Victor Van Keuren has been photographing worldwide since 1974. He has lived and photographed in Alaska and Northern Canada from 1980-1988. He also lived and worked in coastal Maine from 1995-2008. He has photographed a wide variety of subjects from National Parks to urban portraits and architecture. While living in Rochester, New York he learned to work with large format cameras and platinum printing and dye-transfer techniques. He also studied and worked at the famed Rochester Institute of Technology and the Kodak laboratories. In Rochester, the George Eastman Museum allowed him many opportunities for exposure to the masters of photography. It was here he discovered the imagery of his biggest influences such as Edward Weston, Paul Caponigro, Minor White and Jerry Uelsmann.
“I have always been drawn to the relationship of the Micro/Macro in the natural world”, “My imagery is taking on a psychological aspect that is free from scale and leaves the viewer the space for personal interpretation”
Van Keuren now divides his time between the Southwest United States and Dusseldorf, Germany. His most current projects include working in Glen Canyon National Recreation area for a 12 day artist in residence in October 2019. .
Education and Photographic Study
Advanced Photography with Janis Miglavs 1975 / 76
Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, New York
Kodak Laborotories – Dye Transfer Work
Awards and Grants
Photoworkshops.com – Composition Award Winner
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January-February 2017 - Fundacion de Artistas - Merida, Mexico - Artist in Residence
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March 2017 - Exhibition Grant - United States Embassy, Santiago de Chile
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October 2019 - Glen Canyon National Recreation Area - Artist in Residence
Exhibitions - Group
September 2016 - World Tour Exhibitions – Las Vegas, Nevada
October 2016 - World Tour Exhibitions – Scottsdale, Arizona
February 2017 - Fundacion de Artistsas, Merida, Mexico
March 2017 - 'Vendemia 2017' - Casablanca, Chile
February 2018 - Dusseldorf Photo Weekend - 'dos desiertos'
November 2018 - 'Art at Last' - Dusseldorf, Germany
May 2019 - 'Moon" - Flagstaff Community College
August 2019 - 'Cosmovisiones' - Museo Colegio Alemania de Santiago - Santigo, Chile
October 2019 - 'The Glen Canyon Project' - Page, Arizona
Exhibitions - Solo
August, 2006 - The Spontaneous Landscape - Southwest Harbor, Maine
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March, 2017 - Gallerie NAC - 'dos desiertos' - Santiago de Chile
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June, 2017 - Galerie Weigmann - 'dos desiertos' - Dusseldorf, Germany
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Nov, 2018 - Stadtsparkasse - 'dos desiertos' - Dusseldorf, Germany
Film
2017 / 'dos desiertos' / Drone film
2019 / 'Dialogue Earth' - Director - Hank Levine / Drone filming
Collections
Bank of America – San Francisco
National Geographic Magazine Stock
Publications
1988, 1989 - Sharkstreams Calendars
1998 - Wine Spectator Magazine
2001 - Food and Wine Magazine
2004 - The Story Behind The Scenery – Acadia National Park
2006 - Bon Apetit Magazine
2009 - Portugal (book)
2016 - dos desiertos / Cielo y Tierra (book)
2016 - Spiritus / Rapa Nui (book)
2018 - Billionaire Magazine
2018 - Berbers (book)
2019 - Elysian Magazine
2019 - The Glen Canyon Project (book)