Biography

Education

  • University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1961-62
  • The Cooper Union of Art and Architecture, New York City 1964-71

Productions

  • Northern Lights Photography Award winner 2010
  • Photographer, Aboriginal Tourism Association of B.C. Summer 2008 and 2009
  • Photographer, Tourism Vancouver B.C. Canada Summer 2007
  • Photographer, Tourism B.C. Canada, Summer 2005 - 2006
  • Photographer, Dragonfly Blue Productions, U.N. WSIS, Tunisia 2005
  • Contrib. Photographer, OUR WORLD IN FOCUS, Toward a Sustainable Future
  • Photos & video, Dialogue Between Nations, Digital Broadcast Network 1999-2009
  • Photographer, Beyond the Feathers, independent production CBC TV 1994
  • Photographer, UNDP in Niger, Cameroun, Cuba, Venezuela, and Senegal
  • Photographer, Jamaica Tourist Board 1992
  • Illustrator and designer, Indonesia Tourism Manual 1991
  • Photographer, designer, publisher FESTIVAL INDONESIA CALENDAR 1991
  • Photographer, designer, publisher VISIT INDONESIA YEAR 1991 CALENDAR
  • Artist in Residence 1983, '84 ,'85 Asilah, Morocco
  • Illustrator, designer Map of Indonesia for Texaco
  • Designer, Discover Indonesia Booklets for Nusantara Jaya Foundation of FOI
  • Photographer, Natrabu Travel and Tours, San Francisco
  • Photographer, Garuda Indonesia, New York, and Los Angeles
  • Photographer, Philippine Tourist Office, New York, and Manila
  • Writer and photographer, various travel and photography magazine articles

Photographic Exhibitions

  • Contrib. Photographer, Vision 2020 Global Photo Traveling Exhibit 2003
  • Balancing on the Edge, solo travel photos, Kodak Canada Vancouver 2000
  • Windows on Welfare, solo show, Roosevelt Island NYC 1998
  • Cultural Connections, solo show, Maracaibo, Coro & Caracas Venezuela ‘95-97
  • Visit ASEAN Year, solo show, Philippine Center, NYC 1992
  • The Face of Indonesia, solo show, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago 1991
  • Indonesian Travel Promotion PATA, Edmonton and Vancouver Canada 1990
  • Tokyo/New York Women Photographers, Nikon House NYC and Tokyo 1990
  • Photo Expo ’88 with Fuji USA, Jacob Javits Convention Center, NYC 1988
  • National Arts Centre, solo show Ottawa Canada July 1987
  • Messages from 1985, Light Gallery NYC 1985
  • Xerography, two-person show, Puchong Gallery NYC 1984
  • Natural History, solo show, Puchong Gallery NYC 1984
  • Maroc Mon Amour, solo show, La Maison Francaise NYU 1983
  • First Women’s Bank, solo show, New York 1982
  • Lemos Galeria, solo show Toronto Canada 1982
  • Sites of History, Canadian National Film Board Travel Exhibit 1981-86
  • Zimmer-Galerie Sigrid Frolich, Koln Germany two-person show 1980
  • Exhibit and Lecture, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum, Copenhagen Denmark ’80
  • Photokina, Koln Germany 1978
  • Arte Fiera, Bologna Italy 1978
  • International Center of Photography, New York 1977
  • Numerous other exhibitions in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa

Professional Activities

  • Founder/Director, Professional Women Photographers 1975
  • Photography Chairwoman, International Women’s Arts Festival, NYC 1975-1976
  • Consultant to USIA, Women in the Arts Travel Exhibition, 1975-1976
  • Director, Woman Photographs Man, Rockefeller Center, NYC 1976
  • Author/editor, WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH MEN, Wm. Morrow & Co. Publishers 1977
  • Professor of Photography and Video, New Jersey Institute of Technology 1979-1982
  • NY Times Photographer, UN Women's Conference, Copenhagen Denmark 1980
  • Photographer for Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times, UN Conference on Women, Copenhagen Denmark 1980
  • TIME MagazinePhotographer, UN Women's Conference Nairobi Kenya 1985
  • Photographer for and The New York Times and TIME Magazine, UN Conference on Women, Nairobi Kenya 1985
  • UNICEF Photographer, UN Women's Conference Beijing China 1995
  • Photographer for UNICEF United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing China 1995
  • Teacher, Canography, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Vancouver 1996
  • Teacher, Photography for Non-Photographers, Simon Fraser University 1996
  • Teacher, Canon Creativity Workshop, Vancouver Cultural Alliance 1997
  • Teacher, Photography for Writers, Simon Fraser University Vancouver 1997
  • Teacher, Digital Photography, Centro de Fotografia Caracas Venezuela 1997
  • Teacher, Canon Creativity Workshops, ELST Studios Vancouver 1999-2000
  • Teacher, Photography for Writers, Simon Fraser University Vancouver 2000

Photographs in the Collections of

  • The International Center of Photography, New York
  • Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa Canada
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm Sweden
  • Smith, Barney, Harris, and Upham, New York
  • Mobil Oil Corporation, Virginia
  • Vancouver Foundation and
  • Roosevelt Island Historical Society in New York

Grants

  • International Communications Agency, USA 1980
  • Canada Council 1980
  • Artist-in-Residence, Cultural Moussem, Asilah Morocco 1983, ’84 and ’85
  • Canon USA 1992 and 1995
  • Canon Latin America, Canon Canada, and Polaroid Corporation in 1986

Clients

Smithsonian Museum American Indian Magazine, New York Times, Time Inc., CARE, CIDA, UNDP, UNICEF, World Bank, National Geographic Society, Helen Keller International, Tourism B.C., Tourism Vancouver, Aboriginal Tourism Association of B.C., etc.

Stock Photos

  • Universal Images Group (UIG) in Chicago

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