest: Illusion and Memory”, five person show, Dragonfly Gallery, Oak Bluffs, MA. March 2002, “BarnYard”, solo exhibit, Gallery One, Boston, MA. August 2001, “Poetics of Space”, five person show, Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA.

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