It is tradition that a President's photographer should see and snap but not be seen and snapped. However, David Hume Kennedy, 27, in his six months as Gerald Ford's official picture taker, has at times seemed more celebrated than his subject—especially last month when he suddenly appeared in the news squiring Actress Candice Bergen, 28, herself on a Kennerly-conceived Ford photo assignment.
No White House photographer has ever clicked with as much national prominence as Kennerly. Jaunty with his full beard and a racy line, the youngest member of Ford's close staff swings in...