Chuck Kelton, the crème de la crème of printers, is the owner of Kelton Labs in NYC. For the last two decades Kelton has worked as a master printer for exhibitions and advertising campaigns for leading photographers worldwide. Kelton splits his time between both fine art and commercial printing, his client list includes the top advertising agencies and major magazines-Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, and some of the most renowned artists-Lillian Bassman, Danny Lyon, Helen Levitt, Zeke Berman-just to give a sample. When not in the darkroom, Kelton teaches in the graduate program at the International Center of Photography as well as workshops throughout the country. He is also a photographer with work in the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

EDUCATION:

Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City Mo.
BFA Photography 1975
Ohio University, Athens Ohio
MFA Photography 1977

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

220 Print, New York, N.Y. 1979
Co-Owner
Black and White Photographic Printing , Specializing in exhibition & portfolio printing

Kelton Labs, New York, N.Y. 1986
Owner
Black and White Photographic Printing
Specializing in historical, exhibition and contemporary printing

FACULTY/TEACHING POSITIONS:

ICP/NYU Masters Program
ICP/Bard Masters Program
Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, N.Y.

EXHIBITIONS/PUBLICATIONS/COLLECTIONS:

Hedgepeth Gallery, Solo Show, New York, N.Y. 1986
Hedgepeth Gallery, Solo Show, New York, N.Y. 1987
CH’I Contemporary Art, Group Show, Brooklyn, N.Y. 2007
Hoxie Gallery, Group Show, Westerly, R.I. 2007
Focale, Publication, Bruxelles, 1982
Bibliotheque National, Museum Collection, Paris, France
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fl.