Photojournalism

Ken Stevens’ Work In Sports Illustrated

In the late 1980’s, the Central Michigan University’s student section would start each home basketball game by showering Rose Arena with toilet paper following CMU’s first basket. This tradition has since been denied as NCAA rules were changed to enforce a technical on CMU if toilet paper was thrown. Ken brought this CMU tradition to the nation as his first image published in Sports Illustrated – a career milestone early in Ken’s career.

28 years of the Muskegon area through the late Ken Stevens’ lens

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"Kenny was a talented photojournalist who always made me proud that I hired him. He also brightened up this world in so many ways for so many people. There just aren't words."

— Greg Dorsett

"Kenny was one of the greatest people I've ever known. Truly. He was a great photographer but even a better human being."

— Lisa DeJong

"You were the kindest man I have ever known. I will miss your humor. I will miss you. I hope the light is good, wherever you are."

— Lynn Moore

"It was his heart that made him a great photographer ... He just really cared. He cared about every assignment."

— Kendra Stanley-Mills

"The journalism realm has lost an exceptional photographer, and the world an extraordinary human being."

— Kristin Mackler

"I am in complete shock but rest easy knowing Ken was such a profound influence on so many."

— John McConnico

"It is hard to overstate how respected he was as a professional, but invariably people also talked about what a fantastic colleague he was. The void this leaves for our staff is impossible to measure, much less fill. There simply was no one else like him."

— Peg West