About Ken Blaze

I always loved photography. I never imagined I'd get to do it full-time.

I guess you can say I am part of the old-school of photojournalism. I got my first job at a local paper after graduating from Kent State's photojournalism program. I toiled away shooting Friday night footballon black and white film trying desperately to get any sort of action in focus from under the darkest stadium lights you could ever imagine. I was around when the industry started to scan film to go to digital, and I was around to use those first Nikon D1s that had batteries that lasted about 5 minutes.

Today is so different. The internet changed the way photographers work and live and every day there is new technology. I left my staff photographer position at the News-Herald in Willoughby, OH in 2007 after 11 years of documenting the community in news, sports, and features. 

My son Luca was born in 2007 and with Luca came a new perspective on life and a new career as a freelance photojournalist.

I grew up on the south side of Cleveland in the Parma area. Moved west to Lakewood while I went to St. Ignatius High School in Ohio City, and the I graduated from Kent State in 1995. I currently live on Cleveland's west side with my wife Kristen and our kids Luca and Rio.

My photographs have appeared on the pages or such publications as The New York Times, Cleveland Magazine, USA Today, ESPN.com, Financial Times and more.

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