Kelly Kerr

photographer of Oklahoma Revisited...Out of the Way Faces & Places

November 4, 2015

Photographer Kelly Kerr was born and raised in Ada, Oklahoma. He graduated from OSU in 1989 with a degree in Management. Kerr worked for the Duncan Banner and the Fort Smith Southwest Times Record before arriving at the Tulsa World in 1995. Kerr resigned from the World in December 2007 and joined the faculty of OSU Institute of Technology as a photography instructor.

Kerr has been honored with the sweepstakes award for photography twice by the Associated Press and has been named Photographer of the Year by the Oklahoma Press Association. Two of his images were named among the 46 best images in state history by Oklahoma Today magazine. Kerr's work has been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Sports Illustrated.

Oklahoma Revisited...Out of the Way Faces & Places is a 300-page photography book documenting the people and places that make Oklahoma unique. Work began on the book in August 2006 and completed in October of 2007. Kerr drove 51,000 miles and shot 38,136 photographs to produce the book. The book was published by the Tulsa World in December of 2007.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2009-honorees/kelly-kerr

Last Updated: 14 January 2022