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New York Area appearances – June 25 & 27
Two David Hume Kennerly Events
Sponsored by Canon Camera Explorers of Light
B & H Photo Manhattan
4-6pm Wednesday, June 25
”‹The B&H Event Space is located on the second floor of the B&H Super Store, located at 420 9th Ave, New York, NY 10001.
Unique Photo Expo
6-8pm Friday, June 27
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”‹Unique Photo Superstore123 US Hwy 46 (West)Fairfield, NJ 07004(973) 377-2007”‹
Bullets, Baseball, and Men in Gray Suits
David Hume Kennerly has been shooting on the front lines of history for six decades. He has covered wars and the people who started them, major sporting events including the 1969 Miracle Mets-winning World Series, and every other kind of story imaginable. He has done portrait sessions with kings, queens, presidents, soldiers in the field, and Indonesian fishermen.With the advent of the new technology, Kennerly has become an old dog who has has learned new digital tricks. As his editorial work receded, he turned his attention to the more creative and equally satisfying corporate and non-profit arena. While it might seem that the distance between capturing images from a world summit to creating a new series of Girl Scout cookie boxes might be light years apart, they aren't. He understood that his skills as a news photographer and documenter of history provided an excellent foundation for other photographic endeavors.Kennerly will share these experiences, and will pass along some great advice for anyone who is enthusiastic about photography, and wants to become a better photographer.
Appearance at Nixon Library February 20
A Personal Look through the White House Lens
The Briscoe Center is proud to co-sponsor, A Personal Look through the White House Lens, at the The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum on Feb. 20, 2014, at 7:00 p.m.
(l) David Hume Kennerly and (r) Eric Draper
Join us for this fun, free program featuring two of the most noted White House photographers: David Hume Kennerly, who served President Gerald Ford, and Eric Draper, who served President George W. Bush. Hear their up-close-and-personal experiences capturing the American presidency. Briscoe Center Director Don Carleton will introduce the program, which will be moderated by Mark Updegrove, director of the LBJ Library.
The program is held in conjunction with the exhibitNews to History: Selections from the Briscoe Center, on display at the Nixon Library through March 2, 2014.
The Nixon Library is located at 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, California, 92886. To make a reservation for this event, please contact Kristen Nesbitt (512.495.4609,k.nesbitt@austin.utexas.edu).
The event is sponsored by the Nixon Foundation, the Nixon Presidential Library and Briscoe Center.
President’s Photographers at National Archives
I joined official presidential photographers David Valdez (Bush 41), Sharon Farmer (Clinton), and Eric Draper tonight at the National Archives for a panel moderated by former Clinton press secretary Dee Dee Myers. It was a great evening before a sold out crowd, and I think Sharon should run for mayor of DC, she is the best ambassador this city has ever seen! We will always miss our departed colleagues Yoichi Okamoto (Johnson), Ollie Atkins (Nixon) and Mike Evans (Reagan).
Presidential photographers Sharon Farmer and Eric Draper and moderator Dee Dee Myers at the National Archives.
3-2-1 Blastoff! New Kennerly.com site launched.
The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off returning Senator John Glenn, who flew the first American manned mission to orbit the earth Feb. 20, 1962, back to space,at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, October 29, 1998.
Announcing the new, improved Kennerly.com, and its official arrival into the 21st Century! We have retired the first iteration of Kennerly.com, and donated it to the Smithsonian Institution as an excellent example of one of the first comprehensive photographer’s websites to appear on the internet. The new site is designed and built by the amazing Kristina Romero at KR Media & Designs.
Almost everything on this site is new, but here are some cool features …
- My new BLOG. Starting Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, all of my rants, daily photos and upcoming event alerts will be posted on the blog. Don’t worry, new posts will show up on my Facebook and Twitter feeds, but the central hub will be the blog!
- Check out my brand new STORYTELLER VIDEO, produced and edited by Todd Hillman’s Hollywood Media Services, with footage from a Today Show profile, Jules & Gedeon Naudet, and Red Thread Productions.
- The Classic Kennerly gallery contains fifty of my best known images, for which I have recorded audio captions and observations. Just click on the audio link in individual images, and turn up the sound!
- The Portfolio section includes a number of galleries which we’ll update regularly, including a brand-new Business gallery featuring some exciting images I’ve made for great organizations and companies. I’ve also added a gallery of iPhone pictures I’ve taken along the way.
We’ve updated every single page and included many other avenues to view the photos, so feel free to poke around.
National Archives Appearance – Washington DC October 30
Wednesday, October 30, at 7 p.m.
William G. McGowan Theater
What is it like to photograph the most powerful person in the world? The Presidential photographer documents history, capturing official events, and private moments. A panel moderated by Dee Dee Myers, who served as White House Press Secretary during President Clinton’s first term, includes veteran Presidential photographers David Hume Kennerly (Gerald Ford), David Valdez(George H.W. Bush), Sharon Farmer (Bill Clinton), and Eric Draper(George W. Bush). The panel will discuss the photographs as they are projected on screen, and their personal recollections of photographing the Presidents. Presented in partnership with the White House Historical Association and the White House Correspondents’ Association.
This program is generously supported by the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc.
Free appearance in Seattle, WA – November 3
Kennerly keynotes the Kenmore Camera Expo in Seattle, Washington on November 2, 2013. Click here for full info on the two-day event taking place at the Lynwood Convention Center. With over 28 photo industry vendors, free seminars, over 35 classes and special guest speakers, Kenmore Camera’s Digital Photo Expo is the largest photo show on the West Coast. The expo takes place NOV. 2ND – 10am-6pm and NOV. 3RD – 10am-5pm.
Kennerly’s talk, “Behind the Scenes of History” is sponsored by Canon’s Explorer of Light program and open to the public. It takes place on Sunday November 3 from 1 – 3pm.
The Presidents’ Gatekeepers on The Discovery Channel
On the set of The Presidents’ Gatekeepers, Exec. Producer Gedeon Naudet, Producer Kennerly, Vice-president Dick Cheney, Director Chris Whipple, Exec. Producer Jules Naudet
Produced by Kennerly and featuring exclusive interviews with all 20 living White House chiefs of staff and two presidents, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, The Presidents’ Gatekeepers explores the fascinating and untold story of this unique fraternity and the presidents they serve. Epic in scope, spanning 50 years and nine administrations, it is an unprecedented series that pulls back the curtain on the inner workings of the Oval Office.
From the acclaimed filmmaking team of brothers Gedeon and Jules Naudet (9/11, In God’s Name), Peabody Award-winning news producer Chris Whipple (60 Minutes, ABC News) and Peacock Productions comes an unprecedented series looking at the key moments, the quiet conversations, backroom bargains and heated debates that made history and have never been heard before. In addition, Pulitzer Prize-winning White House photographer David Hume Kennerly serves as producer of The Presidents’ Gatekeepers, lending his extraordinary body of work to tell this rich, untold history.
See Kennerly’s portraits of chiefs during interview and in their job.