ken . 47 years old / idaho springs . colorado
on a whim, a friend and i decided to make a trip to idaho springs. the cozy town sits at the end (or beginning) of route 103 - one of my favorite roads in colorado. we decided to have a bite to eat there as a compliment to our day of escaping from the city. we parked the car on miner street and started walking around in the afternoon sun and very quickly came across a little place called "idaho springs treasures" - an antique store filled with exactly that.
we perused the goods, turning over artifacts and ogling many peculiar finds that we couldn't afford or justify buying. looking at things from the past does something to me... i guess it takes me to another world and let's me daydream and fantasize. i don't think it comes from a place of discontentment, though. it feels healthy. like maybe i would have enjoyed living one hundred years ago.
i found a little something i had only recently been keeping my eyes out for and then went to pay for my purchase so we could move onto our next adventure. at the register, a very "noticeable" man rang me up and i decided that to not ask him to be the day's stranger could be considered a crime. i told him what i was up to and ken agreed to allow me to photograph him and immediately told me a story...
not so long ago, another photographer came through the store. he said he was a photographer and asked if he could photographer ken and his childhood friend, andy. ken told him that everyone with a camera was "a photographer", but agreed to let the man photograph them anyway. the man turned out to be a very influential photographer by the name of ron bennett. he was a photographer for many of the presidents and has a career that spans several decades. he even won a world press award for one of his images of the robert kennedy assassination. ken was like a little kid at christmas as he told me about the interaction.
i confessed that i wasn't as famous as this mr. ron bennett, but ken let me take his portrait anyway. he had such a joy and life in his eyes and was a real pleasure to be around. ken and his friend, andy - another bearded fellow with a commanding presence, opened up the antique store a little over one year ago. i would have never guessed that it was such a recent endeavor as they both seemed quite comfortable in there.
thanks so much, ken. it was a pleasure meeting you!
on a whim, a friend and i decided to make a trip to idaho springs. the cozy town sits at the end (or beginning) of route 103 - one of my favorite roads in colorado. we decided to have a bite to eat there as a compliment to our day of escaping from the city. we parked the car on miner street and started walking around in the afternoon sun and very quickly came across a little place called "idaho springs treasures" - an antique store filled with exactly that.
we perused the goods, turning over artifacts and ogling many peculiar finds that we couldn't afford or justify buying. looking at things from the past does something to me... i guess it takes me to another world and let's me daydream and fantasize. i don't think it comes from a place of discontentment, though. it feels healthy. like maybe i would have enjoyed living one hundred years ago.
i found a little something i had only recently been keeping my eyes out for and then went to pay for my purchase so we could move onto our next adventure. at the register, a very "noticeable" man rang me up and i decided that to not ask him to be the day's stranger could be considered a crime. i told him what i was up to and ken agreed to allow me to photograph him and immediately told me a story...
not so long ago, another photographer came through the store. he said he was a photographer and asked if he could photographer ken and his childhood friend, andy. ken told him that everyone with a camera was "a photographer", but agreed to let the man photograph them anyway. the man turned out to be a very influential photographer by the name of ron bennett. he was a photographer for many of the presidents and has a career that spans several decades. he even won a world press award for one of his images of the robert kennedy assassination. ken was like a little kid at christmas as he told me about the interaction.
i confessed that i wasn't as famous as this mr. ron bennett, but ken let me take his portrait anyway. he had such a joy and life in his eyes and was a real pleasure to be around. ken and his friend, andy - another bearded fellow with a commanding presence, opened up the antique store a little over one year ago. i would have never guessed that it was such a recent endeavor as they both seemed quite comfortable in there.
thanks so much, ken. it was a pleasure meeting you!
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