Kathleen Carr

Member Artist since 2015

Photography

Kathleen T. Carr has been a fine art and professional photographer for over fifty years. She has worked with a variety of techniques and alternate processes over the years, but her vision remains constant. In her words, “I seek to experience the radiance in all life and have my images express that radiance tangibly enough so that others may see and feel it, too. Caring deeply about nature, especially when I see such environmental destruction in the world, I want my photography to inspire people to honor the earth and all who live upon it.” 

Her current passions are photographing infrared, landscapes, nature, underwater, and the digital darkroom. Kathleen has lived in Hawaii full time since 2006, but spent months each year on the Big Island since 1991. 

Kathleen received a BFA (cum laude) in Photography from Ohio University in 1970, and then studied extensively with Minor White and worked for Aperture, a renowned photography quarterly. Kathleen received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1991. For decades, she taught alternative Polaroid techniques and Photoshop in colleges, art centers and the San Francisco Art Institute. She still offers private instruction in photography, Photoshop and the digital darkroom.

Her award-winning work has been exhibited internationally, purchased for private collections, and has appeared in numerous books and periodicals. Her five books are Walks in the Neighborhood; Dolphins: Kindred Spirits; Polaroid Transfers; Polaroid Manipulations (Amphoto Books 1997 & 2002), and To Honor the Earth (HarperSanFrancisco, 1991). 

Kathleen is president and a founding member of SOKO (South Kona Artists Collective), who host an Artists Open Studio Tour during the last weekend in February each year, see www.sokoartists.com.

 She is also a member of the art group, West Hawaii Artists Tribe (WHAT). Visit her website at www.kathleentcarr.com.