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While I see my work as interpretive Documentary in nature,
Photographs are never a true and unbiased version of reality.
Always, the Photographer colors the image with his own bias,
skill and knowledge.
In my work,
I attempt to portray the nobility and grandeur inherent in my subject matter.
The Black and White Photograph with its pallet of moody grays
is the perfect medium for me.
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Photo of Ken Slusher by Ned Ahrens
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I began Interpretive Photography while a journalism major in 1972.
I subsequently studied under Bob Embrey at WWSU.
I have taught black and white and Color Photography at area schools,
and worked for several years as technician and supervisor in area Photography Labs.
I ran my own Photography Gallery in Seattle for 6 years.
My work is divided into three portfolios,
all in Black and White:
Documentary Photography of major construction in
Seattle during the 1980s,
and currently in
Tacoma,
a major shoreline redevelopment on the Thea Foss Waterway;
Landscape Photography;
and
Environmental Portraits of Northwest artists.
| Photo of Ken Slusher by Garland Norin
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In 1998,
I began working in
Digital Video.
Computer illiterate at the time,
I not only had to learn how to use a computer,
but also how to troubleshoot and rebuild one.
Hence, it was nearly 2 years before I finished my first project.
Having solved the technological hurdles,
I am now quite comfortable with my Sony digital video camera,
and editing video on the computer.
When people comment on the camera,
I sometimes brag that my
other camera is made of wood.
Ken at Open Mondays dot com
