Sean Kernan is an American photographer, writer, filmmaker and teacher, born in New York City in 1942. He studied English at the University of Pennsylvania, thinking he might become a writer, then moved into theater and from there into photography.
His books include The Secret Books, with texts by Jorge Luis Borges, Among Trees, with Anthony Doerr, Looking Into the Light, a book on creativity, and In Stone, on the sculptor Darrell Petit. His film work includes Crow Stories.
He has taught and lectured at the New School/Parsons, Art Center Pasadena, Yale Medical School, ICP and the University of Texas, runs workshops on creativity and photographic seeing, and has written for Communication Arts, LensWork and Graphis.
