David Michael Kennedy
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David Michael Kennedy is a fine art photographer living and working in New Mexico
New Mexico
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, USA. His career spans more than 35 years and includes an 18-year stint in New York City
New York City
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 where he was known as a specialist in photography for the advertising and music industries. The early years in New York City working in the commercial and music industry producing album covers and editorial spreads for artists that include Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
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, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
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, Blondie
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 and Bob Dylan
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.

Although he has won numerous awards for his photography, he has not entered competitions since 1992

In 1986 Kennedy moved to northern New Mexico and began documenting the Western Landscape and Native American Culture where he became involved in Native American
Native Americans in the United States
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 causes. The photographs he's made of The Native Americans and their Culture have been exhibited in galleries throughout the world, including his former home of New York
New York
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. It has been said that Kennedy's photography of the Native Americans bring their often hidden culture to light.

Kennedy graduated from the New York Institute of Photography
New York Institute of Photography
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.

www.davidmichaelkennedy.com

References

External links

David Michael Kennedy all Press *http://www.davidmichaelkennedy.com/press/
David Michael Kennedy.com *http://www.davidmichaelkennedy.com
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