J.P. McKelvey

J.P. McKelvey is a Hillsborough, N.C., based writer/photographer. From 1978 to 1992 he worked as a cub reporter for the Ypsilanti Press in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then was hired as a stringer for the international business entertainment publication Variety under the byline Kelv in New York City, New York, the Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Michigan, Metro Detroit News in Detroit, Michigan., The FACE in London, England and U Magazine in New York City, N.Y., as a professional writer. His photographs...See more

J.P. McKelvey is a Hillsborough, N.C., based writer/photographer. From 1978 to 1992 he worked as a cub reporter for the Ypsilanti Press in Ypsilanti, Michigan, then was hired as a stringer for the international business entertainment publication Variety under the byline Kelv in New York City, New York, the Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Michigan, Metro Detroit News in Detroit, Michigan., The FACE in London, England and U Magazine in New York City, N.Y., as a professional writer. His photographs have been published in the Raleigh News & Observer, No Depression Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, and CMT Television. Over 4,500 of his images are stored in the Wilson Library as part of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. 150 of those images are on display online in the "James McKelvey Collection" with the rest only seen in person at the library. See less