Corner Building, Chelsea, New York by Keith Taylor

In addition to being an accomplished photographer, 20x200 artist Keith Taylor is also a self-taught master printer who prints for Beth Dow (his wife and JBG artist) as well as the likes of Alec Soth and Mario Testino. If you happen to be in Minneapolis this Tuesday, August 18th, you should head to the Mpls Photo Center from 7pm - 9.30pm where Keith will be speaking about his work.

From the press release:

Taylor is known for dusky, richly detailed images more reminiscent of etchings than conventional photographs. They are made with a laborious 19th-century printing process involving platinum and palladium instead of the more common silver salts used in most 20th-century photographs. Recently he invented a technique that includes using a computer to enlarge his negatives, but he still mixes his own light-sensitive solutions of platinum and palladium and brushes them onto the watercolor type paper on which the photos are printed.

In Keith's own words:

I’ll be speaking about my photography and the various alternative processes I work with. Beth spoke there at the beginning of August and set the bar pretty high, I thought, so I’ll have my work cut out. And although it won’t be a technical talk and full of numbers, I’ll be covering the reasons why I think combining analogue techniques with today’s digital technology can be liberating for photographers.

Keith Taylor Artist Talk
August 18th, 7pm - 9.30pm
RSVP to lectures@mplsphotocenter.com
Mpls Photo Center
2400 North Second Street | Minneapolis

Keith's edition print, Bird's Nest, went fast and has only two large prints remaining.

See more of Keith's work on his site.