Brian Kelly’s Top Ten Rapid Growth Images
As Managing Photographer Brian Kelly says goodbye to 2011 as well as Rapid Growth in the pursuit of new endeavors, he chooses his top ten photos captured over the last five years.
Brian Kelly's Latest Articles
Revisiting ArtPrize’s Big Ten
Last year, photographer Brian Kelly was given full access to the city of Grand Rapids to create special portraits of the Top 10 ArtPrize Artists. Brian presents this retrospective of his portraits here in a photo essay of these artists and their winning works as the second annual ArtPrize approaches.
Photo Essay: The Equest Center
You’re not going to find therapists in white lab coats at The Equest Center, the therapists are all gentle horses and ponies. The patients are kids with any number of physical and mental challenges. Photographer Brian Kelly takes us there.
Grand Rapids from the Sky
With every crane and multimillion-dollar development, Grand Rapids grows a little closer to the clouds. Brian Kelly shows us what it looks like from the other side.
RG TV: Making the Music
Karma Generator, a short film documenting the creative collaboration between musician Brian Vander Ark and producer Bill Szymczyk, both West Michigan natives, was shot in North Carolina. But it debuts later this month in GR. Photographer Brian Kelly brings you a preview
Decked Out Grand Rapids: A Holiday Photo Essay
The rain washed away the snow. But Center City and other GR neighborhoods are bursting with the holiday spirit. Photographer Brian Kelly takes you on a tour of the decorations and activities that make the city a festive winter wonderland. Think snow!
A Little R&R, as in Rugby and Rowing
Rowing regattas on the Grand River and a Rugby tournament brought competing teams from across the midwest to town in a busy July 7 sports weekend. RG photographer Brian Kelly shows us the strokes and the bruises.
Rapid Growth Photography Exhibition
Please join us at The Photography Room on Thursday, March 22 for an exhibition of Brian Kelly's Rapid Growth photographs. Here's your chance to socialize with the Rapid Growth crew (at your own risk)
A Welcome Home for President Gerald R. Ford
Brian Kelly spent two days photographing the pagentry of President Ford's emotional return home to Grand Rapids; a city to which he dedicated his life. Kelly concentrated on the small details that made this event one of the most moving in Grand Rapids' history.
Big Time Campus
Grand Valley State University invests heavily in public art and architecture on its Allendale campus. Rapid Growth photographer Brian Kelly captures the beauty of this growing campus in a small town.
