Tuesday June 4
Roswell Adult Recreation Center,
830 Grimes Bridge Rd, Roswell, GA 30075, USA (map)
Doors Open: 6:00PM,
Social Time 6:00-6:45,
Announcements, 6:45-7:00 Speaker 7:00-8:00
A native Georgian, Kevin D. Liles is an independent sports and editorial photographer based in Atlanta. He has served as the team photographer for the Atlanta Braves since 2018.
Soon after starting his first newspaper job in 2001 as a general assignment reporter, Kevin soon discovered that photography was his true calling. He spent the next 6 years working for small town newspapers throughout Georgia honing his craft. These were crucial years that cultivated a variety of skills for Kevin, including a deep understanding of storytelling and how to work quickly and under pressure.
From 2007-2011, while finishing his undergraduate degree, Kevin worked as an assistant for Sports Illustrated, mainly with staff photographer Bob Rosato. Kevin traveled the country assisting Bob, as well as other SI photographers, with assignments from cover shoots and NFL games to NBA Finals and NCAA sporting events. Upon graduation with a bachelor of arts degree in communications and media studies in 2011, Kevin embarked on his career as an independent photographer.
In his first few years freelancing, Kevin worked as a photo editor for USA Today Sports Images. He traveled to Sochi, Russia in 2014 as part of their team covering the 2014 Winter Olympics. There, Kevin worked as both a photo editor and a camera technician, editing photos in real time for global editorial clients and installing and wiring remote cameras in many of the venues
Since 2014, Kevin has photographed hundreds of assignments and games for national outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Sports Illustrated. Other clients include New Balance, Mizuno, the Arthur M Blank Foundation, the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United.
Much of Kevin’s personal work explores Southern culture, particularly at the margins of religion, sports, and politics — arenas where so many of our differences (and similarities) converge.
