Keith F. Davis

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.^[1][2] In December 2005, the collection was donated to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.c^[3][4] At that time, the collection consisted of 6,500 images by 900 artists, with an estimated market value of $65 million. Since then, Davis has been the Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.^[5]

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.^[6]
• The Life and Work of Sid Grossman. Howard Greenberg Library/Steidl: Göttingen, 2017. ISBN 978-3958291256.^[7]

References

1. Dykstra, Jean (January–February 2013). . Photograph. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
2. "An Interview with Keith F. Davis, Part 1: It's Not a Normal Job". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
3. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - Photography Collection 2013-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
4. Heffley, Lynne (2006-01-14). "Nelson-Atkins gets Hallmark photos". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
5. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
6. "The Origins of American Photography". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
7. "The Life and Work of Sid Grossman - Sid Grossman - Publications - Howard Greenberg Gallery".

External links

• Keith F. Davis - Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame