"For me it is not a legal issue, it's a moral issue. If someone wants a copy, I track down the celebrity and ask them if they feel comfortable with the request. These people have allowed me to photograph them. They are giving me a certain amount of trust."Kennedy always tries to have fun with those he photographs. When he went to Houston to photograph Story Musgrave at NASA, he took a tour of the premises with the astronaut. He went into the Challenger Space Shuttle and he saw the line of white space suits hanging up.

"He kept showing me these great locations and I kept asking him, 'Story, have you been photographed here, what about here?' And he had. We went into the men's room and I asked him again. He said he hadn't, so I said let's do our photograph here. Maybe that's why there's a certain intimacy between Story and me. There we were, immersed in multi-billion dollar settings and I'm photographing him in the men's room. "When celebrities come into Kennedy's studio to be photographed, he uses a foolproof technique that makes people comfortable. Food. When violinist Isaac Stern arrived at the studio, he told Kennedy he had only 15 minutes.

But Kennedy had already taken the liberty of catering Stern's favorite, smoked salmon and a particular wine that he loved.

"As we rushed towards the studio, he smells the salmon. He ended up staying for four hours. He came into the shoot like it was a pain in the neck and it became something fun and enjoyable. This is standard for me. If you have a good time doing the pictures, the pictures are going to come out great. This almostnever fails."

Even when the subject is obnoxious, difficult or late, Kennedy still approaches the photograph with respect and tries to uncover any fronts that a person may be trying to project.

Boxer Mike Tyson began as a horrible shoot. For starters, Tyson showed up for the 8 PM appointment at 2 am."I grit my teeth and did the best that I could. I still tried to find a way to uncover who Mike was. When he finally let down his guard, I found an opening. I could have reacted with anger and told him I'm pissed off. But all human beings have limitations and frailties and it is about (portraits) photographing whatever is going on now or who the person is right now."

Another celebrity took five hours to get dressed-he kept changing outfits. So, what did Kennedy do? "I took a tight head shot. The clothes were obviously not who the guy was."