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Ronald Craig Kempf, born in Livingston, NJ on April 25, 1966, is an American photographer currently residing in Melbourne, FL. Presently R. Craig Kempf is the acting CEO/Creative Director of advertising firm CK Communications in addition to being the soul proprietor of Kempf Photography. His work strives to provoke thought in his audience by using simple composition.

Education
Kempf devoted himself to education in an unconventional manner. His focus was primarily based on artists and instructors that could share the most critical feedback during Kempf's developing artistic stages. Spending time at California Institute of the Arts and University of Central Florida, Kempf earned multiple degrees in Fine Art and Literature.

Early Life
Born in Livingston, the Kempf family relocated to S. Florida early-on in his childhood. R. Kempf comes from a family heavily influenced by the arts, he gained a significant amount of inspiration from his grandmother who attended Juilliard to participate in the piano program. Kempfs father, who was also an avid amateur photographer, purchased R. Kempf his very first Nikkormat 35 mm film camera.

Shortly after participating in an educational photography course during middle-school and spending time developing the film he shot, Kempf discovered his fascination with composition.

Career
After spending the majority of his 20's striving to fulfill his love for paint, Kempf found himself transitioning into photography as his main median for expression and profession. It was his desire to achieve diverse composition pieces that made shooting photographs the chosen method to tie all of the medians together, which is a concept that would later be applied to his work while entering into his Fine Art career.

Outside of the arts, Kempf spent seven years in Management and Marketing divisions within Barnes & Noble where he played a key role in company expansion. Kempf has written screenplays for television, displayed artwork at museums and galleries across the country, served as the president of a successful real estate brokerage firm and managed a large, multi-franchised automobile dealership.

Spending a great deal of time collecting a variety of skills Kempf and his wife Caroline created advertising firm CK Communications which blends expertise in advertising, public relations, and design. It is with CK Communications that R. Kempf has been awarded a variety of awards for the agencies creative and commercial work.

Awards

 * 2013 Digital Photo Pro--Photo of the Year Award
 * 2013 APA Awards
 * 2008 SIAA Awards
 * 2008 Millenium Awards
 * 2008 Platinum and Gold Hermes Awards
 * 2007 Platinum and Gold Hermes Awards
 * 2007-2008 Platinum MarComm Award
 * 2006 Gold Create Awards
 * 2004-2006 Gold and Silver ADDY Awards
 * 2003-2006 Best Advertising Agency-Florida Today
 * 2002 Grand Image Award