Charles Henry "Chip" Ford II has worked within Carroll County as a photographer since 2008. Ford currently is the staff photographer for the Lovely County Citizen, Currents Magazine, The Visitor and Ozarks Outdoors and is a contributor to Carroll County News, Destination Eureka and Cassville Democrat. His images have appeared in/on KY3 TV, CitiScapes, Capture Arkansas, Rural Arkansas and countless ads promoting Eureka Springs. He competes in the annual Arkansas Press Association Better Newspaper Editorial Contest and has taken home seven awards from 2008-2010, most recently taking 1st Place in 2010 for Best Photo Page/Photo Essay. His most recent endeavor is the coffee table book Eureka Springs, Arkansas and the surrounding Countryside v1, a collection of modern digital images compiled over a five year period.
