A Photojournalist’s Life in Pictures

David Hume Kennerly Aboard Air Force One as It Arrives in Portland, Oregon, 1975

Gerald R. Ford, President; David Hume Kennerly, Photographer; And Terry O'Donnell, White House Aide, Walk Towards Marine One, White House South Lawn, Washington, D.C., 1976. White House photo

David Hume Kennerly with High School Friends, Portland, Oregon, 1965

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Photographing Robert F. Kennedy, Portland, Oregon, 1966

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Photographing at the Labor Hall, Portland, Oregon, 1966

Ron Bennett, David Hume Kennerly and Ronald Reagan, Photographer and Governor, Los Angeles, California, 1968

Matt Franjola, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, with Soldiers in Swamp, U Minh Forest, South Vietnam, 1971

Matt Franjola, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Photographing a U.S. Army Combat Assault, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, 1971

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, in Helicopter over the Central Highlands, South Vietnam, 1972

Dirck Halstead, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Under Fire by North Vietnamese Regular Soldiers, Chonh Thanh, South Vietnam, 1972

David Hume Kennerly and George Harrison, Photographer and Musician, White House, Washington, D.C., 1974

David Burnett, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, and His Colleagues, White House Lawn, Washington, D.C., 1974

Karl Schumacher, Gerald R. Ford, President, Having His Portrait Taken by David Hume Kennerly in the White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 1974

David Hume Kennerly and Dean Burch, Photographer and Deputy Chief of Staff, Playing Gin Rummy, Air Force One, 1975

Ricardo Thomas, Gerald R. Ford, President; Ansel Adams, Photographer; Bill Turnage, Director of The Wilderness Society; And David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Meeting in White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 1975

Gerald R. Ford, President; David Hume Kennerly, Photographer; And Terry O'Donnell, White House Aide, Walking with Secret Service Agents, White House, Washington, D.C., 1976. White House photo

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, in His White House Office, Washington, D.C., 1976. White House photo

Ansel Adams and David Hume Kennerly, Photographers, at Lunn's Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., 1977

David Burnett, Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President, Having His Photograph Taken by David Hume Kennerly for Time's Man of the Year, Giza Pyramid Complex, Egypt, 1977

Eddie Adams, Betty Ford and David Hume Kennerly, First Lady and Photographer, Cabinet Room, White House, Washington, D.C., 1977

Alan Ross, Ansel Adams and David Hume Kennerly, ca. 1979

Mike Evans, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer; Ronald Reagan, President; And Michael Jackson, Musician, White House, Washington, D.C., 1982

Mary Fisher, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Washington, D.C., 1991

Hillary Clinton and David Hume Kennerly, Senator and Photographer, at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2008

Bill Clinton and David Hume Kennerly, President and Photographer, Saigon, Vietnam, 2000. White House photo

David Burnett, Barbara Walters and David Hume Kennerly, Television Host and Photographer, on Set of NBC's Today Show, New York, New York, 1975

David Valdez, George Bush and David Hume Kennerly, Vice President and Photographer, Vice President's Residence, Washington, D.C., 1986

Bob McNeely, Bill Clinton, President, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 1996

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, at WAR/Photography Exhibition Opening, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California, 2014

James Alden Kennerly, David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, with Backroads Group, Dyrhólaey, Iceland, 2014

David Hume Kennerly, Photographer, Giza Pyramid Complex, Egypt, ca. 1977

Fred Maroon, David Hume Kennerly in White House Oval Office with Gerald R. Ford behind Him at His Desk, Washington, D.C., 1976

David Burnett, Gerald R. Ford and David Hume Kennerly, President and Photographer, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., ca. 1970s

Ansel Adams and David Hume Kennerly, Photographers, Carmel, California, 1975

Dave Acton, David Hume Kennerly and Other Members of the Press Photograph Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy, Senator and Wife, Arriving in Tucson, Arizona, 1968.
The tale of David Hume Kennerly’s career as a photojournalist began with documenting politicians and musicians who visited his hometown of Portland, Oregon in the 1960s. These beginnings spurred over five decades of globetrotting, as Kennerly lived witnessing our world through his camera lens.