Kennedi Carter
Kennedi Carter (b. 1998) is a photographer and visual artist born in Charlottesville, Virginia and raised in Durham, North Carolina. Working across photography and archival practice, her work explores the aesthetics, spirituality, and sociopolitical dimensions of Black life in the American South, with particular attention to intimacy, embodiment, community, and ecology.
Carter is the grand prize winner of the Hariban Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Nasher Museum of Art, the North Carolina Museum of Art, Huis Marseille, the Wilson Centre for Photography, the Wedge Collection, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum, among others. Publications with Carter's photographs as commissioned work and features include: British Vogue, Bergdorf Goodman, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, and Atmos Magazine.
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Atlas (9 months) -
Hidden Mother
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Hidden Mother 2
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Postpartum Maternity Self Portrait
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Jaelle
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Malana's Feet
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Shaqeel
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Sweet Lady Val
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Tamika
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(Untitled) Self Portrait
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Aweng / Untitled
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To Rest
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When Hands Touch
November 23, 2024 – January 18, 2025ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present When Hands Touch , a group exhibition featuring the works of Kennedi Carter, Jo Ann Callis, John Chiara, and Tania Franco Klein. When Hands Touch...Read more -
de terra
curated by Jaushua Rombaoa July 13 – August 24, 2024ROSEGALLERY is pleased to present de terra , a group exhibition curated by Jaushua Rombaoa. de terra showcases instances of humanity’s mark on the natural world through the photographs of...Read more -
Kennedi Carter: A Meditation on the Untitled
July 22 – September 2, 2023Kennedi Carter draws from her ancestral canon of Black and Southern experiences through skin, texture, intimacy, home, and community. A MEDITATION ON THE UNTITLED is Kennedi Carter’s Big Bang -...Read more -
All This Happened: Twenty Nine Years of ROSEGALLERY
September 14 – October 30, 2021'All This Happened: Twenty Nine Years of ROSEGALLERY' will be on view from 14 September - 30 October 2021. The group exhibition features works by Jo Ann Callis, Kennedi Carter, John Chiara, Lieko Shiga, Dorothea Lange, William Eggleston, Rinko Kawauchi, Lise Sarfati, Robbert Flick, Tania Franco Klein, Steve Galloway, Graciela Iturbide, Shaun McCracken, Manfred Müller, Elger Esser, Huger Foote, Bruce Davidson, Tomoko Sawada, Megan Cotts, Shaun McCracken, Diana Markosian, and more.Read more -
Into the Blue
May 22 – August 14, 2021Into The Blue will be on view from 22 May - 14 August 2021. The group exhibition features works by Jo Ann Callis, Kennedi Carter, John Chiara, Yishai Jusidman, Gayle Kabaker, Tania Franco Klein, Steve Galloway, Graciela Iturbide, Shaun McCracken, Manfred Müller, Sheila Pinkel, Maureen Selwood and Megan Cotts, Lieko Shiga, and Aaron Stern.Read more
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Tracing Black ancestry, spirit and survival in the American South
Yasmin Alrabiei, WePresent, April 21, 2026 -
How Photographer Kennedi Carter Found Artistic Freedom
Cassandra Pintro, Vogue, March 16, 2022 -
Kennedi Carter on Southern Roots and Her “Full Circle” Beyoncé Moment
Michael Beckert, W Magazine, July 23, 2021 -
Through Her Lens: Kennedi Carter’s Intimate Portraits
Colony Little, Walter Magazine, May 28, 2021 -
Dazed 100: Kennedi Carter
Miss Rosen, Dazed, May 11, 2021 -
Photographer Kennedi Carter on Depicting the Black American Cowboy
Juliana Ukiomogbe, Interview, December 29, 2020 -
Kennedi Carter Captures Expressions of Black Love in Tender Photographs
Jacqui Palumbo, Artsy, July 30, 2020