Kevin graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute with a degree in photography and went on to earn a Master’s degree in photojournalism from the top photojournalism school in the country, the University of Missouri-Columbia. He spent 12 years in newspaper and magazine journalism. He has worked in Seattle, Memphis, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Oakland and the Sun in Illinois among others. Kevin has received numerous awards, scholarships, and project grants throughout his career.
In 1994, Kevin Weinstein placed first in the documentary category of the College Photographer of the Year (CPOY) contest for his extensive social documentation of street kids in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In 1998, Nikon, Inc and the O.O. McIntyre Foundation sponsored Weinstein for 1-year to document Odessa College's rodeo team which houses some of the most elite college rodeo participants in the United States.
In 2001, Weinstein left the newspaper and journalism industry and started his own business of documentary styled weddings. In 2010 Weinstein opened his own studio in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.
Kevin effortlessly combines the worlds of photojournalism and artistic photography to create memorable images for his clients.