Background
His father was actor Steven Keats and Thatcher has also studied acting.
His father was actor Steven Keats and Thatcher has also studied acting.
Keats attended the private, progressive Gill Saint Bernard"s School "an independent, nonsectarian, college preparatory day school".
He began his career assisting photographers Larry Clark, Arthur Tress and Rosalind Solomon, and now lectures, teaches and is widely exhibited. Keats acted in the 1975 film Hester Street and 1980"s American Success Company alongside his father Steven Keats. In 1985 he played Danny in Henry Jaglom"s Always.
He also appeared in the film 16W by photographer Gerald Slota in 2004 and studied with Austin Pendleton for several years in the early 00"son
Keats has been teaching in New York and New Jersey since 2005. In a class at New York"s International Center of, Keats explores a new genre, coining the phrase "The Invasion Of Privacy Photographers" citing himself, Clark, Tress, Solomon, Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley.
2011 classes include "The Empathetic Portrait – Portrait & the Figure", "Life With " and "Finding Your Voice as a Photographer". Ordinary Things, Carrie Haddad, Hudson, New York Nothing Human Disgusts Maine, Dossier Journal Kids Behaving Badly ClampArt, New York City. ithoughtiwasalone Summer Show Christopher Henry Gallery, New York City National Arts Club, New York City Tiny Vices Curated by Tim Barber, traveled Bronx Museum Fashion Moda South Bronx Show, Bronx, New York City Graffiti photographs ArtNet In 2009, Keats was a guest of Yaddo, an artists" community in Saratoga Springs, New York and contributed to their benefit auction.
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