Hello. My name is Ken Cantrell and I have been a pro wrestling photographer for the last 30 years. During this time, I have photographed some of the best wrestlers in the world. I live in a small town in Eastern Kentucky called Paintsville, which is around 100 miles east of Lexington. I travel all over Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia, and Virginia, video taping and photographing wrestling. I have also photographed some of the top lady wrestlers in the world. Sheri Martel, Candi Divine, Brandi Collins, Mercedes,( Jillian Hall) Lexie Fyfe, Brandi Alexander and Lady Victoria Nicole Starr, Amber Oneal, Gee Starr, Lorelei Lee and Traci Brooks are just some of the top ladies I've had the pleasure of capturing on film over the last couple of years. I have also photographed some of the hottest lady managers and valets over the years. Brittany Diamond, Rebecca Lynn, Darling Nikki, The Lovley Serena, Mizz Badattude, The Dirty White Girl Kimberly Sunny,Bunny Love, Jessie Belle, and Steph Leppard are just some of the ladies that I have photographed. I am also a featured photographer for the Glory web site (www.glorywrestling.com) Some of the top names in wrestling that I have done photo shoots with are: Dustin Rhodes, Manny Fernandez, The Original Midnight Express, Jim Cornette, Jimmy Golden, Robert Fuller, Kamala, "Wildcat" Chris Harris, Larry Zbyszko, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson, Tracy Smothers, "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony, The Batten Twins, Bull Pain, Demolition Ax, Sabu, Bill Alphonso, the great Chris Candido, Matt Morgan, Andy Douglas, Matt Capatelli, Earthquake John Tenta Buff bagwell, Mad Man Pondo, Barbarian,The Honkytonk Man, and Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart to name a few. My photos have been featured in New Wave Wrestling Magazine and Wrestling Toxic. I've also started working for Lady Sports Magazine. I am the official photographer for a group called THOROUGHBRED WRESTLING ALLIANCE out of Morehead, KY. Some of the top names that have wrestled under the TWA banner are: The Drillers, Tracy Smothers’ Stan “The Man†Lee. Another group that I do photos for is a group called BLUEGRASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING out of Pikeville, KY. Some of the stars for BCW are: The Drillers (Eddie Browning and Michael Jameson) Sweet Sammy Stylz, Hollywood's next big hit BJ Fuller, The Waldos, Big Daddy Venus, John Noble and The Profitt, to name a few. I also take photos for a group called ALL STAR WRESTLING, that is based in Logan, WV and is ran by my great friend Gary Damron. Some of the top stars that have worked for ASW are: Jim Cornette, Heidenreich, Billy Gunn, Buff Bagwell, Barbarian, The Midnight Express, Mad Man Pondo, ASW champion Juggulator, Crowza, Brad Thomas, Tracy Smothers, Ricky Morton, Hands of Stone Ronnie Garvin, Gentleman Jim Chadwick, Omega Aron Draven, and Bobby Houston. I am a lifetime member of the National Freelance Photographers Association. I started taking pictures with a Minolta X-7A 35mm, a Minolta X-370 35mm, a Yashaka SX-70 35mm and a Cannon 85 Zoom Sure Shot 35mm. At the shows I attend, you can see me running back and forth between the locker room and ringside, trying to catch all the action and still get the posed stuff in the back! Anyone need to get in touch with me can by emailing me at:
[email protected] or IM me at either
[email protected] (MSN) or kenlisa04 (yahoo) or I am also on myspace messenger(kencantrell)
