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March 21, 2020

IPHF Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Kenny Rogers dies at 81

 

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of the International Photography Hall of Fame, Kenny Rogers died yesterday at the age of 81.

 

Kenny Rogers was a dedicated and talented photographer for nearly four decades. His best-known images are portraits of well-known singers, actors, and dignitaries from around the globe. In addition, he had an ongoing passion for photographing the American landscape. He was skilled with his large format view camera, and loved to make prints in his darkroom. Kenny said this about his photography, “I am an impulsive obsessive. I impulsively get involved with something, and then I get obsessed with it. So that’s what happened with photography.”

 

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