
Owner, Michael Keller Photography
Charleston, West Virginia Area

Owner, Michael Keller Photography
Charleston, West Virginia Area
27 years experience as photographer with the WV Division of Culture and History photographing events, magazine articles, publicity and studio photography. In business as Michael Keller Photography since 1984, providing general photography services to business and industry, as well as wedding and event photography.
(Photography industry)
March 1983 — Present (26 years 9 months)
Owner/operator of photography business, contracting to private businesses for annual reports, brochures and advertising. Assignments include executive portraiture, location photography, illustration. Also weddings, events and location portraits.
(Photography industry)
2007 — 2009 (2 years )
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
1981 — 2007 (26 years )
Photography of events and exhibits, photojournalism for the quarterly magazine Goldenseal, studio photography of artwork and museum artifacts for the State Museum, architectural photography for the State Historic Preservation Office.
MA , Humanities , 1990 — 1997
BA , Art, Communications , 1974 — 1976
Art, Communications 1972 — 1974
Photography, Fine Art, Computers and technology, my dogs (Shetland Sheepdogs), horses (saddlebreds), music, electric and acoustic guitar, bass
WV Youth Symphony Board of Directors (Vice-President), West Virginia Statewide Internet Group (SWIG), Capital High School Orchestra, WAVe (West Virginia Animators, Videographers and etc), Kanawha Valley Horseman's Association (KVHA)
Work has been published in Endless Vacation, Guitar Player, Southern Living, Downbeat, Ceramics Monthly, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Mid-Atlantic Country, Washington Monthly, Cinefantastique, Film Comment, Goldenseal, West Virginia Magazine, Graffiti, LA Weekly and others. Recent exhibitions include "West Virginia Photographers" at the Ice House Gallery in Berkeley Springs; "Streets and Scenes" at the Art Emporium in Charleston; "2007 Exhibition 280" at Huntington (WV) Museum of Art; "Images of Charleston" at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse; "Snap to Grid," Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; "Music of the Spheres," Boarman Arts Center, Martinsburg, WV; "The Beauty of Nature" at Nagoya and Gifu, Japan; "Recent Development: Focus on Regional Photographers" at the Huntington Museum of Art; the "Millennium Exhibit" at Museum in the Community, Hurricane, WV; and "Homecoming 2000" at West Virginia State College.