David Hume Kennerly Blog
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
Warsaw Scenes
Here are some random snaps from my first full day in Warsaw. I strolled around the old city on a Saturday afternoon, a place jumping with tourists, and brides and grooms having their wedding photos taken, a local tradition. I came across a military ceremony that was honoring they fallen at the Tomb of the […] Read More
In the Room When Ford Pardoned Nixon
The following post contains several unpublished photos that I took of President Ford before, during, and after the pardon of Richard Nixon forty years ago today. Sunday, September 8, 1974 started off in a fairly routine fashion for President Gerald R. Ford. He attended St. John’s church just across Lafayette Square from the White House, […] Read More
Warsaw – 39 years Later
My first trip to Poland was July 28, 1974 as President Gerald R. Ford’s White House photographer. He was the second U.S. President to visit the country, Richard Nixon was the first. Ford was given a full-on state ceremony, including a ride through the streets in an open car with Edward Gierek, First Secretary of […] Read More