David Hume Kennerly

David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly speaks at opening of WAR/Photography exhibition at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City
Chief Official White House Photographer
In office
August 10, 1974 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byOliver F. Atkins
Succeeded byMichael Evans (1981)
Personal details
Born (1947-03-09) March 9, 1947 (age 77)
Roseburg, Oregon, U.S.
Spouses
  • Susan Allwardt
    (m. 1967; div. 1969)
  • (m. 1983; div. 1988)
  • (m. 1989; div. 1992)
  • Rebecca Soladay
    (m. 1994)
Children3
Residence(s)Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationWest Linn High School
OccupationJournalist, photographer, producer
Websitekennerly.com

David Hume Kennerly (born March 9, 1947) is an American photographer. He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta, and the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden.[1] He has photographed every American president since Lyndon B Johnson. He is the first presidential scholar at the University of Arizona.[2]

  1. ^ "Dave Kennerly of United Press International". Pulitzer. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. ^ "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographer Named UA Presidential Scholar". University of Arizona. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-01-24.