David Hume Kennerly Blog
My New Book Website is Live!
The “David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone” website is up and running. It gives an overview of my new book, a link to order it, and some excerpts. David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone
Read MoreBack to Iceland After 28 Years
In Iceland at this time of the year you can touch sunset with one hand and sunrise with the other. On the longest day the sun sets around midnight, and is up again at 3 a.m. The sun comes up early on the approach to Iceland Iceland also has some wild swings in temperature, […] Read More
NPR’s Don Gonyea on President Ford
”‹In one of my longest-distant interviews ever, NPR’s intrepid Don Gonyea reached me at the Hotel Skaftafell in Freysnesi, Iceland as I was preparing to scale the Svinafell Glacier last week. He wanted to talk about President Ford’s first days in office 40 years ago, and I wanted to discuss the spectacular sights of Iceland. He […] Read More
Ford’s First Week as President 40 Years Ago
President Gerald R. Ford in the oval office during his second full day as the nation’s 38th chief executive. When President Ford took over from Richard Nixon the country was ready for a little less drama emanating from the White House. Ford was just the guy to deliver normalcy. One of the first pictures I […] Read More
Ford Sworn In as President 40 Years Ago Today
Gerald R. Ford is sworn is as the 38th President of the United States at noon on August 9, 1974. When Gerald R. Ford assumed the presidency on August 9, 1974 he declared that, “Our long national nightmare is over.” In the short term I suppose he was right, but his own personal nightmare began […] Read More
Forty Years Ago Today–Nixon’s Farewell
Column 1 Nixon looks at White House for last time as president before boarding helicopter. Column 2 Nixon departs after resigning, contact sheet Nixon resigning, and leaving the White House forty years ago today, was one of the top five stories that I’ve covered in my career as a photographer. The others, in no particular […] Read More
40 Year Anniversary of Nixon Resignation
”‹Kennerly’s observations on CBS This Morning Capturing the last days of Nixon’s controversial presidency AUGUST 17, 2014, 8:43 AM |Friday marks the 40-year anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation after his role in the Watergate cover-up was exposed. Ben Tracy talks with two men who captured behind-the-scenes moments in photographs and audio, revealing more about […] Read More
Sneak Peek at Some of My New iPhone Book Photos
Here are three photos from my new book, “David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone,” that is coming out this fall. The project is my attempt to share a bit of what I’ve learned in my decades of being a professional photographer in the hope of passing along some of my techniques so that others can […] Read More
30 Years Ago at Los Angeles Olympics
Coach Bela Karoli lifts up Mary Lou Retton after she won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in L.A. I moved to Los Angeles in 1984 to cover the Olympics and to attend the American Film Institute directing program in the fall. I haven’t left!
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