As publisher of this website, LifeOnTheWestside.com, Ken Stewart has had a visual communications career that has spanned more than 45 years in Cincinnati, Ohio. First as a eighteen year old college student intern at WCET-TV and then, while continuing his studies in Television Studio Operations, Ken joined  the production staff of WKRC-TV.  After two years moved to the news department as a news and documentary cameraman. Following six years of filming for television Ken switched to still photography for newspapers.

As a staff photographer at The Cincinnati Post, for twelve years, Ken was also a regular contributor to UPI (United Press International ) and received numerous awards for his news and sports photography. He then moved to the Post’s sister newspaper, The Kentucky Post, spending six years there as Director of Graphics and Photography. Ken and his staff won a number of awards for newspaper design and photography durning his tenure.

Ken then established, and operated, KSP Graphics Group, a company that consisted of a commercial photo lab, a wholesale photo supply company and  graphic design / commercial photography businesses. He later branched out to produce broadcast video productions and industrial safety video productions.

After ten years running KSP, and six years of producing videos, Ken returned to photojournalism as a Contract Photojournalist to a number of newspapers and news agencies including: The now closed, Cincinnati Post  & The Kentucky Post • The Community Press • Getty Images • Zuma Press Agency, and Keystone Press-Canada. 

In addition to his work for local newspapers, Ken’s photographs have been published in numerous national newspapers and magazines, including: Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Toronto Star, The Chicago Tribune, The Toronto Globe and Mail, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and many others.

To eMail Ken click: manager@lifeonthewestside.com