Kona Franks-Ongoy
Kona Franks-Ongoy is a Montana-based documentary-style photographer with a soft spot for the quiet drama of everyday life. For over 20 years, he’s been capturing moments with cameras —mundane fragments that might one day become relics of memory or cautionary tales, depending on who’s looking. When he’s not behind a vintage camera marveling at its decades-old guts, he serves as the Director of Communications at Disability Rights Montana, where he leads storytelling and advocacy work with heart and grit. Kona holds a Master’s in Education from Western Washington University and has collaborated with organizations like ACLU of Montana and Ability Montana on creative video and audio projects. His work—both visual and professional, is rooted in care, realism, and a quiet hope that his daughters will one day see the world he lived in, just as it was.