https://prestonjenkins.com/untitled-page 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://prestonjenkins.com 2026-03-07T20:33:18+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2211858419949877981774986213604/_DSC3963.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2223434649880525721742417983716/_PJ11874-2.jpg https://prestonjenkins.com/k2 2026-02-04T18:18:47+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2344338844288743968260292475108/jenkins_preston_project_3_91.JPG Kiersten Washington watches her best friend, Morgan Lindsey, receive her nursing stole. Washington and Lindsey have been friends for a while; Washington often went over to Lindsey’s house when she was living with a roommate who wouldn’t clean up after herself, something Washington couldn’t stand. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2344339583449779001802025728228/jenkins_preston_project_3_91.JPG Kiersten Washington watches her best friend, Morgan Lindsey, receive her nursing stole. Washington and Lindsey have been friends for a while; Washington often went over to Lindsey’s house when she was living with a roommate who wouldn’t clean up after herself, something Washington couldn’t stand. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2344341522737536726813477566692/jenkins_preston_project_3_92.JPG Kiersten waits outside the DSU auditorium after her friend Morgan Lindsey was awarded a nursing stole.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2344342199991298648985955596516/jenkins_preston_project_3_93A.JPG Kiersten hugs one of her good friends, Annie Finch. Washington met Finch during her time working with the Student Government Association. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2344342856953642090077926848740/jenkins_preston_project_3_94A.JPG Kiersten Washington struggles to tighten the front basket on her mobility scooter. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2344343420557013774125857372388/jenkins_preston_project_3_95A.JPG Kiersten Washington tries to prevent the elevator doors from closing as she exits at Western Kentucky University. Washington, who often enters facing forward, sometimes has difficulty maneuvering out in time. “You just have to give yourself some grace — it’s going to be hard, but you keep going,” she said.<br /> <br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2344343803068698886567119681764/jenkins_preston_project_3_96.JPG Kiersten Washington opens the door to her apartment in the Kentucky Street Apartments. Washington, lives in a handicap-accessible unit to better accommodate her mobility needs, balances school, work and daily life while preparing for graduation next fall.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2344344296722017043108430477540/jenkins_preston_project_3_98A.JPG Kiersten Washington sips coffee before taking her final exam for her supernatural folklore class.<br /> <br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2344344909319940986928930093284/jenkins_preston_project_3_99A.JPG A student opens the door for Kiersten Washington as she exits Downing Student Union at Western Kentucky University. <br /> <br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2345693741057335012561600772324/Kiersten https://prestonjenkins.com/civ-war 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2255565681033265601981389863140/WP.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2255613053655552693638156122340/OSullivan_Camp.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="bruh">Example of a stereoscopic image</span></div><br /><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2255641612351325288554681465060/antietam_12.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Gardner captioned this photograph only as “A Lone<br /> Grave, on Battle-field of Antietam” but fortunately the<br /> original negative of this photograph has survived and<br /> is today in remarkably good state of preservation –<br /> good enough to decipher , under magnification, the<br /> name on the headboard. It reads “John Marshall” and<br /> further markings leads researchers to believe this is<br /> the grave of John Marshall, Company L, 28th<br /> Pennsylvania. </span></div><br />                              https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2255671991519377029719436687588/Alexander-Gardner-Portrait-1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2255698004380000011980743506148/Cook_FortSumter.jpg <span class="caption-new">This image was once considered the first combat photograph – showing a Union shell exploding within the parapets of Fort Sumter. Scholars have now shown that this image is a photograph of a painting by Lt. John R. Key. It was a case of one art form influencing another. Key’s painting was based upon a three-panel panorama of the interior of the fort taken by George S. Cook. Key added the exploding shell.</span><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2256481316129000731260477634788/MatthewBrady.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2256483602141760065716661647588/antietam_1.JPG <br /> <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Federal troops commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside fought a bitter three-hour battle to cross mBurnside Bridge over Antietam Creek. They finally captured it at 1:00 p.m., September 17, 1862 but the fierce Confederate resistance gave General Robert E. Lee time to reinforce his battle lines.</span></div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2256483716327105881978786150628/antietam_13.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Allan Pinkerton (seated to the right) and his associates<br /> (from the left) George H. Bangs, R. William Moore,<br /> John C. Babcock and Augustus K. Littlefield in front of<br /> a tent in Antietam. Pinkerton, best known for his<br /> Pinkerton National Detective Agency that prospered<br /> after the war, also gained praise for foiling an<br /> assassination attempt on President Lincoln in 1861.</span></div><br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2256484902600323774092631472356/antietam_18.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Just prior to President Lincoln’s departure for<br /> Washington, D.C. via Frederick on the morning of<br /> October 4, 1862, an exposure was made showing<br /> Lincoln in between  Allan Pinkerton (left) and Major<br /> General John McClernand. Pinkerton, head and<br /> founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency,<br /> was photographed several times by Gardner during<br /> the first week in October, 1862. At the breakout of<br /> hostilities in 1861 Pinkerton volunteered his services<br /> to the Federal Government and by 1862 he was a<br /> prime source of enemy intelligence.</span></div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2256486016875899546518096836836/antietam_8.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Col. Turner Morehead, a volunteer infantry for the<br /> 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers can be seen on the<br /> Antietam battlefield. Intrigued by the unusual rock<br /> formation in this photograph, modern scholars have<br /> unsuccessfully tried to locate it. Most likely modern<br /> development around the battlefield has obliterated it.</span></div><br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2256494120438337406755573987556/Brady_Hospital.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2256494287492051738269273422052/antietam_17.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Confederate dead near the Burnside Bridge. This<br /> photograph suggests that these two bodies – both<br /> on their backs and the pockets of one turned out –<br /> had been searched before Gardner and Gibson<br /> arrived on the scene. </span></div><br />                                                                              https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2256497497686689165573993396452/Alexander-Gardner-Portrait-1.jpg <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Alexander Gardner<br /> <br /> </span></div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2256513486715709702580918941924/Gardner_conspirator3.jpg <span class="caption-new">George Atzerodt<br /> (1835-1865)<br /> Although he failed to carry out his assignment to kill Vice-President Andrew Johnson, Atzerodt was condemned to death for his involvement in the assassination plot. Executed on July 5, 1865.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2256513486346774821106727909604/Gardner_conspirator1.jpg <span class="caption-new">David Herold<br /> (1842-1865)<br /> Hall accompanied Lewis Powell to the home of William Seward. He later fled to Maryland where he helped the injured John Wilkes Booth hide from authorities. Executed on July 5, 1865.<br /> <br /> </span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2256513486734156446654628493540/Gardner_conspirator4.jpg <span class="caption-new">Michael O&#x27;Laughlen<br /> (1840-1867)<br /> A close friend of Booth, O’Laughlen was active in an earlier, failed plot to kidnap Lincoln. In his trial, the government charged him with having<br /> planned to kill Ulysses S. Grant. Convicted and given a life sentence, O’Laughlen died in prison of yellow fever on September 23, 1867.</span> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2256515446202652188304329799908/Gibson_CumberlandLanding.JPG <div style="text-align: center"><span class="caption-new">Union soldiers look out over a Union encampment at Cumberland Landing, Virginia in May of 1862. <br /> (LOC James Gibson)</span></div> https://prestonjenkins.com/singles 2026-02-26T13:54:12+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2223400178708129597735246887140/_PJ11705-2.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stephanie Waltman-Ortega rehearses her performance during a &#x22;Corteo&#x22; rehearsal at Bojangles Coliseum on Aug. 1, 2024. The Cirque du Soleil production features a festive parade imagined by a clown, blending acrobatic feats with theatrical comedy. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2223439336478771832464811096292/Dr_Binder_dog_PJ160.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dr. Meredith Binder performs cold laser therapy on a dog named Olive on June 25, 2024. The cold laser therapy is a post-acupuncture treatment used to reduce inflammation and increase blood flow to targeted areas. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2223620478414274295917843970276/_9PJ9041.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2223757052038417241187566352612/_PJ_5473.jpg BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A cowboy unveils the American flag as the audience recites the Pledge of Allegiance during the Lone Star Rodeo Company’s 41st Championship at the WKU L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center on Feb. 10, 2023. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2778342541533955980814553839844/Lorrain_Mountain_stairtoned.jpg Lorrain Smoot walks down the stairs of the renovated Mustard Seed Hill building in Millersburg, Ky., on Oct. 26, 2023. Built in the late 19th century, the structure formerly housed the Millersburg Female College before being restored as a community events and hospitality venue. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2778345277259889088235896699108/_DSC5183_1.jpg BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A total lunar eclipse, often called a &#x22;blood moon,&#x22; is seen on March 14, 2025. The moon turned a red-orange hue for 65 minutes, marking the first of three lunar eclipses occurring in 2025 and 2026. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2778345387036463070881438365924/_DSC5523-copy_1.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric (10) works the ball against Chelsea defender Malo Gusto during a preseason friendly at Bank of America Stadium on Aug. 6, 2024. Real Madrid defeated Chelsea 2-1 in front of 62,617 fans as part of the Soccer Champions Tour. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2778345508821867445511898134756/_PJ12152.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A lightning strike illuminates the Charlotte skyline on July 15, 2024. The bolt was part of an isolated thunderstorm that struck Mecklenburg County. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2778345690098021457855661865188/circus_PJ074.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stephanie Waltman-Ortega rehearses her performance during a &#x22;Corteo&#x22; rehearsal at Bojangles Coliseum on Aug. 1, 2024. The Cirque du Soleil production features a festive parade imagined by a clown, blending acrobatic feats with theatrical comedy. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2778345787072555053346774710500/flay_PJ055.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chef Bobby Flay inside a new Bobby’s Burgers restaurant in the South Park neighborhood of Charlotte on July 17, 2024. Flay said the location will serve as a &#x22;test kitchen&#x22; and the primary site for research and development for the restaurant chain. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2778345856801247651968879818980/jenkins_preston_project_212.JPG BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Tara Harrison helps unload a newly purchased taxidermy deer outside her shop during a delivery in downtown Bowling Green on March 25, 2025. The piece is part of a growing collection of natural items she is curating for the store to spark curiosity. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2778346345898220022303931365604/jenkins_preston_prokect1018.jpg ROCKFIELD, Ky. — Willie Huston feeds two baby sheep on his farm on a cold morning, Feb. 19, 2025. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2778346602658450784267180308708/trump_pj1321.jpg CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Artist Dan Nelson, of Raleigh, N.C., poses with his painting of Donald Trump outside Bojangles Coliseum on July 24, 2024. The painting depicts Trump walking off stage following an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., on July 13. The Charlotte event marked Trump’s first campaign rally since the assassination attempt and since President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 race. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2803944609879166861187737843940/jenkins_72frames063_1.jpg A patron carries a barstool onto the sidewalk after being removed from a Broadway bar in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 6, 2025. Following an attempt to throw the furniture, the individual was ordered by staff to return the stool before being escorted from the premises. The downtown district, home to the historic &#x22;Honky Tonk Highway,&#x22; has seen a significant increase in security measures following several high-profile incidents involving objects thrown from multi-story bars in the area. https://prestonjenkins.com/portraits 2026-02-26T13:56:54+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2223692662552976569501368056036/_DSC9894.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2778370506945545677084480108772/_DSC9546.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2778370887317408476975434430692/_DSC7055.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2778371125280407027828650277092/_DSC9894.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2778371178831305073807478618340/_DSC8942.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2778371452451859919141257738468/DSC_7648.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2778371653133988697027469768932/_DSC4651-2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2778371880988171495487851329764/_DSC7510.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2778407848043938044749982071012/_LD23128-3.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2778408010080137988214683465956/_PJ10640.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2792651012272800040252967614692/_DSC0962-2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2803942967215053841425875990756/port1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2803943646645531564296081111268/Jordan26.jpg https://prestonjenkins.com/video 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2223897136317765086343185430756/Preston Jenkins / A simple artistic life https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2778383995463066790540555450596/Pasqueles_Final https://prestonjenkins.com/about-me 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2223905336910076774292904081636/31302486-f608-40ff-9b5b-86d9f427d751_rw_1920.jpg https://prestonjenkins.com/stories 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2232646949037889324507545860324/jenkins_preston_prokect1087.jpg Willie Huston getting back into his truck after loading up three cow’s worth of beef into his truck before driving back to Bowling Green to deliver the beef on February 14, 2205.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2232646948871868627844159895780/jenkins_preston_prokect1012.jpg Willie’s parents&#x27; house across the valley from his home in Rockfield, Kentucky. Willie will be moving into this house in the coming months as his parents are relocating back to Oregon. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2232646948964102348212707653860/jenkins_preston_prokect1060.jpg Willie Huston securing the coolers in the back of his truck to ensure they stayed closed during the drive back to Bowling Green on February 14, 2025. These coolers will hold two cows&#x27; worth of beef. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2232646948890315371917869447396/jenkins_preston_prokect1016.jpg Willie Huston feeds his two baby sheep on his farm in Rockfield Kentucky one cold morning on February 19, 2025.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2232646948927208860065288550628/_PJ11545.jpg Willie Huston sharing some of his knowledge about sustainable farming practices to professor Navdeep’s Agriculture 493 class on April 24, 2024. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2232646948982549092286417205476/jenkins_preston_project360.jpg Willie repairing his new electric weed eater on February 24, 2025. He just purchased it after experiencing too many carburetor issues with his previous gas-powered weed eater. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2232646948908762115991578999012/jenkins_preston_prokect1050_2.jpg Willie Huston was breaking the ice for his cows on a 20-degree morning on February 14, 2025. “Sometimes the cows break the ice themselves,” Willie said. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2232646949000995836360126757092/jenkins_preston_prokect1075.jpg After most of the beef has been delivered, Willie stores the remaining beef in his coolers in the basement until it is all sold. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2232648249976068378799964027108/jenkins_preston_project309.jpg During a warm spell in late February Willie is able to plant some of Chestnut trees in rows in his farm on February 24, 2025.  https://prestonjenkins.com/k 2026-02-04T18:18:46+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2344244869140394630099411269860/jenkins_preston_project_3_23.jpg Kiersten Washington watches her best friend, Morgan Lindsey, receive her nursing stole. Washington and Lindsey have been friends for a while; Washington often went over to Lindsey’s house when she was living with a roommate who wouldn’t clean up after herself, something Washington couldn’t stand. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2344245098046041840761237272804/jenkins_preston_project_3_201.jpg Kiersten Washington sips coffee before taking her final exam for her supernatural folklore class. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2344245140842488091767397021924/jenkins_preston_project_3_139.jpg Kiersten Washington struggles to tighten the front basket on her mobility scooter. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2344245270117270560323934746852/jenkins_preston_project_3_66.jpg Kiersten Washington hugs one of her good friends, Annie Finch. Washington met Finch during her time working with the Student Government Association. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2344245350987796579466609031396/jenkins_preston_project_3_219.jpg Kiersten Washington heads to take one of her final exams for the semester. She has to find alternative routes across campus because it’s difficult to navigate up the hill. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2344245546504837016714146609380/jenkins_preston_project_3_57.jpg Kiersten Washington waits outside the DSU auditorium after her friend Morgan Lindsey was awarded a nursing stole. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2344245611252908715434672781540/jenkins_preston_project_3_154.jpg Kiersten Washington opens the door to her apartment in the Kentucky Street Apartments. Washington, lives in a handicap-accessible unit to better accommodate her mobility needs, balances school, work and daily life while preparing for graduation next fall.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2344245653864887525703737014500/jenkins_preston_project_3_185.jpg Kiersten Washington makes her favorite dinner, Alfredo, in her apartment. Washington tries to cook as often as she can, though balancing school, work and life often leaves little time. “It’s all about making space for yourself and living through it all,” Washington said.<br /> <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2344245702527398392149534177508/jenkins_preston_project_3_144.jpg Kiersten Washington tries to prevent the elevator doors from closing as she exits at Western Kentucky University. Washington, who often enters facing forward, sometimes has difficulty maneuvering out in time. “You just have to give yourself some grace — it’s going to be hard, but you keep going,” she said. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2344245768622082408250857617636/jenkins_preston_project_3_213.jpg A student opens the door for Kiersten Washington as she exits Downing Student Union at Western Kentucky University.