The publishing house was founded by Klaus Kehrer in Heidelberg in 1995. Kehrer Verlag is a member of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. From 2011 to 2016, it was the German partner of the
European Publishers Award for Photography (EPAP), an initiative of European publishing houses to promote contemporary photography. Since 2014, Kehrer Verlag has been a partner of the Nordic Dummy Award (NDA), an initiative of Fotogalleriet Oslo and the Norwegian Association of Fine Art Photographers. The NDA is awarded periodically to young photo artists whose projects focus on the Nordic countries. ==Publishing program==