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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]
The 1972 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography For a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
- David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Winner
- Negatives Gone Forever
- Wars and Presidents
- Official Presidential Photographer
- A Singular Career
It was 1972. The Vietnam War was raging on in Southeast Asia. American soldiers were fighting, being wounded and dying. David Hume Kennerly, a 24-year-old photojournalist covering the conflict, recalls how he learned he had earned the Pulitzer Prize. Kennerly went on to explain his disbelief: Then the wire machine broke down. It wasn’t possible in ...
Kennerly’s negatives were housed in the files of the United Press International. Kennerly explains how these valuable images were stored. “A common practice at UPI was to cut the strip of 36 black and white negatives into sections of three frames each, usually keeping the selected image in the middle with a photo on each side,” he said. “That was d...
David Hume Kennerly has photographed 8 wars and seven presidents during his 40 plus years as a photojournalist. His assignments have taken him to 140 countries. He has contributed to Time, Newsweek, Life, George (John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s political magazine) and published several books. “Shooter”is his most well known book, in which Kennerly documents...
Richard Nixon resigned the presidency of the United States on August 9, 1974. Gerald Ford became the 38th President. David Hume Kennerly was Fords official photographer during the two and a half years of his time in office. Kennerly had extraordinary access to the president and every aspect of the administration. Two of the opening photographs — bo...
Kennerly describes more of his work in this 3-minute Canon Explorer of Light video. Sources: David Hume Kennerly Pulitzer Story, Getty Images, More inspirational photographers are in On Photography.
- Kevin Ames
At age 25 he became one of the youngest winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Kennerly’s 1972 Pulitzer award for Feature Photography included images of the Ali v. Frazier World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden, the wars in Vietnam and Cambodia, and East Pakistan refugees fleeing into India.
Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought three times during the 1970s, and two of the matches helped David Hume Kennerly and Red Smith win Pulitzer Prizes. Kennerly’s 1972 prize-winning Feature Photography portfolio took him from Madison Square Garden to India to Vietnam.
David Hume Kennerly has been a photographer on the front lines of history for more than fifty years. At 25 he was one of the youngest winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Kennerly’s 1972 award for Feature Photography included images of the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, refugees escaping from East Pakistan into India, and the Ali v.
Jan 16, 2020 · South Vietnamese soldiers carry a wounded comrade off the battlefield under heavy fire in Krek, Cambodia, October 5, 1971. This is one of the photos that won Kennerly the 1972 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Feature Photography. (Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona: David Hume Kennerly Archive).
