Keith F. Davis

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Keith F. Davis (born 1952) is an American photography curator, collector, and the author of several books on photography. [1]

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Between 1979 and 2005, Davis built the Hallmark Photographic Collection, spanning the history of American photography. [1] [2] In December 2005, the collection was donated to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri.c [3] [4] At that time, the collection consisted of 6,500 images by 900 artists, with an estimated market value of $65 million. Since then, Davis has been the Senior Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. [5]

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