“A good photographer records; a great photographer reveals.” Skyler Reid Today, we were again hosted by Minh Thai at Girdner Gallery in meeting with Dr. Ken Jones the photographer who has the current exhibit at the gallery "American Ghosts." If you read the quote that leads this blog post, Ken certainly is a photographer who "reveals" parts of our urban environment that one would consider lost to our eyes. Ken has been working on the current series "American Ghosts" a number of years ago using all his previous technical skills while working at JPL and in the movie industry to bring out murals all but lost to the progress of man, time and the environment. Ken has traveled around the country looking for almost disappeared wall murals then bringing the images back to his studio in La Canada to recreate the original images. His stunning photographic work an example of which is below: To be honest, no picture on line can do his work justice when you see them in person you will understand. So, for those f8'ers not at the gallery on Saturday...make the trip and see them in person
Ken has an extensive website with both his pictures as well as insight into his capture and production techniques. www.drkenjones.com Since starting this project in 2009, Ken has photographed 7000 ghost signs in 48 states. Besides his work at JPL on the Mars Viking Lander, his work in the movie industry includes credits for such movies as Titantic and Contact. His exhibit at Girdner will be up until March 25th
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