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Optical Illusions
As the sun began to set on the second game of a softball doubleheader featuring Sabetha High School hosting Perry-Lecompton…

A Fun(d) Raising Good Time
This odd recipe created a morning of fun on April 2 at Troy High School. The event organizers, trying to raise funds to enhance the school’s end-of-the-school-year academic and athletic banquet, chose dodgeball and teams showed up to help the school’s dedicated parents get closer to their goal.
Picturing the Power of a Dream
With the inception of this website in the summer of 2020, I asked viewers to consider “The Heart & Soul of Kansas Sports” and the goal of a grand multimedia documentary. I asked people to believe in a dream. The problem with dreams is that they are often hard to explain. What seemed so clear in my mind could be abstract and veiled for others. I asked people to financially support me when all I had at the time was the belief that the people of Kansas and the uniting power of sports would be worthy of their financial support.
Picturing the Power of a Dream
With the inception of this website in the summer of 2020, I asked viewers to consider “The Heart & Soul of Kansas Sports” and the goal of a grand multimedia documentary. I asked people to believe in a dream. The problem with dreams is that they are often hard to explain. What seemed so clear in my mind could be abstract and veiled for others. I asked people to financially support me when all I had at the time was the belief that the people of Kansas and the uniting power of sports would be worthy of their financial support.
What Kansans are saying about ‘Heart & Soul’
As Jeff Jacobsen visits the state’s 105 counties his photographs are creating memories across generations
Along the way

KU Men’s Big 12 Golf Championship
My work road took a detour late in April when the opportunity arose to photograph the KU men’s golf team…
Through the Lens

Border War
What I am about to write may be viewed as blasphemy, but it has to be said.
Up close

Life’s Lessons
Building better players and men in the Dominican Republic “It’s a great day to be a Jayhawk!” That cry from…
