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...
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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.
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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.
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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.​
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SO MAYBE IT IS JUNK, GRAMMA. BUT IT'S STILL MY GOOD STUFF!
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​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.