In Progress (Peer Reviewed)
Currently, Dr. Keller is working on an essay for Oxford University Press on “West African Photography” and is developing a major retrospective exhibition and catalog of Malian photography to tour the United States, France, and Mali in 2022-2023.
Imaging Culture: Photography in Mali, West Africa. Complete book manuscript. Under contract with Indiana University Press since February 2015. Expected publication in 2018.
In Print (Peer Reviewed)
To address ethical issues regarding the collection, presentation, and dissemination of Malian photographic archives in the global art market, Keller authored “Framed and Hidden Histories,” an article published by African Arts journal in 2014.
“Framed and Hidden Histories: West African Photography from Local to Global Contexts.” African Arts 47, 4 (Winter 2014): 36-47.
Advancing scholarship on African modernities and transcultural exchange, Dr. Keller published two chapters in edited volumes on fashion and popular culture in Africa (“Transculturated Displays,” Berg Press, 2013) and traditions of African portraiture and photographic practice (“Visual Griots,” Indiana University Press, 2013).
“Transculturated Displays: International Fashion and West African Portraiture.” In African Dress Encounters: Fashion, Agency, Performance, eds. Karen Tranberg Hansen and Soyini Madison, 276-301. London: Bloomsburg Academic (Berg Press), 2013.
“Visual Griots: Identity, Aesthetics, and the Social Roles of Portrait Photographers in Mali.” In Portraiture & Photography in Africa, eds. Elisabeth Cameron and John Peffer, 363-405. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013.
In Print
More recently, she wrote an article on “Studio Photography in Mali” for the catalog that accompanied the 10th photo biennial in Bamako, Mali, Rencontres de Bamako (2015), and was reviewed in The New York Times in 2015.
“La photographie de studio au Mali / Studio Photography in Mali.” In Rencontres de Bamako, ed. Bisi Silva and Antawan Byrd, p. 374-385. Berlin: Kehrer Verlag, 2015. (Quoted in The New York Times Nov. 2, 2015)
Regardez-moi!: Portraits by Malick Sidibé. Exhibition brochure (2088 words). San Diego: San Diego State University, 2008.
Mopti à la Mode: Portrait Photographs by Tijani Sitou. Exhibition brochure (2918 words). Bloomington: Indiana University Art Museum, 2007
