Legacy Portraits on Film and Inspiring Photo Essays
I saw an excellent documentary at the Boulder Int'l Film Festival Saturday afternoon on Life Magazine Photographer Henri Dauman, who photographed so many legends, celebrities and statesmen, including Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, Dennis Hopper, JFK and Jackie Kennedy, Elvis, and countless others. It's titled "Henri Dauman: Looking Up", and if you can, see it, it's... Continue Reading →
Check out the interview I did with ASMP. Honored to be in such good company of photographers.
Some things you do for money To make a living, to eat, to keep the lights on. Some things you do for the art of it. Not everything has to be monetized. That’s why I make portraits of folks 70+ on Mondays In my Longmont photo studio at no cost. Because I can. Because it’s... Continue Reading →
Photography used to be time travel. We took photographs, and then forgot them. That magic roll of film held the memory safe, tucked away in the dark to be revealed and relived at another time. A trip to the Fotomat was highly anticipated--the roll finished and developed, it offered wonderful surprises, time travel, remembering and... Continue Reading →
Keith Richards wanted to be in the best blues band in London. He ended up being in the best band in the world! I want to be the best photographer in Denver with gallery and museum exhibitions of my work, to be an influential teacher and inspiring speaker on photography, and similarly known around the... Continue Reading →
We are at a crossroads, now more than ever. At first it was just digital technology as a new way to capture light and make a picture. We all embraced it because it was no cost, no worry, shoot shoot shoot and delete later, or don't. (Because let's face it, we don't delete, we just... Continue Reading →
True story happened yesterday. I met a young couple, mid-20s, and we were talking about film photography. I told them how they could get one roll of black and white film from Mike's Camera and shoot one photo a month in an old Minolta SLR they had, and after three years they'd have a wonderful... Continue Reading →
Photography is at a low point in its history. And it makes me sad. But first a little photography history lesson to see how we got here. (And hope for how we change it for the better.) We've been at this photography thing for just about 193 years--the first photograph was made in 1826. And... Continue Reading →
Please take a look. Comments are welcome. It features my commercial portraiture and editorial work. If you are an art director or a photo editor, or if you know of someone who is, I would appreciate a chance to say hello. Thank you. KennethWajdaPhotographer.com
LA Friends: I have a photograph in the Lucie Foundation Analogue Project with a gallery opening Thursday April 11, 6-9pm at ROW DTLA. It'd be great to see you there. http://www.monthofphotography.com/events-2019/analogue
