KEN'S PHOTOS...

Photo by Howard Blount

It takes a lot of time to sort through so many hundreds of Ken Marshall's beautiful pics and organize them into these collages, but I enjoy doing it because I think that seeing them put together in this way really makes a powerful visual statement...

Only a beautiful soul like Ken can capture beautiful images like this, and his eye for color really produces a cathartic and healing effect for his viewers, I think...he's not a professional photographer, and he takes all of these with his iPhone, but it's obvious to everyone who sees his photography that he definitely has a gift to arrest these speculator images in an artful way that speaks to the viewer on a very deep level...what he is able to do with what he has to work with is quite special, and I truly believe that it's not the technology of the camera that sets them apart...I know I'm biased, but I honestly think the beauty in the shots comes from the beauty of his kind heart...

I initially started putting his photos into collages because some of them are a little grainy when they're enlarged, and look more hi-def when they're small, but once I started doing it, I realized that the themes of the collages are what makes such a unique impression...I want to be a good steward of his amazing work, which is why I search for the right quote to go with each one...

Fort Mountain Park

The pics also bring me a lot of personal joy because every single one of them represents a wonderful memory of some awesome place that we've seen together...many people have suggested putting these into book form, and this blog is sort of a first step toward that...


There may be chaos and negativity all around, but these scenes serve to remind us all that it still really is a beautiful world...

Enjoy!

                   Jim Swilley

  

Lookout Mountain, TN