Keith F. Davis has been a photography curator and historian for nearly forty years.
After working at the George Eastman House, he oversaw the Hallmark Photographic Collection from 1979 to 2005. Since then, he has been senior curator of photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in Kansas City, Missouri. He has published nearly thirty books and catalogues, curated over 100 exhibitions, and lectured widely. His most recent publications include monographs on Timothy O’Sullivan, Ray K. Metzker, Emmet Gowin, and Dave Heath.