Brenda Ann Kenneally (born October 23, 1959)[1] is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer, specializing in social causes and the illegal drug economy.
Her work has been featured in the NYT Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Ms. She won the 2000 Community Awareness Award from the National Press Photographer's Association, and the 2001 International Prize for Photojournalism.
[5] Kenneally's cynicism of the system, which influence her later works, was learned in these homes, where experiences with abuses preceded criminal behavior.
She fled to Florida and worked intermittently as a snake charmer in the carnival and as an assistant to photographers Rosalind Solomon and Eugene Richards.
The project was sparked by a teenager named Kayla who approached Kenneally and asked if she wanted to film the birth of her child.