David Hume Kennerly’s career has spanned decades, and through it all, his mastery of the art of photography has successfully allowed him to transition from all film production to digital cameras and workflow.

In this interview done with CNN, David Kennerly discusses his role as photographer in capturing some of American political histories greatest moments, including some with exclusive and private access.

DigitalFusion was pleased to be able to assist with scanning some of David Kennerly’s rare black and white original negatives. For this effort, each film frame was carefully cleaned by hand, and scanned at the highest quality available to preserve the most subtle details in the vintage film stock.

Hugh Milstein of DigitalFusion says, “David is an ICON of American photojournalism, and represents all the greatest aspects of what being a field photographer, in adverse and challenging situations – means. We are proud to collaborate in the scanning of these rare historic negatives, and in the preservation of American History through David Kennerly’s eyes.”

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