David Hume Kennerly

David Hume Kennerly has been shooting on the front lines of history for more than 40 years. He has photographed eight wars, as many U.S. presidents, and he has traveled to dozens of countries. At 25, the Roseburg, Oregon native won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his photos of the Vietnam War. Two years later was appointed President Gerald R. Ford's personal photographer. Kennerly 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 documentary, "Portraits of a Lady," starring former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, which made the short list of films eligible for the 2008 Academy Award nominations. Most recently he produced Barack Obama: The Official Inaugural Book. 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 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas, Austin. He recently directed a commercial starring former mayor Ed Koch shot for New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is a member of the elite Canon group, "Explorers of Light," and lectures frequently at forums sponsored by them.