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Kennerly, David Hume (Business Speakers)
Producer, photographer  “In his photographs we see people and historical events through the keen, alert eye of an eminent camera artist.”
. . . The Winds of War author Herman Wouk David Hume Kennerly has been shooting on the front lines of history for more than 40 years. He has photographed eight wars, seven, (soon to be eight), U.S. presidents, and has traveled to more than 140 countries along the way. He is an authentic global photographer, as much in his element covering combat in the desert as he is capturing dramatic and intimate behind-the-scenes photos of the world's leaders in the corridors of power. At 25 Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his photos of the Vietnam War, and two years later was appointed President Gerald R. Ford's personal photographer. He also won the Overseas Press Club's Award for “Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad,” for his coverage of Reagan and Gorbachev's historic first summit meeting in Geneva. He was recently named, “One of the Most 100 Most Important People in Photography” by American Photo Magazine. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy as executive producer of NBC's, “The Taking of Flight 847,” and was writer and Executive Producer of a two-hour NBC pilot, “Shooter,” starring Helen Hunt, based on his Vietnam experiences. “Shooter” won the Emmy for “Outstanding Cinematography.” He is executive producer of the recent documentary, “Portraits of a Lady,” starring former Justice Sandra Day O'Conner, which made the short list of films eligible for the 2008 Academy Award nominations. Kennerly has been on the masthead of Time Magazine, John F. Kennedy, Jr's George magazine, Life Magazine, and was a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine for ten years. He has more than 50 major magazine covers to his credit. Kennerly has published several books of his work, Shooter, Photo Op, Seinoff: The Final Days of Seinfeld, and Photo du Jour. His most recent book is Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. Former First Lady Betty Ford said, “Extraordinary Circumstances is a wonderful record of the Ford Presidency. David Kennerly's heart and soul are in this book.” He recently produced The Official Barack Obama Inaugural book With Bob McNeely, who was President Clinton's official White House photographer. He also provided some exclusive behind-the-scenes photographs of President Obama for the project. The book will be released at the end of April to coincide with the president's 100th day in office. A major exhibition of photographs from the book will be held in the National Museum of American History opening Tuesday, May 5 adjacent to the First Ladies' exhibit and the Star Spangled Banner Flag. Kennerly is on the Board of Trustees of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, and the Atlanta Board of Visitors of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). His archive is housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas, Austin, which is also the publisher of three of his books. |
