dark shadow side
Elizabeth Abalena Rebecca Boleman-Herring. I feel Chris Keeley’s work is important. He, like MLMcC and I, was a “mail artist” in the 60’s and 70’s, until the internet blew all that away. His inheritance was mine: beauty, brains, a cosseted international childhood, a bent for narcissism and multi-media expression, and a dark, dark shadow side. He’s documented every facet, almost every moment, of his life since consciousness, and is a player in the international anti-addiction world/movement. He’s unique:
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Photographic Memories
In his book about former addicts, Glover Park photographer Chris Keeley sees his own troubled past. By Louis Jacobson. The first of the 51 narratives in the book Addict: Out of the Dark and Into the Light tells the harrowing yet inspiring life story of Trayceous Klein of Reno, Nev. Matter-of-factly, Klein tells her interviewer how she had begun to drink and pop pills by age 11. Klein later ran
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References
Clinical Director at Intervention Organization: “Chris Keeley is a colleague (across the Pacific Ocean) who I highly regard for his many talents and for the prodigious energy with which he maximizes them. He’s an honest man of integrity, and very well respected in several fields in which he applies his efforts, from social work to photography. His communication/social networking skills are especially very well …
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Paradise Life
A Stunning Memoir about Recovery from Addiction. Author Christopher Keeley offers hope for drug addicts to get clean, to start over, and have a wonderful life Washington, DC. 02.08.2007, Addiction to drugs is like a lover that you crave for, the more you give in to it, the harder it is to let go. This unhealthy obsession can cause horrible consequences, not only to yourself, but also to …
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References from NAYMZ
Decent person and great photographer. Integrity, punctual, honest and works well with others. – hope millington (1/17/10).
Chris is an excellent photographer and a fabulous human being! I am proud to know him! – Cheryl Casteen (1/17/10).
The creativity that seemingly is unending always places Chris at the heart of any project he undertakes. Although a natural born …
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POWERLESS HOMELESS
PHOTOGRAPHER CHRIS KEELEY’S CAPITOL HILL ART EXHIBIT – HON. TOM LANTOS in the House of Representatives SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1990: Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, the plight of the homeless is one of the great tragedies of our generation. In order to highlight this problem which faces communities throughout our Nation, the Select Committee on Hunger, Hill …
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Photographic Memories CP
Photographic Memories – Arts – Washington City Paper. Chris Keeley Addict Book Review and Interview. In his book about former addicts, Glover Park photographer Chris Keeley sees his own troubled past. By Louis Jacobson. The first of the 51 narratives in the book Addict: Out of the Dark and Into the Light tells the harrowing yet inspiring life story of Trayceous Klein of Reno, Nev. Matter-of-factly, Klein tells …
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References
Clinical Director at Intervention Organization: “Chris Keeley is a colleague (across the Pacific Ocean) who I highly regard for his many talents and for the prodigious energy with which he maximizes them. He’s an honest man of integrity, and very well respected in several fields in which he applies his efforts, from social work to photography. His communication/social networking skills are especially very well …
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