At 25 years old David Hume Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Feature Photography for his images of the Vietnam War and other work from 1971. Two years later President Gerald R. Ford appointed him his chief White House photographer.

Kennerly has photographed eleven U.S. presidents from Johnson to Biden, and was a contributor to Time, Life and Newsweek. His books include, Shooter, Photo Op, Seinoff: The Final Days of Seinfeld, Photo du Jour, Extraordinary Circumstances: The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford, and David Hume Kennerly On the iPhone. 

He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy as executive producer of NBC’s, The Taking of Flight 847, and co-wrote and executive produced the NBC pilot Shooter starring future Academy Award winner for Best Actress Helen Hunt.  The movie was based on his Vietnam experiences and shot on location in Thailand. Shooter won the Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography. He also produced The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs for Showtime, and The Presidents’ Gatekeepers about White House Chiefs of Staff for Discovery.  

Kennerly received the 2015 Lucie Award honoring the greatest achievement in photojournalism. In 2016 he and Nike founder Phil Knight were presented the Oregon Historical Society’s Oregon History Makers Award.  In 2019 The University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography acquired his extensive archive, where it joined the life’s work of Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Richard Avedon, and many other pioneering photographers. University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins appointed Kennerly the university’s first Presidential Scholar.

Kennerly is a member of the elite Canon Legends group. 

April 24, Wednesday
6:15 Arrivals, social
7:15-8:15 Presentation
8:15 Q&A

Canon Burbank
3400 W Olive Ave
Burbank, CA  91505

Drinks and snacks provided