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December Issue 2004
Studio W
in Camden, SC, Features Works by Jon Kral
Camden, SC's newest gallery, Studio W is presenting an exhibition
of works by award-winning photojournalist, Jon Kral. The exhibit
continues through Dec. 17, 2004.
The exhibit presents photographs from the book, Saving Leslie
Jones, Ribirth Of Spirit In Horse And Man, a result of a partnership
between the award-winning team of sportswriter Dave Joseph and
photojournalist Jon Kral. The book focuses on the behind-the-scenes
activities of America's most noted horse rescue organization,
the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) and its sister organizations.
Many racing aficionados know Kral from the award-winning images
he created in his book Hotbloods, Beyond The Winners Circle.
The book takes you to the "backside" and gives the viewer
a look into the world of thoroughbred racing, in prose and photographs.
Kral was raised on the edge of Cattle country in Ft. Pierce, FL.
He developed a love for the land and its heritage, which led him
to begin seriously documenting it in 1983. That work eventually,
became his first book, Cracker, Florida's Enduring Cowboys.
Already a photojournalist on the international scene, his documentation
of the inhumane prison conditions in Caracus, Venezuela led to
the closing of a maximum security facility and earned him a Pulitzer
Prize finalist ranking.
Kral's work infiltrating and documenting youth gangs in the south
yielded him the respected Robert F. Kennedy Award. He is a five-time
Pulitzer nominee and has recently retired from a 17-year career
at the Miami Herald.
Studio W will have a selection of Kral's books available for sale.
For further information check our SC Commercial Gallery listings
or call the gallery at 803/432-4489.
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