Andrew Kilgore was born November 2, 1940, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Kilgore graduated from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, with a degree in philosophy in 1963, and in 1964 he attended Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
In 1965 Kilgore was a minister for a church circuit in Vermont. He served in the Peace Corps in Bengal, India, from 1966 to 1968. On his way back to the United States, Kilgore bought a camera and began his photography career.
In 1971 Kilgore moved to Fayetteville and opened his photography studio. He taught classes in photography for the University of Arkansas from 1973 to 1977. Kilgore relocated his studio to Little Rock in 1981 and then moved back to Fayetteville in 1990.
Kilgore's exhibits include The Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio Project, We Drew a Circle, Healing Changes, and 100 Photographs by Andrew Kilgore shown at the Walton Arts Center in 2023.
Kilgore received the Governor's Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2023.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Andrew Kilgore and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Andrew Kilgore's mother, Carolyn Sebastian Kilgore, ca. late 1920s
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#3: Andrew Kilgore's father, William Presley Kilgore, law school graduation portrait, age 24
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#4: Andrew Kilgore's paternal grandparents, John and Bernice Kilgore, 1940
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#5: Andrew Kilgore as an infant, 1940
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#6: Andrew Kilgore (center) with his brother, William Jr., and mother, Carolyn; Charlottesville, Virginia, 1941
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#7: Andrew Kilgore (right) with his cousin, Suzanne Kilgore; Charlottesville, Virginia, 1942
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#8: Andre Kilgore with his father, William; Charlottesville, Virginia, 1942
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#9: Andrew Kilgore, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1942
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#10: Andrew Kilgore (right) with his brother, William Jr.; mother, Carolyn; and sister, Marion; Florida, 1944
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#11: Andrew Kilgore, 1945
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#12: Andrew Kilgore (right) with his mother, Carolyn, and brother, William Jr.; Thanksgiving, Western Springs, Illinois, 1946
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#13: Andrew Kilgore, age 6
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#14: Andrew Kilgore (front left) with his mother, Carolyn; brother, William Jr.; and sister, Marion; Illinois, 1946
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#15: Andrew Kilgore with his parents, Carolyn and William Kilgore, and sister, Marion; Western Springs, Illinois, 1947
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#16: Andrew Kilgore (right) with his mother, Carolyn; sister, Marion; and paternal grandmother, Bernice; Florida, ca. 1947
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#17: Andrew Kilgore, Aurora Springs, Illinois; Christmas 1947
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#18: Andrew Kilgore's family: (l-r) brother, William Jr.; father, William Presley; grandmother, Bernice Kilgore; sister, Marion; mother, Carolyn; Western Springs, Illinois, ca. 1948
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#19: Andrew Kilgore (center) with his brother, William Jr., and sister, Marion; Western Springs, Illinois, ca. 1948
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#20: Andrew Kilgore (center) holding a camera with his sister, Marion, and brother, William Jr.; Lakeworth, Florida, 1948
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#21: Andrew Kilgore, Aurora, Illinois; Christmas 1948
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#22: Andrew Kilgore (2nd from left) with his mother, Carolyn; and siblings, Marion and William Jr.; Aurora, Illinois, Christmas 1948
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#23: Andrew Kilgore, high school graduation portrait, 1959
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#24: Andrew Kilgore with (from left) his sister, Marion, and mother, Carolyn, off the coast of Manhattan, New York; 1963
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#25: Andrew Kilgore (top left) with his nephew, William Presley III; and brother, William Presley Jr.; (seated, l-r), sister, Marion; sister-in-law, Iris; nieces, Sandy and Julie; mother, Carolyn; and niece, Holly; Fayetteville, New York, ca. 1963
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#26: Andrew Kilgore at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana; 1963
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#27: Andrew Kilgore at his graduation from Earlham College, with his parents, William and Carolyn Kilgore; and sister, Marion; Richmond, Indiana, 1963
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#28: Andrew Kilgore entering Union Theological Seminary, New York City, New York; 1963
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#29: Andrew Kilgore with his sister, Marion, and mother, Carolyn, at Thanksgiving dinner; Fayetteville, New York, 1963
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#30: Andrew Kilgore with squash racquet, Lakeworth, Florida; Chirstmas 1963
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#31: Andrew Kilgore (right) with his sister, Marion, and senior minister, Bob Thurston, at the United Church of Hardwick; Hardwick, Vermont, 1964
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#32: Andrew Kilgore (left) and George Macklemore at Westminster Cathedral en route to the Peace Corps; 1966
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#33: Andrew Kilgore in the Peace Corps; Rampurhat, West Bengal, India, 1967
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#34: Andrew Kilgore at a Peace Corps school project; West Bengal, India, 1968
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#35: Andrew Kilgore with his bride, Linda Jean Evans, at their wedding; 1969
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#36: Andrew Kilgore on a friend's goat farm near Winslow, Arkansas; 1972
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#37: Andrew Kilgore, West Fork, Arkansas, 1974
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#38: Andrew Kilgore, Winslow, Arkansas, ca. 1970s
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#39: Andrew Kilgore with a sign for his studio on Rock St., Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1976
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#40: Andrew Kilgore, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1979
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#41: Andrew Kilgore in his darkroom, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. 1980s
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#42: Andrew Kilgore, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1980
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#43: Andrew Kilgore, Little Rock, Arkansas, ca. 1980s
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#44: Andrew Kilgore with his son, Jack Butler; San Francisco, California, 1992
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#45: Andrew Kilgore, ca. 2000
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#46: Andrew Kilgore at Hammontree's Grilled Cheese; Fayetteville, Arkansas; ca. 2008
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#47: Andrew Kilgore at his exhibit, Andrew Kilgore Gallery Tour at the Walton Arts Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas, March 2023
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#48: Calabash Pottery Collective members, The Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio Project, ca. 1970s
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#49: Shirley and Sarge West, The Fayetteville Townfolk Portfolio Project, 1978
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#50: Mike Summler's Band, Shirkey House, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1979
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#51: Gary Lunsford in his shop, Fayetteville, Arkansas, ca. late 1970s
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#52: Lloyd Shackleford in his garage on S. College Ave., Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1978
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#53: Joycelyn Elders, ca. 1980s
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#54: Dwight, Mikie, and DD Fisher, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1980
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#55: Charlotte Robertson and Willie Harris, Helena, Arkansas, 1980s, We Drew A Circle
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#56: Linda Primm, 1982, We Drew a Circle
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#57: Stacy Lee Collins, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1982, We Drew a Circle
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#58: Daisy Bates, ca. 1985
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#59: Andrew Kilgore's daughter, Kathryn Gail Butler, Little Rock, Arkansas, ca. 1986
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#60: Bill Clinton, 1986
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#61: Florence Lewis, co-founder of St. Francis House, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1989
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#62: Andrew Kilgore's self portrait, 1993, Healing Changes
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#63: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pyror Center interview with Andrew Kilgore; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2020
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#64: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Andrew Kilgore; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2020
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#65: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Andrew Kilgore; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2020
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