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Following completion of undergraduate work in 1965, he attended the Germain School of Photography in New York City. He entered the photographic field when he was hired by Berkey Technical Companies, the US importer for many of today's major photographic manufacturers.

As a college graduate at draft age, he chose to attend Infantry OCS after receiving his draft notice in 1966. He served tours in the United States as well as Vietnam and Korea as an Intelligence Officer and Army Aviator. In 1983 he was assigned to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, and eventually settled in Marietta with his wife and three children following military retirement in 1986.

It was in 2004 with strong encouragement by people in the art and design field that he decided to return to his true passion for photography. His first formal show was in 2004 consisting of thirty-six images displayed at Neiman Marcus, Lenox Mall. He has also displayed work at Kennesaw State University and in shops and restaurants in the Atlanta area. Commercially he is represented by five major design firms in Atlanta and has done photographic work for Bryn Alan and the Marietta Daily Journal/Cobb Life. All photography at the new Elevation Restaurant, McCollum Field, Kennesaw, is his.


As a member of the Atlanta Photography Group (APG), his images were selected by Fay Gold and Jane Jackson in juried competitions that were displayed at the APG Gallery, Tula Art Center. In June 2005, the Marietta Daily Journal published a full page article about his return to fine art photography.

He believes digital rivals film now, but feels both digital and film capture are important. He has now self-published five books used to represent his work and is working on a sixth.


" I began my photographic odyssey in New York City in a humble but creative environment that taught me to pay attention to the world around me. My formative years, schooling, raising a family, and completing a full military career also taught me to extend my view of life and accept that I was responsible for any limitation I set on myself.
Photographically, the majority of the early years were spent as a wet-process traditionalist honing skills, while serving a strong need to capture and present what I saw and felt inside. Fortunately, my mentors and guides understood the creative process and fostered in me a willingness to experiment and take risks with the work. The camera is a tool for me that serves vision because it allows me to capture what I have already seen inwardly. It is then my choice to use the pure honesty of the lens or create more.
Light, color, and motion are all key aspects to my current work and how I maintain the dialogue. I choose to enhance certain aspects of a photograph and am willing to combine imagery to compliment the story and to change movement to enhance the feeling. In the wet darkroom I was a master of dodging and burning to enhance aspects of a photograph and have now learned equivalent skills in the digital darkroom. All of my work is image based.
I learned long ago that the impact of an image and the artistic value are in large part based on emotion and the viewer’s eye. Everything I produce comes from somewhere inside, though I do have a deep respect for the serendipity of life. I cannot expect that all I produce will be appreciated, but if part of what I see is enjoyed and understood, I will have succeeded."]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:55:42 -0400 120 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/d/320-12/Kells_Tom.jpg http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/ http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Capital+View.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Capital+View.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:48 -0500 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Violin+2.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Violin+2.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:36 -0500 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/untitled.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/untitled.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:47 -0500 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Our+Flag.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Our+Flag.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:36 -0500 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Going+Home.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Going+Home.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:36 -0500 http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Dancer+3.jpg.html http://gallery4463.com/gallery/v/A/Kells_Tom/Dancer+3.jpg.html ]]> Gallery Administrator photo Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:52:36 -0500