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Mitch Kern (born 1965 New York City) is an American/Canadian photographer. He became a dual citizen in 2022.

He was born in New York City in 1965 and moved to Los Angeles in 1977. In 2002 he earned an MFA in photography from Penn State University and in 1999 an undergraduate degree in visual art from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

He has taught photography at Penn State University, University of Central Missouri, Louisiana Tech University and is currently a faculty member at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Early career

Portraiture is the thread that runs through his work. Since the early 1990s, he has produced bodies of work that explore the human condition. Commercial portraits produced on location dominate his early photographic output. Later he began enlarging his fine art portraits to life-size proportions.

Current work

Today, Kern maintains a Calgary-based commercial and fine art practice, he is represented by Herringer-Kiss gallery https://www.herringerkissgallery.com and runs Headshot Studio YYC https://headshotstudioyyc.com.

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-'''Mitch Kern''' (born 1965 New York City) is a child actor who became a photographer and university professor.
+'''Mitch Kern''' (born 1965 New York City) is an American/Canadian photographer. He became a dual citizen in 2022.
+He was born in New York City in 1965 and moved to Los Angeles in 1977. In 2002 he earned an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in photography from [[Penn State University]] and in 1999 an undergraduate degree in visual art from the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County|University of Maryland Baltimore County]].
-== Early Life ==
-He was born in New York City in 1965 and moved to Los Angeles in 1977 where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts https://www.aada.edu/.
+He has taught photography at Penn State University, [[University of Central Missouri]], [[Louisiana Tech University]] and is currently a faculty member at the [[Alberta University of the Arts]] in Calgary, [[Alberta]], Canada.
-He played the part of Stooky in Michael Rhodes’ Soup Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDvoqPivlw4, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10482586/ and Marc Goldsmith in Lawrence Bassoff’s Today I am a Man… I think https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b779ed8f3.
-== Mid Life ==
+== Early career ==
+Portraiture is the thread that runs through his work. Since the early 1990s, he has produced bodies of work that explore the human condition. Commercial portraits produced on location dominate his early photographic output. Later he began enlarging his fine art portraits to life-size proportions.
-He went to Birmingham High School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_High_School, has a bachelor of arts (BA) degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) https://umbc.edu/ and a masters of fine arts (MFA) degree from Penn State University https://www.psu.edu/.
+== Current work ==
-He worked as a staff photographer at Times Mirror Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Mirror_Company and Tribune Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune_Media and was a stringer for the Associated Press https://apnews.com/, United Press international https://www.upi.com/, the Washington Times https://www.washingtontimes.com/, and was a photo editor at Insight Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insight_on_the_News.
+Today, Kern maintains a Calgary-based commercial and fine art practice, he is represented by Herringer-Kiss gallery https://www.herringerkissgallery.com and runs Headshot Studio YYC https://headshotstudioyyc.com.
-He worked as an assistant professor at the University of Central Missouri (UCM) https://www.ucmo.edu/ and Louisiana Tech University (LTU) https://www.latech.edu/ and is currently an associate professor at Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) https://www.auarts.ca/, https://www.auarts.ca/about-auarts/faculty-and-staff/mitch-kern.
-== Current Life ==
-Today, Kern maintains a full-time teaching career and a part-time photography practice. His work is represented by Herringer Kiss Gallery https://www.herringerkissgallery.com and he runs a boutique portrait studio Headshot Studio YYC https://headshotstudioyyc.com.
 == References ==