Carl De Keyzer Explained

Carl De Keyzer
Nationality:	Belgian
Occupation:	documentary photographer, photojournalist
Birth Date:	1958 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kortrijk, Belgium

Carl De Keyzer (27 December 1958) is a Belgian photographer. Major subjects in his work have included the collapse of Soviet Union and India. He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1994. De Keyzer has exhibited his work in many European galleries and has received several awards, including the Book Award from Rencontres d'Arles, the W. Eugene Smith Award and the Kodak Award.^[1]

Career

De Keyzer was born on 27 December 1958,^[2] in Kortrijk, Belgium.^[3] His freelance career began in 1982, at which time he also taught at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium.^[3] During this time, he co-founded the XYZ-Photography Gallery.

Major subjects in his work have included the collapse of Soviet Union and India. Robert Koch gallery describes his work as investigating "marginalized social groups and constructs uncritical psychological portraits which work to familiarize the 'other.'"^[4]

He was nominated to the Magnum Photos agency in 1990, became an associated member in 1992 and a full member in 1994. He currently lives in Ghent and continues to teach.

Publications

• Oogspanning, 1984,
• India, 1987 (Uitgeverig Focus 1999)
• Homo Sovieticus/USSR-1989-CCCP, 1989 (Distributed Art Publishers 1993),
• God, Inc., 1992 (Uitgeverig Focus)
• East of Eden. Ghent: Ludion, 1996.
• Europa, 2000 (Ludion Editions NV)
• Zona, 2003 (Trolley Books)
• Trinity, 2008 (Schilt Publishing)
• Congo (Belge) (Editions Lannoo sa)
• Moments Before The Flood, 2012
• Higher Ground, 2016
• Cuba La Lucha, 2016
• DPR Korea Grand Tour, 2017

Awards

• 1982, First Prize – Experimental Film, Festival for Young Belgian Filmmakers, Brussels, Belgium
• 1986, Hasselblad Award Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
• 1986, Grand Prix de la Triennale de la photographie, Photographie Ouverte,, Charleroi, Belgium
• 1988, Grand Prix de la Triennale de la Ville de Fribourg, Switzerland
• 1990, Louis Paul Boon Award, Ghent, Belgium
• 1990, Prix du Livre, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
• 1990, W. Eugene Smith Award, New York City^[5]
• 1992,, Paris
• 1995, Annual Fine Arts Award Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
• 2008, Shortlisted, Prix Pictet for Moments before the Flood^[6]

Collections

De Keyzer's work is held in the following collections:

• Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
• Photography Museum, Charleroi, Belgium
• Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
• Fnac Collection, Paris, France
• Ministry of Culture, Brussels, Belgium
• International Center of Photography, New York^[7]
• Centro de Arte, Salamanca, Spain
• Magnum Photos Collection, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin

Exhibitions

• Zona, Impressions Gallery, York, UK, 2005^[8]

External links

• • • Magnum Photos; Photographers

Notes and References

1. http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Biography_VPage&AID=2K7O3R14JWA9 Magnum biography
2. Web site: Biography - CV. Carl de Keyzer - Photography. 3 June 2024.
3. Web site: 2020-08-13. Photographer Carl de Keyzer's best shot. 8 July 2009. The Guardian.
4. Web site: Robert Koch Gallery . 3 December 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203164947/http://www.kochgallery.com/artists/contemporary/de_Keyzer/index.html . 3 December 2010 . dead .
5. Web site: 2020-08-13. 1990 Carl DeKeyzer. W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.
6. Web site: 2020-08-14. Carl De Keyzer. Prix Pictet.
7. Web site: 2020-08-13. Carl de Keyzer. 2 March 2016. International Center of Photography.
8. Web site: 2020-08-13. Carl de Keyzer, Impressions Gallery, York. 9 March 2005. The Guardian.