Ken Blackbird grew up on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in North-Central Montana. He spent time as a welder in Texas and a forest ranger and fire fighter in Yellowstone before graduating from University of Montana with a degree in journalism. It was working for a newspaper that eventually led him to photography. Ken Blackbird is Assiniboine/Gros Ventre and an enrolled member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community of Montana. He has been a photojournalist and freelance photographer for over 30 years. In his photography, he focuses on light, layers and the people themselves. He strives to capture people as they truly are: the way they should be. Ken Blackbird currently lives and works as a photographer in Cody, Wyoming.
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