President Ford and Pipe

President Gerald R. Ford smoking his pipe, February 7, 1976. This image was also featured on the front jacket and inside Kennerly’s 2007 book, Extraordindary Circumstances.

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Brezhnev

Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev smoking a cigarette during a summit meeting at the Helsinki Conference. August 1, 1975.

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Homework

A student does his homework up against a car door. One of the Myrtle Avenue “El” Train series.

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Brezhnev Profile

Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev smoking a cigarette during a summit meeting at the Helsinki Conference. August 1, 1975. Side View.

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Betty Ford on Cabinet Room Table

First Lady Betty Ford strikes a playful pose on the Cabinet Room table, January 19, 1977, the day before leaving the White House and the inauguration of President Jimmy Carter. Mrs. Ford, a former Martha Graham dancer, was a strong advocate for women’s rights. On this day, she had been making her way through the…

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Looking Out

A woman looks out from the back of the train. One of the Myrtle Avenue “El” Train series.

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Station Overview

A train pulling out of one of the old stations with its wooden platform. One of the Myrtle Avenue “El” Train series.

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Nixon Goodbye

This contact sheet of images captures Richard Nixon leaving the White House in his last moments as president, August 9, 1974. “Nixon resigning, and leaving the White House forty years ago today, was one of the top five stories that I’ve covered in my career as a photographer. When I revisited this sequence of photos…

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Jack in Boots

Jack au naturel in boots at Situ’s house on July 13, 2000. This image appeared in Kennerly’s 2002 book, Photo du Jour. “I decided to create a visual diary of the first year of the twenty-first century … It was a simple concept. One Camera. One lens. One year. Photo du Jour. I had worked…

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Nixon Plays

President Richard Nixon sings Happy Birthday to First Lady Pat Nixon during the opening celebration of the new Grand Ole Opry building, March 16, 1974.

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The other Nixon Pardon, 1970

President Richard Nixon during a “Pardon the Thanksgiving Turkey” event a few days before that holiday, November 24, 1970. The ungrateful bird hit the president in the nose with his wing. “Being confined by ropes was one of the things I despised about working at the White House. Just before Thanksgiving, for example, the Turkey…

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RFK at the Ambassador

Senator Robert Kennedy speaks to supporters in the California Presidential Primary. Coconut Grove Nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel – June 2, 1968. Three days later Kennedy was assassinated.

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Sign of His Time

President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon ignore protesters calling for his impeachment after arriving back in the US following a visit to the Soviet Union, July 3, 1974.

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Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones performing at the Capitol Centre arena outside Washington, DC.

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The Good Ole’ Red, White and Blue

Military members of the People’s Liberation Army pass by the Forbidden City as they march in the 50th Anniversary of People’s Republic of China parade in Tienanmen Square on October 1, 1999.

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RFK in Portland

Sen. Robert F. Kennedy during a speech at a Labor Hall where he campaigned on behalf of Oregon Congressional candidates, October 25, 1966.

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Lunch Line

Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy visits a Native American school while campaigning on March 29, 1968.

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The Great Gleason

Actor Jackie Gleason hams it up during a golf game with President Gerald R. Ford at the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic Celebrities Golf Tournament on February 26, 1975.

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