"I started photographing… about fifteen years ago. A recovering poet, I had had enough of wandering about inside myself, of trying to put myself into words. So I bought a camera and went out to look at the world. I soon discovered that the basic impulse that caused me to trip the shutter was to praise.
A couple of years later, I put together my first darkroom. In the process of learning to convey what I saw and felt, I discovered a deep satisfaction in printmaking. Thus the twin motives of my photographic work: to make and to praise."
Gene Kennedy is recognized nationally for his photography of the evolving California landscape. He is known regionally as a photographer, teacher, gallery administrator, and director of the popular Gladding McBean Photography Workshops.
Gene's work may be seen at the Viewpoint Photographic Art Center in Sacramento.
Unsolicited Testimonial: The look and feel of this website, the logic, ease of use, and accessibility are the work of Artist Presentations. All I did was copy my prints, digitize them and upload the images and the writings.