One Hundred Years of Influence
I am a lifelong photographer. I come from a long line of photographers and actual have the very cameras used by my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father. I have since graduated to the most advanced digital Nikon® cameras and am the first professional photographer in the family. I aspire to make every photograph a portrait, a beautiful, emotionally evoking rich artistic portrait that capture a moment in time. Each photograph I present has a story. The images I capture and write about are powerful. My work is emotionally based, not by genre, but by the ‘moment when light, subject and context’ all come together.
Meet Todd
The Artist
Artist Statement
I have always been a photographer, as was my father, grandfather, and great grandfather—their cameras sit in my studio—their legacy inspires me. I spent 34 years in the Army, survived the September 11th, 2001, attack on the Pentagon and an additional fifteen years in the same building. I spent nearly three years deployed in Afghanistan. My brain, body and soul were broken… a friend had recently committed suicide… I felt as though I was next… a tough Veterans Administration counselor suggested I look to the past for inspiration. My mind jumped to a recent motorcycle trip I took around the country with my camera hung around my neck after my last deployment to Afghanistan. I took thousands of photographs, often at speed of anything that caught my eye. People along the trip asked what I was doing in November on my motorcycle in the Rockies, Yosemite or Death Valley; I told them I had just come back from Afghanistan and had to get away. They seemed to understand that I needed to heal, even though I did not understand it at the time. I shared the raw photographs with strangers along the way, they were captivated. Flashing back to the counselor’s idea of looking to the past for inspiration, I thought of my families’ love of photography, and I knew my path forward was through the lens. Since 2018, I have dedicated myself to photography, honing my art into a style that captures the extraordinary in the ordinary, and … healing.
Todd Edward Key
I am a certified professional photographer that takes great pride in bringing you beautiful art. Please contact me if you would like to own a piece of my art.