Screening Photographs in Boulder at Beers+Cameras by Kenneth Wajda (CO)

Photographers look at work on a screen at a gathering of Beers + Cameras: Boulder at the Trident Bookstore Cafe, Boulder CO, December 1, 2021. They meet on the first Wednesday of each month to share work and talk about photography. (Nikon D610) Kenneth Wajda Photographer

Art Show in Boulder at 29th Street by Kenneth Wajda (CO)

Shoppers peruse the art for sale at the 29th Street Mall Art Show, Boulder CO, August 1, 2021 (Leica M9) Kenneth Wajda Photographer

Photographer Makes Family Portrait by Kenneth Wajda (CO)

A photographer poses family members in front of a background of Rocky Mountains, Longmont CO, December 20, 2020 (Nikon D610) Kenneth Wajda Photographer

BLM Protests in Longmont by Kenneth Wajda (CO)

Francesca Woodman Exhibition at Denver Museum of Contemporary Art by Kenneth Wajda (CO)

The Need For Images

We live in a world that seems to be overrun with images.  There are photographs made and shared on social media, including 350,000 images per minute on Facebook alone. That's a lot of photographs and information, but the quantity of images is both a positive and a negative thing.  Sure, it's a lot of photographs,...

Photo Needs – Idea List

Here's a list of some of the photos we need in the collection. Interiors of stores, businesses, churches, restaurants. People on Main Street wherever you are. People on secondary streets off Main Street. Local events - parades, concerts, races, sports and activities. Home birthday parties, kids being put to bed, TV rooms, computer rooms. People...

Shoot For People Today, and for People 60 Years from Now

  I think of documentary photographers as some of the most important photographers working today, because we're aiming our lenses at the things that exist today, so commonplace at times, that we don't even notice them. But think about being 60 years in the future, 2077, and wondering what a cell-phone store looked like.  Or...

Deadlines Make Things Happen – Weekly Theme: Transgender

A few years ago, my town in Colorado got hit hard by a flood, and the whole town was asked to move out of town until they could get the infrastructure repaired (water, sewer, electricity, gas). While folks were out of town, myself included, I came back every two days and photographed what was going...

What’s In, What’s Out

You know what's going to be the hardest part of the project?  Curating photographs and rejecting some work. Because the collection has to be strong--it can't just allow anything in.  So, what's in and what's out? Primarily, the photographs need to show people. Engaged in their lives.  Ordinary and extraordinary. Work and play.  Home and...