Kevin Gilbert

Artist, Brainstormer, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Journalist, Marketer, Photographer, Producer, World traveler

Kevin T Gilbert is an award-winning photojournalist, teacher, entrepreneur, and digital photography evangelist based in Bellevue, Washington. For over 30 years, Kevin has been shooting news and features of the world, from the White House to halls of Capitol Hill, Super Bowls to Superpower Summits, from the mud of the Kentucky horse tracks to the back lot sets of TV's biggest reality shows. Kevin has been elected 5 times as President of the White House News Photographers Association and won over 40 awards in the annual Eyes of History photo contests. During his time on the streets of DC, he has photographed four sitting Presidents, as well as two fictional Presidents during a stint shooting on The West Wing television show for NBC. In 1997, Kevin hooked up with television super producer Mark Burnett, and has shot over 20 television productions including The Apprentice, Eco-Challenge, The Contender, Rock Star INXS, and others. He complimented his reality television work, becoming the first contract still photographer Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, and TLC. Kevin has shot over one million digital files since his early days in digital on the Presidential campaign in 1996. He has shot in 62 countries and shot and tested over 150 digital cameras. A leading voice for the power and emotion of photography, Kevin is the CEO and founder, of Blue Pixel, one of the countries digital creative groups, and consults for the biggest names in retail, computers, software and camera manufacturing. He is a veteran of the Day in the Life book series and America 24/7 and is always looking at ways to bring great photo content to the world. Whether he is with Trump, The President, The cranky reality TV star, or just The kid selling shoe shines on the streets of Hanoi, Kevin can always be found having fun with cameras, helping others to achieve success in photography, chasing the light, and enjoying the moment, one frame at a time. Today, his passion has gone inward, for at least a year, as he is involved in stealth mode for a startup in the consumer photography space.

Storytelling, new media, helping everyone take a better picture.

Photography, Photojournalism, Travel Photography Workshops, Video and mobile marketing

My friend Micheal Lambert brought me to my first TED in 2005. It opened my eyes to the world. In following years, I brought my friends from Microsoft, Sony, and Nikon into the fold. I taught 3 years of TED University classes since, all about taking a better picture and becoming a better storyteller. I think my middle name has become TED... its part of me all the time.