A Life in Pictures
Jim Koenigsaecker is the Knight Fellow in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He is also an independent, documentary photographer and filmmaker specializing in pro bono commissions for non-governmental organizations. Jim is on sabbatical from Innovations Housing, a non-governmental organization that does philanthropic work in Northern California and East Africa. Jim’s wife, Nisha, is a neonatology fellow at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The Koenigsaeckers’ daughter, Zoë, attends the University of California, Santa Cruz and their other daughter, Madeline, attends the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jim Koenigsaecker with a family on the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jim Koenigsaecker flying his 1967 Cessna 150G with co-pilot, Gerhard Du Toit, over Las Vegas, Nevada during a transcontinental flight.
Jim Koenigsaecker discusses his solo photography exhibition with his former professor, Ed Pieratt, in the Schooner Center at Jim’s alma mater, Ohio University.
Jim Koenigsaecker and Michael Nicholson, the head of the Kenya Wildlife Service airwing, after an anti-poaching patrol over Tsavo National Park in Kenya. Jim is a pilot and a member of the Aero Club of East Africa.
Jim Koenigsaecker with the teachers and students at the Rosanna Junior School Jim helped build in Kyebando, Uganda.
Jim Koenigsaecker and Lucy Mathai of SIDAREC, or Slums Information Development and Resource Centres, touring the community centre Jim helped build in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
Jim Koenigsaecker with the rangers he helped train on El Karama Conservancy in the Laikipia region of Kenya.
Jim Koenigsaecker and his family at their home in Sacramento, California after his wife’s induction into the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine.
A political cartoon by Henry Payne of Jim Koenigsaecker photographing President Bill Clinton at the White House in Washington, DC.
Jim Koenigsaecker and Nate Parsons heading to the Post Pub in Washington, DC after another long day at the Scripps Howard News Service.
Jim Koenigsaecker and the staff of The Post, the student newspaper at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio.