[ Kent Kay ]

Surrounded by snow-capped peaks and glacier-carved valleys, Kent was raised in Alaska. Armed with a Kodak 110 and a Bell & Howell Super 8-millimeter film camera, he developed his visual eye early on, making his creations using action figures for actors and toys as props.

Later in college, Kent trained to shoot motion pictures on studio film cameras. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Film program, and the Academy of Art University's Masters in Photography program. Throughout his education, Kent worked full-time as a producer, photographer, videographer, and editor while attending classes.

For over thirty years, Kent has been professionally observing and capturing the world he sees through a camera lens—first through motion picture film, then digital video and digital photography. Kent was honored to receive an Emmy award, Promax award, and Telly award for his work behind the lens. His path to Creative Director for a group of television stations in Southern California has included career stops in Juneau, Soldotna, and Anchorage, Alaska; Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston, Texas; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Palm Springs, California.

 

In 2015, Kent was honored with his first Emmy Award from the Pacific Southwest Chaper of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the Telemundo 15 Noticias promo, "La Tormenta Silenciosa". Since then, Kent has been Emmy nominated eight more times.

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In 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, Texas. As Kent's former employer, KHOU's facilities were evacuated and destroyed, a call went out for help, and Kent answered that call. In the wake of the disaster, KHOU asked Kent to return to the Gulf Coast to help document the city's recovery efforts. Out of this calamity, a work of art was created through collaboration. In May 2018, "Hope After Harvey," a video celebrating the human spirit, was nominated for and won a Promax award. 

Contemplating his surroundings, Kent spends time looking, listening, and seeing. Taking the time needed to allow the shots he seeks to call out to him. As a lyrical documentary and a portrait photographer with a fine art aesthetic, Kent creates artful photographs that allow the environment he captures to speak its truth to the viewer.

Now a recipient of five Emmy Awards, a Golden Mike award, two Edward R. Murrow awards, a Promax award, a Telly Award, an L.A. Press Club Award, and a Bronze Quill award, Kent is looking to future opportunities as a Creative Director where he can utilize all of his talents as a cinematic and visual storyteller managing, mentoring, and teaching producers, photographers, videographers, and editors who develop a wide variety of creative content for mass audiences.