Education, Awards and Recognition
- EDUCATION
- Long Island University – BA in English
- Aspen Writers Workshop-Scholarship Fiction Writing
- School of Visual Arts-NYC- Photojournalism and Human Values (Ken Heyman)
- New York University – Certificate in Filmmaking-Summer Intensive
- EMPLOYMENT
- The Associated Press – 1998 to 2009 – Special Projects/Photo Editor- New York City
- The Associated Press – Supervising Photo Editor News Features
- The Associated Press – First full-time woman Staff Photographer for this international newswire service
- Freelance Photographer –AP, Fortune Magazine, MD Magazine, Opera News, NY Daily
News, Jersey City Journal, US Information Agency (USIA-D.C.), Rogers Peet Dept. Store - Freelance Art Critic – Jersey City Journal
- Independent Video Producer – SV Productions –“100th Anniversary St. Anne Shrine” NY
- Editorial Assistant to Victor Riesel, nationally syndicated labor columnist
- Copy Assistant to Features Editor BRIDE’S Magazine – Conde Nast
- TV Production Assistant- Public Access Ch.16, “Cable Doctor” & Ch. 34, “Speak Out”
- AWARDS
- AP Managing Editors Top Feature Photography ’84- “Statue of Liberty Restoration”
- World Press Photographers – Sports Photography Award – US Open – Manuel Orantes
- National Press Photographers Assoc., – Portrait “Yul Brynner” and “JFK’s Children”
- The New York Photographers Assoc.,-
- 1st Prize-“Centennial Restoration St. Patrick’s Cathedral”
- 1st Prize- Olympic Games Montreal and L.A
- 1st Prize- Pres. Reagan’s South American trip;
- 1st Prize- General News – President Richard Nixon and Pilobolus Dance Company.
- PUBLICATIONS
Published in BOOKS & Magazines & Newspapers Worldwide- “Moments In Time – 50 Years of AP News Photos” – 1985 – 1st Ed. – AP
- “Moments In Time – 60 Years of AP News Photos” – 1995 – 2nd Ed. – AP
- “One Day In Our World” – 1985 – AP
- “The Olympics At 100” -1995 – MacMillan Books
- “The Sports 100”-1999 – Sports Publishing Inc.
- “Reflections of the South” – 1991
- “American Photographers – An American Survey” – 1987
- “ Who’s Who In Photography” – 1991
- EXHIBITIONS
- One Woman Shows – 2009-Feb 2010-“Welfare Island: A Spirit of Place Past”- Octagon
Gallery – Roosevelt Island, NY. - 2002 -“9/11-Commemorative Exhibit”-Morning Calm Gallery, NY
- 1991 – “Jazz Musicians” – Infinity Gallery, NYC
- 1986 – “Restoring Lady Liberty” – Infinity Gallery, NYC
- 1972 –“Welfare Island and Other Photographs” – LIU, NYC
- One Woman Shows – 2009-Feb 2010-“Welfare Island: A Spirit of Place Past”- Octagon
- GROUP SHOWS
- Feb. 2009 – “Dance Theater of Harlem- 40th Anniversary” NYPL of
Performing Arts, NYC - Oct. 2009 –“Stone Carvings of New York” – 75th Anniversary of NY’s
Cushman Wakefield Real Estate at NYPL 42nd St. - 1969 — “Contemporary Events” – Art Image Gallery, NYC
- 1969 — Midtown Y, NYC and Saranac Lake, NY
- Feb. 2009 – “Dance Theater of Harlem- 40th Anniversary” NYPL of
- LECTURES/POWERPOINTS
- New York Academy of Sciences-2012- “Mt. Gorillas of Rwanda” and “Arctic Polar of
Hudson Bay” - Pan Pacific S.E. Asian Women’s Assoc., – March 2014 – “Mt. Gorillas of Rwanda” and
“Arctic Polar Bears of Hudson Bay” - New York University – 1997 – Photography lecture – Photography Dept. graduating class
- Hampshire College – 1995 – “Photo Communications Today” and Portfolio Review
- Oldcn’s Photography Workshop – 1983 – “Photojournalism/On Assignment” and 1982
“Photojournalism/On Location”
- New York Academy of Sciences-2012- “Mt. Gorillas of Rwanda” and “Arctic Polar of
- AFFILIATIONS
- American Society of Media Photographers – NYC Chapter
- International Center of Photography – NYC
- New York Academy of Sciences – NYC
- Pan Pacific South East Asia Women’s Association – NYC
- Citizens Emergency Response Team – (CERT)
- Africa Wildlife Foundation
- ASPCA
- Wild Bird Fund – NYC
- Wildlife Conservation Society – NYC
- World Wildlife Fund
- Ocean Conservancy
- Audubon Society
- National Geographic Society
- Catskill Animal Sanctuary
- Diane Fossey Gorilla Foundation
- Jane Goodall Institute
- Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge
- Delta Rescue