Ken Brandt has led a fun and adventurous life and had a successful business career despite (or perhaps in part because of!) his bad eyes. He has always had poor vision and slightly crossed eyes. He has undergone six eye operations (including a detached retina and cataract operation in each eye), and spent parts of his life legally blind. Ken is an entertaining speaker and an amateur New Orleans-style jazz trumpeter. He and his wife, artist Judy Brandt, have been married for more than twenty years. They spent most of their lives in New York City, before moving to Melbourne, Australia.