MY NAME IS KEN TURNER. I AM AN EDUCATOR, A PHOTOGRAPHER, AN ARTIST, AN AUTHOR, AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER, A HUSBAND, AND A DAD. AND I SHOOT MY JUNK. LET ME EXPLAIN...
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, ANY TIME I GOT SOME NEW TOY, A NEW GAME, A NEW THING THAT I COULD PLAY WITH, MY GRAMMA GOODBRAND WOULD ALWAYS JOKINGLY SAY, "GREAT! JUST WHAT YOU NEED! MORE JUNK!" TO THIS I WOULD EMPHATICALLY RESPOND WITH, "IT'S NOT JUNK, GRAMMA! IT'S MY GOOD STUFF!" IT WAS OUR SPECIAL LITTLE JOKE, AND WE BOTH GOT A REAL KICK OUT OF IT.
BUT I WAS A LONER-TYPE KID, SO I PREFERRED TO PLAY ON MY OWN; BUILDING WORLDS AND CRAFTING STORIES THAT OTHERS SIMPLY COULD NOT GRASP IN TERMS OF SCOPE AND DETAIL. ELABORATE SCRIPTS FORMED IN MY HEAD AND WHEN OTHERS JOINED IN THEY ALWAYS GOT IT WRONG. IT WAS SIMPLY BETTER IF THEY JUST STEPPED BACK AND LET A PROFESSIONAL DO HIS WORK. THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SAW IT, ANYWAY.
IT'S THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES THAT I DEVELOPED MY SENSE OF HUMOUR, MY CREATIVITY, MY LOVE OF LEARNING (AND, IN TURN, TEACHING), AND MY LOVE OF WORLD BUILDING AND STORYTELLING. ALL OF WHICH, I HOPE, COMES THROUGH TO THE VIEWER.
SO MAYBE IT IS JUNK, GRAMMA. BUT IT'S STILL MY GOOD STUFF!
MY CREATIVE WORK IS A REFLECTION OF THE INFLUENCES THAT I GREW UP WITH, WHETHER IT WAS THE JUNK I PLAYED WITH OR THE TV SHOWS AND MOVIES I WATCHED. THE OLD ADAM WEST BATMAN SHOW WAS A FAVOURITE, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, SESAME STREET AND THE MUPPET SHOW, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD, CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND HIS STELLAR TURN AS SUPERMAN... THE LIST IS ALMOST ENDLESS. AND I COULDN'T PROUDLY CALL MYSELF A 70s KID IF I DIDN'T DEVOUR ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING STAR WARS LIKE I WAS GOING TO FADE AWAY COMPLETELY IF I DIDN'T GET MY FIX! THESE POP CULTURE ICONS SHAPED THE PERSON I AM
TODAY AND MY TOY PHOTOS TEND TO LEAN HEAVILY TOWARD MY MOST SACRED FANDOMS.