Ken

[Bill Pierce]

Ken Jarecke and I first crossed paths when we were covering the presidential campaign of Jesse Jackson. He was the new kid in town or, at least, the new kid on the press bus. Hoping that the fresh face on the bus would have stories to tell that I hadn’t heard before, I sat down next to him. We’ve been friends ever since. He’s had an amazing career. It’s summed up on Typepad. https://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/about.html

The world we both worked in, magazine photojournalism, has pretty much disappeared and with it the type of photo stories that it presented. Kenneth has decided to change that. Here’s an interview in Petapixel.

https://petapixel.com/2021/01/13/the-curious-society-wants-to-print-a-new-photojournalism-magazine/

To say that I wish him luck is an understatement. But, in addition to that, in a world in which images have become a second language, that long, complex story on printed pages that can have a long life of repeated viewings is important. It’s also very different from much of the internet’s journalistic photography. (How’s that for extreme understatement?) This website offers information on Ken’s plans.

https://www.curioussociety.org

 

[Andy Kibber]

The Curious Society looks like an interesting project. Membership-supported projects like this have the potential to do high-quality, uncompromising work, that is often not possible with an advertiser-supported model.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Main page on photos site and first in portfolios are outstanding. Those were content is matter. Not which media it was taken on, color or bw.

 

[Papercut]

My thoughts exactly, including the "thanks" to Bill for sharing the links.

The Curious Society looks like an interesting project. Membership-supported projects like this have the potential to do high-quality, uncompromising work, that is often not possible with an advertiser-supported model.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Bill Pierce]

Here is another interview with Ken. The idea seems to be catching hold. And I am a Board Member. The Board is a group of people Ken has assembled from various backgrounds, not just photography, that can contribute in different ways to helping turn out a magazine that will provide good work that appeals to a broad audience at the same time it supports and showcases young photographers. Here’s that latest interview.

https://blog.photoshelter.com/2021/...ners&utm_content=curioussociety&utm_campaign=