Steven Keirstead's Page

Website

www.fas.harvard.edu/~keirst

Relationship status

married

College / University

Rice University

Member type

Artist

If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?

Photography

I am...

fascinated by Japanese art, particularly Rinpa screen painting of the Edo period and ukiyo-e and senso-e woodblock prints of the Meiji period.

About my artwork

Currently I am working with color diptychs of vertical images shot with 645 medium format film cameras. For landscapes I generally shoot 2 negatives side-by-side. For architectural subjects I often get more creative capturing two images that are not simply adjacent. In either case I am printing both negatives optically on one sheet of conventional color paper.

Artists I like

Peter T. Brown, Stephen Shore, Tawaraya Sotatsu, Hasegawa Tohaku, Sakai Hōitsu, Ogata Korin, Ogata Kenzan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, Toshihide, Toshikata, Hishida Shunsō, Hosoe Eiko, Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Interests

Walking, Hiking, Kayaking, Cooking, Gardening.

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

DarknessDarkness at Harvard University's Mather House.

The centre of the artworld is

nowhere and everywhere

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