Jack
Kenny
Jack Kenny is a photographer living in Ann Arbor, MI.
From 1983 until the present, he has been the owner of Quicksilver Photo,
Plymouth, MI. In 1996 he took his first trip to Cuba and has returned
more than 35 times, first to work on the web site http://www.Cuba-Photo.com
which has approximately 4000 pictures of Cuba, and then to work on a B&W
photo exhibit of Cuba. In addition, he is a dealer in Cuban photography
and art, including the work of the famous Cuban photographers, “Korda”
and Osvaldo and Roberto Salas.
Prior to
the Cuba project, Kenny’s work was primarily studio photography,
specializing in B&W nudes. He has exhibited in galleries in southeast
Michigan and had his first one man show dedicated to the nude in Havana,
Cuba in February of 1997.
Kenny has
created a 70 piece B&W traveling exhibit entitled “Cuba - Revolution
Then & Now” which includes 35 16x20 sepia toned prints of his
photos, 15 famous photos of the Cuban Revolution, and 20 archival photos
of Cuba. This exhibit was first shown at the University of Michigan in
September of 2003. It was next at Marygrove College in Detroit and then
at Northville Camera in Northville, MI. It was shown at the Plymouth Community
Arts Council in October 2005 and is scheduled to go to UMASS, Boston in
the fall of 2006.
His book,
Cuba - Photographs by Jack Kenny, was published by Corazon Press (CorazonPress.com)
in September of 2005. It is a 12x12 hardcover coffee-table book with 106
duo-tone images of life in Cuba today. He continues to travel to Cuba
and hopes to publish a book of his color work in the near future.
In addition
to his Cuba projects and the studio nudes, Kenny works in portraiture
and product photography. He is a still photographer for film and advertising
and for special events.
Current
exhibits include works from the book. Kenny is represented by The Tom
James Gallery of Fine Art in Northville, MI.
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