Photographic Artist

Misty Keasler is a photographic artist whose work has been shown in galleries around the world. After studying both Theatre and Photography at Collin, Misty received her Bachelor of Arts with honors in Photography from Columbia College in Chicago, IL. Misty and writer Charles D’Ambrosio were awarded the 2003 Dorothea Lange/Paul Taylor prize by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. The pair won the prize on the basis of their proposal to document the community of migrant Mayan Indians living on the rim of a trash dump in Guatemala City. Misty has been reviewed and/or published in Newsweek, Texas Monthly, Harper’s, Art in America, Dallas Morning News, and the Photo District News, which named her one of the top 30 young photographers in the world. Misty was named by D Magazine as one of the “64 People to Watch in Dallas.” Click here to read an interview with Misty by Joerg Colberg. Click here to view Misty's photograph on the cover of Newsweek. Her book of documentary photographs entitled Love Hotels: The Hidden Fantasy Rooms of Japan has recently been published. Click here to purchase the book on Amazon.com.