kc keyes.

KC Keyes photography portfolio

I make photographs that treat the digital file as a surface, not just a container. I’m interested in what the camera does to an image, and what remains when you choose not to correct it.

selected work

A bright diner sign and passing figures at night, neon smearing into yellow and magenta blur
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pict1640.jpg konica kd-300z · f/2.8 · 1/2 · iso 400 file says may 2001
A girl submerged to the shoulders in vivid blue pool water, hair fanning out around her, looking up into the camera
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p1030121.jpg panasonic lumix dmc-lc5 · f/6.9 · 1/1000 · iso 100 jul 2025
An empty two-lane highway curving into dusk, yellow center line and reflective lane dots leading away, dark treelines on both sides, the pale sky thick with grain
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kif_4059.jpg kyocera finecam sl400r · f/7.5 · 1/250 · iso 800 apr 2024
Red stacking chairs set out on the pavement beside a propped red door in a two-tone brick wall, hard daylight
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pict0002.jpg minolta dimage s304 · f/6.7 · 1/500 · iso 100 nov 2024
A laundromat wall of round washer doors under pink light, one machine hanging open over black-and-white tile
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dsc00479.jpg sony cyber-shot · f/2.8 · 1/400 · iso 200 apr 2025
A scattered flock of birds against a dusk sky banded pink and teal, the whole frame alive with grain
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pict2525.jpg minolta dimage a1 · f/6.3 · 1/800 · iso 800 oct 2025
A dim diner interior — a man waits at a small table near the pastry case beneath an Easter decoration
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kicx0398.jpg contax tvs digital · f/3.3 · 1/90 · iso 320 apr 2026
A mini mart at dusk, car lights streaking in front of the blue storefront and red sign
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dsc00012.jpg sony cyber-shot · f/3.5 · 1/500 · iso 400 feb 2025
A double rainbow over a Culver's restaurant with a blue roof, a teal pickup in the lot, color fringing visible along the truck's edges
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dsc00381.jpg sony dsc-v1 · f/5.6 · 1/250 · iso 200 aug 2025
A small figure walking past a Dollar Tree wall, the green storefront panels glowing against brick and pavement
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dsc00070.jpg sony cyber-shot · f/7.1 · 1/2000 · iso 100 feb 2025
A steel truss bridge silhouetted at dusk over a river, a small boat drawing a curved wake across the water
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pict2578.jpg minolta dimage a1 · f/3.5 · 1/160 · iso 800 oct 2025
White wire hangers lined across a wall washed in green light, their shadows repeating into the dark
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dsc00407.jpg sony cyber-shot · f/2.8 · 1/60 · iso 400 jun 2025
A tilted fair ride swing at sunset, riders suspended against metal arms and a green-blue sky
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pict1611.jpg konica kd-300z · f/6.2 · 1/2000 · iso 400 file says may 2001
A glowing lots-of-prizes sign over a white van idling in fog, a figure at the wheel, empty lot behind
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dsc00170.jpg sony dsc-v1 · f/2.8 · 1/40 · iso 200 apr 2025
A netted hoop on a weathered plywood backboard, seen from below against a darkening sky
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kicx1314.jpg contax tvs digital · f/2.8 · 1/60 · iso 125 may 2026
A big-box store at dusk under heavy pink and purple storm clouds, its lit entrance the one bright point
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pict4063.jpg minolta dimage a1 · f/3.2 · 1/100 · iso 800 nov 2025 Black smoke filled air from the crash of UPS Airlines Flight 2976
A sculpted green shrub spraying water in a park, white fountain plume caught in dark tree shade
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kif_1291.jpg kyocera finecam s3 · f/6.2 · 1/640 · iso 400 aug 2023
Dried seedheads shedding fluff against a deep blue dusk, heavy with noise
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pict0083.jpg minolta dimage a1 · f/4.0 · 1/200 · iso 800 may 2024
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