Brian Kanof began his photography career in 1967 as apprentice to
Mauro Cotta, one
of Rome's "La Dolce Vita" paparazzi. Over the past
40 plus years, Kanof has honed
his photojournalist skills; with the
El Paso Times in the late 60's, The Indianapolis News
in the early 70's
and as a freelancer for the likes of AP, UPI and Reuters news services
in
the 70's and 80's. Within this past year, he has
photographed
assignments for three of the most
recent presidential candidates
(Hillery Clinton,
Rudy Juliani, John McCain).
He was Kinky
Friedman's
2006 campaign Photographer for
his run for Texas Governor and has
contributed
photographs for several of Friedman's books.
Within
the past year, Kanof has shot freelance
jobs for The New York Daily
News and The
London Daily Telegraph.
Kanof is the Official Photographer for the
University of Texas at
El Paso Athletic Dept.,
shooting all Division One Sports for his
alma
mater. He has held the contract as the Official
Photographer
of the Brut Sun Bowl football
game since 1967. As a music and concert
photographer, he held the position of official
photographer for the
Kerrville Folk Festival
(1975-91), and has photographically documented
the careers of over 150 Texas Singer Songwriters. Kanof has over 20 album
covers to
his credit (Billy Joe Shaver, Willis Alan Ramsey, Butch Hancock,
James McMurtry,
Tom Russell) and is the go-to resource for concert images
in the genre. "Texas Music"
magazine purchased a 1976 photo of Willie
Nelson for the cover of their 75th birthday
tribute to Texas' most
famous singer songwriter.
Brian Kanof Photography operates out of a 4,500 sq. ft. complex on
the edge of
downtown El Paso. Studio and commercial clients include
the likes of Tony Lama
and Ammons boot companies, Azar Nut Company, J.D.
Abrams, C.F. Jordan, Jacobs,
Robins & Morton, Service Star and Walton
Construction Co's., Tenent Healthcare
and the U.S. Corps of Engineers.
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