US Presidency

David Hume Kennerly, Gerald R. Ford, Former President; George H. W. Bush, Former President; Jimmy Carter, Former President; Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Lady; Barbara Bush, Former First Lady; Betty Ford, Former First Lady; and Rosalynn Carter, Former First Lady, at the Gerald R. Ford Library Re-Dedication, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1997

David Hume Kennerly, Ronald Reagan, President, Bidding Farewell after Campaigning for a Congressman, Billings, Montana, 1982

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, Waving Goodbye before Boarding Army One after Resigning the Presidency, Washington, D.C., 1974

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, Playing Piano at the Dedication of the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, Tennessee, 1974

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Nominee, on Stage with Wife, Son-in-Law, and Daughter, on the Final Night of the Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016.

David Hume Kennerly, George H. W. Bush, President; Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon, Former Presidents, Simi Valley, California, 1991

David Hume Kennerly, Bill and Hillary Clinton, President and First Lady, on Campaign Bus from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington, 1996.

David Hume Kennerly, Barack Obama, President, at the Inaugural Parade in Front of the White House, Washington, D.C., 2009

David Hume Kennerly, Barack and Michelle Obama, President and First Lady, at the Inaugural Ball, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., 2009

David Hume Kennerly, Barack and Michelle Obama, President and First Lady, at ABC Ball, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., 2013

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate, After First Televised Republican Party Debate at the Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, 2015.

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush, President; Tony Blair, British Prime Minister; Colin Powell, Secretary of State; And Condoleezza Rice, National Security Council Advisor, Meeting in the White House, Washington, D.C., 2001.

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton, President, Listens to a Family Member of a Lockerbie Bombing Victim, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 1996

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, before Boarding Army One after Resigning the Presidency, Washington, D.C., 1974.

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton, President, Delivers a Public Address After Being Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, While John Podesta, White House Chief of Staff; Richard Gephardt, House Minority Leader; Al Gore, Vice President; And Hillary Clinton, First Lady, Look On, White House Rose Garden, Washington, D.C., 1998

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush and Laura Bush, Presidential Candidate and His Wife, Watching the Election Returns with Their Family, the Cheneys, and Friends, Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas, 2000

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush, Presidential Candidate, Looks Over Acceptance Speech Notes, Texas Governor's Mansion, Austin, Texas, 2000

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton, President and Senator, Washington, D.C., 2001

David Hume Kennerly, Michelle Obama and George W. Bush, First Lady and Former President, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C., 2016. © Bank of America/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate, at a Rally, Grand Junction, Colorado, 2016

David Hume Kennerly, Melania Trump at Donald Trump Rally, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2016

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump and Mike Pence, President-Elect and Vice President-Elect in the Hilton Hotel, New York, New York, 2016

David Hume Kennerly, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President and Soviet Leader, at Their Fireside Chat, Geneva, Switzerland, 1985

David Hume Kennerly, Hillary Clinton, First Lady, in White House East Room, Washington, D.C., 1999

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, President and First Lady, White House, Washington, D.C., 1998

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton, President; Hillary Clinton, First Lady; And Chelsea Clinton, Daughter, Watching Fireworks on Election Night, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1996

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, Waving Goodbye before Boarding Army One after Resigning the Presidency, Washington, D.C., 1974

David Hume Kennerly, Hillary Clinton, First Lady, Washington, D.C., 1998

David Hume Kennerly, Jimmy Carter, Former President, Posing for a Portrait for His Interview for "The Presidents' Gatekeepers," Atlanta, Georgia, 2011

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump, President-Elect, in His Trump Tower Office, New York, New York, 2016

David Hume Kennerly, Dick Cheney and George H. W. Bush, Secretary of Defense and President, White House, Washington, D.C., 1991

David Hume Kennerly, George H. W. Bush, CIA Director, Gets His Hair Cut by Milton Pitts, White House Barber, White House, Washington, D.C., 1976

David Hume Kennerly, Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford, President-Elect and President, Before Carter's Inauguration, White House Blue Room, Washington, D.C., 1977

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush, Governor and Former President, Houston, Texas, 1999

David Hume Kennerly, Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate, Accepting the Nomination at the Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, 2016

David Hume Kennerly, Aerial View of Crowd Around Ronald Reagan's Casket, U.S. Capitol Dome, Washington, D.C., 2004.

David Hume Kennerly, George H. W. Bush, Former President; Barack Obama, President-Elect; George W. Bush, President; Bill Clinton, Former President; And Jimmy Carter, Former President, White House Oval Office, Washington, D.C., 2009

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, President and President-Elect, Share a Limousine Ride to Capitol Hill for Obama's Inauguration, Washington, D.C., 2009

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush, President; Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff; Steve Hadley, Deputy National Security Advisor; and John Craddock, Senior Military Aide to the Secretary of Defense, Meeting in Rumsfeld's Office at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., 2003

David Hume Kennerly, Bill and Hillary Clinton, President and First Lady, Campaigning, Salem, North Carolina, 1996

David Hume Kennerly, Rosalynn Carter, Hillary Clinton, Betty Ford, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Lady Bird Johnson, Former First Ladies, at the Dedication of George H. W. Bush Presidential Library, College Station, Texas, 1997

David Hume Kennerly, George W. Bush, Presidential Candidate, Attends the Opening of L.A. County Fair, Los Angeles, California, 2000

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton, Former President, First African Methodist Episcopal Church Congregation, Los Angeles, California, 2003

David Hume Kennerly, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, President and Soviet Leader, after Their Fireside Chat, Geneva, Switzerland, 1985

David Hume Kennerly, Ronald Reagan, Governor, Los Angeles, California, 1967

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, Standing in White House Hallway, Washington, D.C., 1974

David Hume Kennerly, Richard Nixon, President, at Reagan Library Dedication, Simi Valley, California, 1991

David Hume Kennerly, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, President and President-Elect, at White House, Washington, D.C., 2000
The public’s perception of the president’s personal and public life has been enriched by the work of photographers like David Hume Kennerly, as he develops the visual records of American executive politics and governance. Kennerly’s portfolio of presidents extends from Lyndon Johnson to Donald Trump.