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Rekindling the Creative Spirit
A Fundraiser for Hui Ho'olana
A 7-Day Photographic Workshop at The Hui
April 9-16, 2011 ~ Molokai, Hawaii
Seeing simply, creatively expressing our inner vision,
reconnecting with our environment, our photography, and our selves
The Teachers
Rik Cooke
Rik Cooke, has been a professional photographer for 40 years. Much of that time he worked as a freelancer for
The National Geographic Society, where he traveled to much of the world on a variety of assignments. His main interest is focusing on the innate beauty of his subjects and honoring that.
His assignments included shooting two books: America's Ancient Cities and The Blue Ridge Range as well as work in other National Geographic publications. He also photographed a book for the Smithsonian on Hawaii. His experience touches the full spectrum of photography, from lighting pyramids to photographing polar bears in the Arctic as well as national advertising campaigns for commercial clients.
Rik and his wife Bronwyn are the authors of the award-winning book, Molokai, an Island in Time. In the early 1990s they moved back to Molokai. This island was part of his childhood, and today they live on lands that have been with his family for 100 years. They run the educational and arts center, Hui Ho'olana, which is dedicated to healing its lands as well as the students it helps to inspire.
To see some of Rikki's images go to his website at rikkicooke.com or read his blog at TheAlohaBear.com.
Dewitt Jones
Dewitt Jones is one of America's top professional photographers. Twenty years with National Geographic photographing stories around the globe has earned him the reputation as a world-class photojournalist. As a motion picture director, two of Dewitt's films were nominated for Academy Awards.
In the business community, Dewitt's work is also well known. He rose to the forefront of creative marketing by photographing national advertising campaigns for organizations such as Dewar's Scotch, Canon, and United Airlines.
Dewitt has published nine books including California! and John Muir's High Sierra. His most recent book, The Nature of Leadership, was created in collaboration with Stephen R. Covey.
Dewitt is also recognized as a world class lecturer and speaks to audiences around the world on creativity and vision. His genuine style and ability to communicate with audiences make his presentations truly outstanding. Dewitt's inspirational messages are further discussed in his best selling training programs.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College with a B.A. in drama and holds a Master's Degree in filmmaking from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dewitt makes his home on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. See Dewitt's work at dewittjones.com.
Theresa Airey
Theresa Airey, holds a MFA in Photography and Fine Art, and is the author of six books, four of which pertaining to the creative process: "Creative Photo Printmaking", "Creative Digital Printmaking", "Digital Photo Art" and "Beginner's Guide to Digital Photo Art".
Theresa was the principle photographer of "Gentleman Joe Lee", a book written by Ron Whitten, Senior Editor of Golf Digest. Her last project involved the restoration of 150 glass-plate and nitrate-based negatives taken of turn-of-the-century Bermuda. This work evolved into the book "Bermuda: The Quiet Years". Her second book on Bermuda, "Bermuda, Then and Now", involved re-photographing the same sites in Bermuda 100 years later and juxtapositioning them with the old photographs. In this book, she also hand colored the old images of Bermuda with pastels.
She was one of six international photographers featured in "The Yearbook" of 1999 and her work is featured in a new book published by Delmar Learning entitled, "Photography in the 21st. Century", of which she has the cover image.
Theresa has instructed photography at the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus and at Towson State University, and the Maryland Institute, College of Art. She teaches private workshops in her studio in Maryland and hosts workshops each year around the globe. She is also a regular speaker for Photo Plus East, Professional Photographers of America (PPA), and has one-woman exhibits extensively throughout the United States and aboard.
She is best known for "crossing the boundaries" between traditional printmaking, painting, drawing, photography and digital art by using the computer as a tool to begin to integrate, orchestrate, and create new images.
Jonathan Kingston
Jonathan Kingston is a freelance photographer currently based in Bend, Oregon. Since 2002 he has been traveling the globe, making images of our world that have appeared in various publications including National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure magazine, National Geographic Traveler magazine and Geo Saison. Jonathan also teaches a number of photographic workshops around the country dealing with all things digital, including Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom as well as general workflow and color management issues.
He began his career as a photo educator teaching young emerging photographers at India's first school devoted to image making, Light & Life Academy. Jonathan specializes in travel, underwater and adventure photography, which dovetail with his passions of seeing the world, diving and spending time in the world's wild places.
Jonathan simultaneously completed degrees from Brooks Institute of Photography and Virginia Tech in Commercial Photography and Mass Communications, respectively; and, his work has been recognized in both PDN and Communication Arts photography annual competitions.
When not working, Jonathan likes to spend his time rock climbing, surfing and snow boarding. To read about his adventures visit his blog at thenomadicphotographer.com. See more of Jonathan's work at jonathankingston.com.
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