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Mentor | Barbara Kinney

WEBSITE | www.barbarakinney.com

Photographer Barbara Kinney specializes in editorial, corporate and portrait photography, both on location and in the studio. Currently based in Seattle, Washington, Barbara spent 21 years working as a photojournalist in Washington DC. Her proudest accomplishment was serving as a personal photographer to President Bill Clinton during his administration.

As a White House Photographer, Barbara documented the official duties of the President and the First Lady at the White House, at Camp David and aboard Air Force One, traveling across the United States and around the world. Her photographs have appeared on the covers of TIME and Newsweek magazines and in various national and international publications.

In 1996, Barbara received a first place award from the World Press Photo Foundation for her photograph of President Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan’s King Hussein straightening their ties before an event in the East Room of the White House. Chairman Yasir Arafat is pictured from behind as he observes the four leaders. The photograph originally appeared in LIFE Magazine and was featured in the year-end publications of TIME and Newsweek. American Photo Magazine listed the photography as one of “The Photos of the Century” in their November/December 1999 issue.

Barbara’s professional background includes six years as a picture editor and photographer at USA Today, joining the national daily newspaper a week before the first issue was published in 1982. She worked as a freelance photographer in the nation’s capital before accepting the position at the White House in 1993. From 2000-2001, Barbara was the Global Entertainment Picture Editor at Reuters News Service, also based in Washington DC. In addition, Barbara has taught photography classes at American University, Gallaudet University and as a mentor on American Photo Magazine treks to Israel, India and Ireland.

Since moving to the Pacific Northwest two years ago, her clients have included The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Senator Patty Murray, Senator Maria Cantwell, Starbucks Coffee Company, NBBJ Graphic Design, DDB and Microsoft. She was also one of 125 photographers chosen to work on the recent book “A Day in the Life of the U.S. Armed Forces.”

Born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, Barbara graduated in 1980 from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas, majoring in photojournalism and news-editorial.