Carl Hyatt is an American photographer. While attending college, before any thought of becoming a photographer, Carl Austin Hyatt found himself at a museum in Amsterdam staring into Rembrandt’s eyes. After 20 minutes in front of the self-portrait, he was finally ‘released’ from the gaze only to realize he had been having an intimate conversation with a master who had lived four centuries earlier. It was as if he had just met the Ancient Mariner. Such was his introduction to the soul of art. Hyatt is known for his exacting attention to detail and technique, which began in his twenties. For several years, he and his best friend cloistered themselves in an old farmhouse where they were perfecting the intricacies of chemistry, exposure, film, and paper. After months of trial and error in the darkroom, they would drive 12 hours to New York to compare their tests with the prints of the masters on the walls of the Museum of Modern Art. Avoiding the vigilant guards, they would unfold their latest tests in search of the secrets of tonality. The luminous tones of Hyatt's prints have become another key signature of his work. Hyatt is represented in both public and private collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.
Carl Austin Hyatt
Studios
Cheney
Carl Austin Hyatt worked in the Cheney studio.
Cheney Studio was given to MacDowell by Mrs. Benjamin P. Cheney and Mrs. Karl Kauffman. Like Barnard Studio, Cheney is a low, broadly massed bungalow. Sited on a steep westward slope, its porches are supported on wooden posts and fieldstone with lattices. Although it still retains its appealing character, the original design of the shingled building…