David Hume Kennerly Blog
Kennerly Remarks Accepting 2015 Lucie Award
Thanks Ann Curry! We both graduated from Oregon high schools, and also started our professional careers there–it was a great launching pad! My love to my wife and business partner Rebecca and son Byron who are here, and also to my other two boys Nick and James who aren’t due to their educational responsibilities back […] Read More
In the Room — The Final Days of Vietnam
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona: David Hume Kennerly Archive. © Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents In early 1971 United Press International assigned me to their Saigon bureau to replace photographer Kent Potter who was rotating out. On Feb. 10, 1971, Potter and three other photographers perished when their chopper […] Read More
April 9 lecture at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts
University of the Arts – Philadelphia Paradigm Lecture Series • Connelly Auditorium • 1:00 – 2:30pm Terra Hall 211 S Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 CLICK HERE for more information This event sponsored by Canon
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Iwo Jima Photo Taken 70 Years Ago Today
Joe Rosenthal’s photo of U.S. Marines raising the flag over Mt. Surabachi on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945 (Rosenthal/AP) Smoke, fire, and death captured by Joe during the Iwo Jima invasion (Rosenthal/AP) Marines hit the beach under heavy fire on Iwo Jima. Joe Rosenthal made several of these landings and lived to tell about it. […] Read More
Book Availability Update
EXCITING NEWS! The response to David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone has been so overwhelming that the First Edition is nearly sold out. Here’s an update: • The Second Edition is on its way, so if your books are backordered, you should get them in time for the holidays. And you can order any […] Read More
Appearing at Norman Camera on December 4
WHO IS IN GRAND RAPIDS THURSDAY NIGHT? Besides me, that is… Come on out for my talk for Norman Camera SEMINAR PRESENTED BY CANON EXPLORERS OF LIGHT PROGRAMDECEMBER 4, 2014 6PM-9PM AT CALVIN COLLEGE PRINCE CONFERENCE CENTERSPACE IS LIMITED!! CALL NORMAN CAMERA’S GRAND RAPIDS LOCATION AT 616-954-9920 TO RESERVE A SEAT OR SIGNUP ONLINE. Column […] Read More
The Story Behind, “David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone.”
In 2013, I challenged myself to take one or more good photos each day during the course of the year. I wanted to get back to the basics of telling stories with a camera, so I pared down my formidable photo arsenal to a simple instrument: the iPhone 5s. I made that choice because it […] Read More
David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone Available Now
Kennerly’s seventh book and first peek into his photography process is available in bookstores and online NOW SEE what all the buzz is about — READ Kathy M.Y. Pyon’s rave review in the Los Angeles Times WATCH David share some tips from the book on Good Day L.A. LISTEN to David on Rudy Maxa’s World […] Read More
My 9-11
The evening of September 10, 2001 I was having dinner with Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne in the VP residence. They were old friends from the President Ford days when I was the head White House photographer, and Dick Cheney was deputy chief of staff, then the chief after his boss Donald […] Read More