Kevin McKenna

Born
1955
Nationality
American
Country
United States
City
DeLand

Born in  Greenwich Village, New York , he became interested in photography as a child when gifted an old twin-lens reflex camera by a relative.  A casual relationship with photography ensued and continued until he became involved in a university anthropological study that involved photographing the garbage of numerous residents in a variety of different neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs of New York. Upon reviewing the images for the purpose of creating an inventory of the items found, cataloging and comparing the items in order to draw sociological conclusions, he noticed that many of the images were visually and aesthetically fascinating. It was then that he realized that virtually ‘anything’ could be photographed to produce beautiful images.

During the late 80’s through mid 90’s he was a regular contributor to the Spanish edition of the Miami Herald and the Miami New Times and has produced work for clients such as Eastman Kodak, PepsiCo, Reuters News Service, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Holiday Inn, Paradise Island Resort & Casino, StoCorp, Alcoa, Phelps-Dodge, Warner Bros.,.et al.  His work has appeared in numerous publications including newspapers, magazines, brochures, annual reports and textbooks and can be found in corporate and private collections.

. The story is told that Edward Steichen as an experiment, once made 1000 exposures of a cup and saucer using as many different lighting configurations in order to learn about lighting and how to produce an image that manifests all the tonal gradations from whitest white to blackest black.
Occupation
Photographer
Interests
art
classical guitar
tennis
teaching
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
BS in Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology