The
Davidoff Family, Daryl, Mike, Bob, Babe, and Ken
Ken's
Bio,
His interest in art was discovered at an early age. While on a
visit to friends of his parents, Ken, at age 4, was given his first
art test. His Fathers friend, Johnny Mandola, was an art teacher.
Every visit thereafter, included Johnny getting out his best pastels
and paper for him to play with. Ken got his first camera at age 8
and by the time he was twelve his parents had arranged for private
art lessons from a local artist.
A budding artist through high
school, he went to a 2yr Jr College for 4 Years, taking almost every
art class. By 1966, at age 17 ken was working part time as a
professional photographer at his parents studio. In the summer of
his 18th year he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York
City. For almost 20 years Ken developed his darkroom technique and
shooting style,while working in his parents studio in Palm Beach. At
this time, Davidoff Studio's was located in the Breakers Hotel, in
Palm Beach. He had his 1st gallery exhibit at Palm Beach Galleries on
Worth Ave. Selling 9 out of 25 images on opening night was very
exciting and encouraged him to expand his artistic horizon. Over the
next few years, Ken exhibit his photography at several local venues
: Royal Trust and Sunbank locations, Jerry Wilson Gallery, Worth
Ave, The Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, and The Palm Beach County
Governmental Center. Beresford Galleries of Potomac Maryland and
Zolan Galleries of Palm Springs, Ca. also exhibited his work. A one
man show of his Polo Photography at Palm Beach Polo and Country Club
in Wellington,Fl., was a high point in Ken's artistic endeavors. He
also put in stints with the Palm Beach Post, The Miami Herald, and
United Press International .
By 1985 Ken had his own studio and
was shooting for the Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos, taking
Spring Training Photographs for them. He also taught Photography at
The Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach,Fl., for 5 years during
this time. Over the years he has worked at local color labs as a
printer, and portrait photographer, and even put in a couple years
with Glamour Shots. For the past 4 years Ken has worked at The
Camera Shop in North Palm Beach, Fl., learning about the workings of
Digital SLRs, while still shooting assignments for Davidoff Studios
at The Mar-a-lago Club. Donald Trumps Palm Beach Palace.
The publication of " The Kennedy
Family Album", a book containing almost 300 images of his Fathers
work Chronicling the J.F.K. and Kennedy Family Years in Palm Beach.
Several of his photographs appear in the book including images of
his father with both Jackie and Aristotle Onasis. The Publication of
this website is not the end of Ken's Photographic Career, It's Just
The Beginning!
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