Kevin is an award winning photojournalist for the online daily news organization Lookout Santa Cruz, the magazine Growing Up In Santa Cruz and a contributing photographer for Aptos Times.  He was previously a photographer for the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper.  Kevin Painchaud has taken photos for varies publications over the past 25 years.  His photographs have been seen in news sites nationwide, including ABC news, CBS news, CNN, MSNBC and more. 
Kevin Painchaud is an award-winning director, producer, cinematographer and editor.  Kevin has been involved in video production for over 25 years and has produced several feature films, directed numerous TV shows and shot and edited countless corporate, consumer, training and promotional videos.  He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his music-oriented TV show called Muzic on the Edge and he directed PSA's for Aerosmith.  Kevin has been involved in productions around the world, including the United States, Europe, Canada, and Mexico.
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Kevin specializes in:

• Photography

• Directing

• Producing

• Cinematography

• Video Production

• Editing

• Drone photography and video

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Awards:

• 2022 International Photography Awards
  Photo: "Frederick Ndabaramiye"
  1st Place / Editorial / Press/Personality (LINK)
 

• 2022 Moscow International Foto Awards
  Photo: "Getting the Shot"
  Gold in Editorial/General News (LINK)

• 2021 International Photography Awards
  Photo: "Getting the Shot"
  1st Place / Editorial / Press/Photo Essay / Feature Story (LINK and Here)

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• 2021 Life Framer
  Photo: "Getting the Shot"
  Finalist (LINK)
 

• 1998 Northern California Emmy Awards Nomination - Muzic On The Edge (Producer/ Director)