About

Every image tells a story...

As a retired corporate communications professional based in Saint Louis, Missouri, Chuck passes time by using photography as a way to capture special moments, tell stories, reveal emotions, inspire hope, spotlight beauty, expose truths, and inform the uninformed. Whether the photograph is staged or spontaneous, Chuck works to capture moments that will resonate with the viewer, be remembered, or possibly be provocative.

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Vew more of his work under Galleries or Special Projects in the menu above. Pay attention because each image does tell a story.


See Client Proofs here.


Thoughts about how we look at America today from an indigenous perspective. Go here.


What is "woke" and how does it relate to my photography?


Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injusticesexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and social justice, such as white privilege and reparations for slavery in the United States.


— Source: Wikipedia.

Chuck Ramsay taking aim with the Leica M10 digital rangefinder camera. Self-portrait by Chuck Ramsay. Chuck Ramsay's career as an advertising manager and communications director spanned industries such as safety shoes, electronic component wholesaling, European tour travel and marketing, musical instrument advertising, motor and generator manufacture and marketing, insurance promotion and promotion, home improvement contracting advertising, land development promotion, and communications for the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

For me, as a photographer, "woke" means I take an objective and curious view of social and racial situations I confront in my photographic work. I also take the time to study and understand factual history. I try to understand situations I encounter, apply empathy, push away inherent biases, and work to record the truth as I see it at the moment. This is the best we can all do. I don't allow others' dog whistles of hate, bigotry, or racism to filter into my work.


In essence, being "woke" is a matter of opening your hearts and minds to the true experiences of others – good or bad.

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