David Hume Kennerly has been a photographer on the front lines of history for more
than fifty years. At 25 he was one of the youngest winners of the Pulitzer Prize in
Journalism. Kennerly’s 1972 award for Feature Photography included images of the
Vietnam and Cambodia wars, refugees escaping from East Pakistan into India, and
the Ali v. Frazier “Fight of the Century” World Heavyweight Championship at
Madison Square Garden. Two years later Kennerly was appointed President Gerald
R. Ford's Personal White House Photographer.
David Hume Kennerly website: https://www.kennerly.com
David Hume Kennerly Archives at the Center for Creative Photography: https://kennerly.ccp.arizona.edu/
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Some of Kennerly's Books:
Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
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Photo Op: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Covers Events That Shaped Our Times
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Photo du Jour: A Picture-a-Day Journey through the First Year of the New Millennium
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David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone: Secrets and Tips from a Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer
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Kennerly’s photos have appeared on more than 50 major magazine covers, and he
has documented history in over a hundred countries. He has photographed ten
United States Presidents covered twelve presidential campaigns, served as a
contributing editor for Newsweek magazine for ten years, and a contributing
photographer for Time & Life Magazines for more than fifteen. American Photo
Magazine named Kennerly “One of the 100 Most Important People in Photography”,
and Washingtonian Magazine called Kennerly one of the 50 most important
journalists in Washington, DC. His work has been exhibited widely and he maintains
a busy publishing, appearance and lecture schedule.
In 2019, The University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography acquired the
David Hume Kennerly Archive, which features almost one million images, prints,
objects, memorabilia, correspondence and documents dating back to 1957. His work
will join that of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Richard Avedon, W. Eugene Smith,
and scores of other legendary photographers. In 2018, University of Arizona
President Robert C. Robbins appointed Kennerly the university’s first Presidential
Scholar.
Kennerly’s work has been exhibited and collected by museums, corporate entities
and individuals around the world. David is also a Canon Explorer of Light.
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