PLACES: Landscapes by David Coyle

The School of Media & Communication is excited to invite you to the opening of Places, our latest gallery exhibition featuring the work of Kentucky photographer David Coyle.

Coyle’s collection brings together landscapes from three distinct places: the Red River Gorge, Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region, and the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. While these landscapes are separated by geography and character, his photographs reveal a shared language of light, scale, texture and time. Together, the images ask us to look beyond what a landscape simply looks like and consider how a place becomes familiar, memorable and worth returning to.

Please join us Thursday, September 10 at 6:00 PM for a presentation by David Coyle, followed by a reception and the official opening of the exhibition.

Jody Richards Hall
Auditorium and Gallery
WKU Campus

Free parking is available after 4:00 PM in the Chestnut Street South Lot, just a short two-block walk from Jody Richards Hall.

Gallery Hours

• September 10 – October 30
• M – W | 9:00 – 9:00
• Thursday | 9:00 – 4:00

We hope you can join us for an evening of photography, conversation, and a chance to meet the artist.

If you would like to arrange for class visits or use the gallery space for learning environments please reach out to tim.broekema@wku.edu to discuss opportunities.

More about the artist

David Coyle is a Kentucky-based photographer whose career spans more than four decades in editorial, commercial, sports, and landscape photography.

A 1984 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a B.S. in Journalism and a minor in Sociology, Coyle completed three newspaper photography internships before launching his freelance and contract photography business in 1985.

From 1989 to 2010, he served as the contracted Director of Photography for the University of Kentucky Athletics Department. Since 2010, he has worked with the Keeneland Association Inc., overseeing special photography projects while continuing an active freelance career.

Since 2000, Coyle has also devoted himself to personal work exploring the natural landscape. His photographs reflect a deep appreciation for place, light, texture, and the quiet character of the environments he encounters.