
Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
Photographs
Photos by Joe Kennedy --Detroit
jekphotos.com is a frequently updated photography site that includes images from in and around Detroit when I was a freelance photographer for The Associated Press,Wide World Photos, USA Today, Sports Illustrated and many other publications.
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Bob Hope & Sammy Davis Jr.
Gerald Ford Museum dedication, Grand Rapids, MI.

The Reagan's in Detroit
--for AP

The Four Tops in front of the Roostertail waterfront venue in Detroit

Detroit and Windsor, Ont. mayors Coleman Young and Elizabeth Kishkon in 1983.
--for Associated Press

U of M Medical Center premature birth unit --USA Today

Detroit's Capuchin Community Center soup kitchen General Manager Lou Hickson on Christmas day 1984 --for USA Today

Sec. of Defense Weinberger climbs into an M-1 tank at the Detroit Arsenal tank plant in the early '80's--Warren, MI. --N.Y. Times

Mick Jagger at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI. --for Associated Press

"The King of Soul"
James Brown in Detroit for HBO

Detroit Tigers owner Tom Monahan gets ready for a 1984 World Series victory parade.

Detroit Tiger greats George Kell and Al Kaline recap the 1984 season.

Michigan Gov. Milliken, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and Henry Ford II share a ride in a Chrysler K car.
80's Detroit Grand Prix parade

Aretha Franklin & James Brown at Taboo Nightclub in Detroit. --for HBO

CBS at the Henry Ford Museum
Paula Zahn and Harry Smith interview President Bush days before election day vs. Bill Clinton.--for HFM

Eric Clapton at Joe Louis Arena
--for Associated Press

DIA visit by the First Lady of Mexico, Carmen Romano de Lopez Portillo
Rivera's "Detroit Industry" mural in background.

President Ronald Reagan boarding Air Force One with First Lady Nancy Reagan.
--for AP at DTW

Michael Jackson at the Pontiac Silverdome
--for AP

Ted Kennedy arrives at St. James Church in Detroit

Cheech & Chong
at the Royal Oak Music Theater

Burton Cummings
at the Royal Oak Music Theater

George Bush Sr.
at the Detroit Economic Club

Michigan native Madonna at the Pontiac Silverdome
--for AP

Author Elmore Leonard
At home in Birmingham, MI.

Bon Jovi
Music video shoot in metro Detroit '87

Bonnie Raite
at the Royal Oak Music Theater

Former WDIV Detroit weatherman & WWII vet Sonny Eliot.
--for LA Times

Peter Townsend at the Pontiac Silverdome
--for Associated press

Jack Nicholson at the Pontiac Silverdome
Playoff game Piston's vs.Laker's

Christie Brinkley
At the Detroit Grand Prix

80's London Chop House owner Max Pincus at famed table #1
Detroit

Jimmy Schmidt
The Rattlesnake Club restaurant, Detroit