By Caleb Kenna In January 2025, I began a new chapter in my photographic journey—working on contract with Vermont Tourism to provide monthly photographs and videos that showcase the state’s unique landscapes, towns, and way of life. In many ways, it feels like I’ve been preparing for this assignment my entire career. Over the years,… Read more »
I first visited San Francisco during a whirlwind, three-week perimeter road trip around the U.S. with my cousin Alex in 1988. We stayed in style at the Royal Pacific Motor Inn on Broadway, right on the edge of Chinatown and North Beach, and motored up Route 1 in our 1983 Honda Accord hatchback. I was… Read more »
1. Shoot During the Golden Hours If it’s a sunny day, I like to get up before dawn and be in place as the sun crests the Green Mountains—or whatever landscape I’m photographing. Sunrise and sunset offer warm tones, long shadows, and dramatic light, perfect for powerful images. Shoot into the sun for glowing, backlit… Read more »
Art From Above Vermont My book of Vermont drone photography Art From Above Vermont has been published by Schiffer Publishing. You can order it here I’d like to thank Cheryl Weber at Schiffer Publishing, Bill McKibben for the foreword and Picture Editor Mary Vignoles for photo editing and sequencing. I’d also like to thank Phaedra… Read more »
I am very grateful to Phaedra Brown and Stephen Hiltner at The New York Times for publishing my second drone photo essay “Vermont, Dressed in Snow” in The World Through A Lens series. This series focuses on making drone photos during Vermont’s snowy winters. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/travel/vermont-from-above-in-show.html
I’m very grateful to National Geographic for publishing a Photo Gallery with 13 of my Vermont Winter Drone Photos! https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2021/02/take-dreamy-winter-photos-with-a-drone-camera/
On July 13, 2020, The New York Times published Behold Vermont, From Above, a photo essay with text and 17 photos of my Vermont drone photography. The response was incredible, with a flood of comments, emails, print requests, Instagram followers and messages on Facebook and Linked-In. I am very grateful for this overwhelmingly positive response. Many… Read more »
During one of my first trips to India in 2002, I arrived in Delhi expecting to see throngs of people bustling about the city. Instead, the streets were eerily empty. As I wandered in disbelief, three young men came pedaling around a corner on a bicycle, their faces and clothes covered in bright colored powder…. Read more »
I first started photographing Latino farm workers in 2006, after I noticed several young Mexican men shopping at the Whiting General Store. Vermont is not very diverse and I wondered what these men were doing in the rural Green Mountain State. It turns out they were milking cows. I teamed up with ESL and Spanish… Read more »