Ken Light has worked as a freelance documentary photographer for over forty-five years, focusing on social issues facing America. His work has been published in nine books, in magazines, exhibitions and numerous anthologies, exhibition catalogues and a variety of media, digital and motion picture. His most recent book What’s Going On? 1969-1974explores his earliest work as a young photographer documenting the social landscape of America as it roiled with upheaval. His book Valley of Shadows & Dreams (Heyday Book) was published in 2012.