David Michael Kennedy

{{For|the American Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializing in American history|David M. Kennedy (historian)}}

{{Infobox person

|name=David Michael Kennedy

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1950|08|16}}

|birth_place=United States

|occupation=Photographer

|children=Tymara Kennedy, Jesse William Kennedy

}}

David Michael Kennedy (born August 16, 1950) is a photographer living and working in New Mexico. His career spans more than 50 years and includes an 18-year stint in New York City where he was known as a specialist in photography for the advertising and music industries,{{Cite web|url=http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/archives/June04/kennedy.tml |title=Profile: David Michael Kennedy |accessdate=2008-02-14 |date=June 2004 |author=Peter Skinner |work=Rangefinder Magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107185033/http://www.rangefindermag.com/magazine/archives/June04/kennedy.tml |archivedate=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead }} producing album covers and editorial spreads for artists that include Muddy Waters, Bruce Springsteen, Loverboy, Blondie and Bob Dylan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13Rhouse.html?pagewanted=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=House Tours: Inviting Outsiders In|accessdate=2008-02-14|date=2007-05-13|author=Kate Stone Lombardi|work=The New York Times}}

Although he has won numerous awards for his photography, he stated in early 2010 that he had not entered competitions since 1992.

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In 1986 Kennedy moved to northern New Mexico and began documenting the Western landscape and Native American culture, and became involved in Native American causes. His photographs of Native Americans and their culture have been exhibited worldwide, William Zimmer writes that "the respectful Indian pictures bring to light aspects of [Native American] culture that are often hidden".{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/26/nyregion/art-three-shows-of-subtleties-icons-and-fauna.html?pagewanted=all|title=Three Shows of Subtleties, Icons and Fauna|accessdate=2008-02-14|date=1999-12-26|author=William Zimmer|work=The New York Times}}

Kennedy's works are held in many private and museum collections, including The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian Institution, The New Mexico History Museum, The Wittliff Collections, The Southwestern & Mexican Photography Collection of Texas State University and The Harwood Museum of Taos, NM.{{cite web | url=http://todoinsantafe.com/museumsandarts/info/david_michael_kennedy_photography | title=To do in Santa Fe - David Michael Kennedy Photography }}