When he’s not busy as an optometrist and vision care director at The Atlanta Cornea Care Center in Newnan, GA, Dr. Brantley spearheads his professional photography business, Kirk Kennedy Creative Photography, where he’s spent more than 10 years capturing everything from optical products to live concerts and fashion events.

His celebrated “Faces Collection” features 25 published and unpublished canvases of portraiture, which were on display at the Optique Huntsville Optical Boutique & Gallery in Huntsville, AL.

The concept behind this work? “If eyes are the windows to the soul, then the face is the road map of the soul’s journey.”

Here, the inspiring individual, who fuses his roots in science with his appreciation for the arts, fills in the blanks for EB.