Keith F. Davis (born 1952) is an American photography curator, collector, and the author of several books on photography.1
Between 1979 and 2005, Davis built the Hallmark Photographic Collection, spanning the history of American photography.12 In December 2005, the collection was donated to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.c34 At that time, the collection consisted of 6,500 images by 900 artists, with an estimated market value of $65 million. Davis had been the Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from that time,5 until his retirement in 2020.6
Publications
- An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection. Harry N Abrams, 1995. ISBN 978-0810919648
- The Origins of American Photography. Yale University Press, 2007. ISBN 9780300122862.7
- The Life and Work of Sid Grossman. Howard Greenberg Library/Steidl: Göttingen, 2017. ISBN 978-3958291256.8
References
References
- Dykstra, Jean (January–February 2013). "The Curators". Photograph. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- "An Interview with Keith F. Davis, Part 1: It's Not a Normal Job". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Photography Collection Archived 2013-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Heffley, Lynne (2006-01-14). "Nelson-Atkins gets Hallmark photos". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
- "Keith F. Davis Named Senior Curator of Photography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- "Keith Davis - The Graveyard Shift". Brinton Museum. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- "The Origins of American Photography". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- "The Life and Work of Sid Grossman - Sid Grossman - Publications - Howard Greenberg Gallery".