EDWARD KEATING HAS LIVED AND WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER IN NEW YORK CITY SINCE 1981. LIKE PREVIOUS GENERATIONS OF STREET PHOTOGRAPHERS, HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRONICLING STREET LIFE OF EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS. HE SOON BEGAN TO TAKE ASSIGNMENT WORK AND IN TEN YEARS HE WAS HIRED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.
AS A NEW YORK TIMES STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER FOR ELEVEN YEARS, MR. KEATING COVERED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS WINNING SEVERAL AWARDS INCLUDING THE 2002 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS COVERAGE OF THE ATTACKS OF 9/11. IN ADDITION, HE CO-FOUNDED THE RENOWNED PHOTO/WEDDING COLUMN, "VOWS." TODAY HE WORKS ON ASSIGNMENT AND CONTRIBUTES REGULARLY TO NATIONAL MAGAZINES, INCLUDING TIME, ROLLING STONE, W MAGAZINE AND NEW YORK MAGAZINE.
MR. KEATING'S WORK IS REPRESENTED IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE NORTON MUSEUM OF ART IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. HE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS, INCLUDING THE CAMERA CLUB OF NEW YORK, THE LEICA GALLERY-NEW YORK AND AT VISA POUR L'IMAGE IN PERPIGNAN, FRANCE. IN 2008, HE TRAVELED TO CHINA WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER, ROBERT FRANK, TO THE PINGYAO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL WHERE HE EXHIBITED HIS PHOTOGRAPHS "NEW YORK" TOGETHER WITH FRANK AND HIS SEMINAL WORK, "THE AMERICANS." IN OCTOBER OF 2011, A EXHIBITION OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ICONIC U.S. HIGHWAY, ROUTE 66, WERE FEATURED AT THE BURSA FOTOFEST IN BURSA, TURKEY, AND A BOOK ON THIS MAJOR PROJECT OF TWELVE YEARS IS BEING PLANNED FOR 2013. MR. KEATING IS REPRESENTED BY CONTACT PRESS IMAGES IN NYC.
MR. KEATING IS MARRIED TO CARRIE BORETZ, A RECOGNIZED PHOTOJOURNALIST AND CURRENT PHOTO EDITOR AT GOLF MAGAZINE . THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, CAITLIN AND EMILY.