Artifact Story Artistry
I believe great stories should be found and told before they are gone forever.
Each year I collect hundreds of discarded and forgotten images. Sometimes I find them.
Sometimes they find me. Most of these are exceedingly rare or truly one-of-a-kind images.
I meticulously research each one using historical archives, old newspapers,
cemetery registers, genealogy records, and other resources to discover their lost stories.
When an image has a truly remarkable story, I conserve the image with
a mutli-step process using artisan techniques and the latest technology
that allows the image to be enlarged with details never seen before.
As wonderful as the images are, the stories are what truly makes them remarkable
– I capture each story in a leather-bound book.
An Important Note About Rights: I am a firm believer in respecting copyright laws.
I go through a comprehensive process to secure the right to conserve and distribute each image.
Told By Towers 1914
The thousand-year old story of Santa Barbara
27”x40”
The Endeavour II 1937
The untold story of yachting’s greatest prize
27”x40”
Hudson: Before The Town We Know 1933
A town rises from fire and scandal
27”x40”
Through The Pond To War 1912
A battle of the West and Wall Street
40”x27”
Near Carmel 1929
The poetry and tragedy of the world’s rarest trees
40”x27”
The Gift of Baseball 1919
One town’s endless gift
40”x27”
Built From A Million Stones 1925
An Iowa field becomes a place of prayer
27”x40”
A Gateway to History 1922
A place of peace and war for 10,000 years
27”x40”
Gene’s 1950
How one small garage became an epicenter for speed
13”x20”
Hill Climb 1948
Daring, engineering and danger
40”x27”
Kintaikyo Bridge 1950
276 years…and then a typhoon
40”x27”
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After The Donner Party 1930
The years after history’s most famous western settlers
20”x13”
Start a story together – ken@kennethjweiss.com
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