Bowker Biography:
Kevin Fleming

You may not recognize his name but you probably have seen his photographs.

Kevin Fleming has covered the world as a photographer for National Geographic and has recently been recognized America’s Best Observer by Readers Digest. His assignments have taken him into war and famine, to the Mediterranean for a re-creation of the voyage of Ulysses and put him on a dogsled crossing the Canadian arctic.

Kevin has worked in 26 countries photographing subjects as diverse as the sub-atomic world of high-energy physics and New Zealand sheep ranchers. While reporting on the Sinai Peninsula in 1981, Kevin came under the assassins’ gunfire that killed Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. He escaped with some of the few images of that tragic moment.

A Delaware native, Kevin began his career as a newspaper photographer after attending Wesley College (where he has been inducted into their Hall of Fame). He then spent a decade as a National Geographic photographer and most recently has concentrated on creating books. His photography has won many national and international awards.

On September 11, 2001, when the second airplane crash into the World Trade Center, Kevin instantly realized that America, and the world were changed forever. That day, he changed too, a sense of urgency compelled him to get back on the road and finish his book.

For The Heart of America, Kevin spent years crisscrossing our nation from Florida’s Everglades to the summit of Alaska’s Mt. McKinley. Traveling in helicopters, hot air balloons, kayaks, and on horseback to capture the heart and soul of America. He brings us a warm, funny, openhearted exploration of America and Americans with his compelling photographs and stories from the back roads, people and places seldom seen.

September 11th changed Kevin’s life forever and he hopes that The Heart of America will show the Nation and the World the strength, beauty, and character of America.

Kevin is now offering the Modern Masters of Photography Workshops that are designed to help photography enthusiasts discover how the “Masters of Photography” achieve those unforgettable images like those you see in The Heart of America. Experience the thrill of chasing the light with Kevin Fleming and understand how nature provides the light and the verb to reveal and illuminate your photographic subjects. For more information see www.ModernMastersofPhotography.com.

One Country     One Book     One Photographer

"I heartily recommend The Heart of America to anyone wishing to discover that which makes America the home of the brave, the land of the free.”

- SueAnn Fincke, Producer/Director

"Kevin Fleming is America¹s Best Observer!"

- Readers Digest 2005

 

 

 

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