- Name: Phil
- Surname: Hawkins
- About Me: My first gallery showing was at the age of 15 at the University of North Carolina. That same year I produced a documentary series on black poverty for NC Congresswoman Frances Dawson in Burlington, NC. At age 16, I covered racial unrest in North Carolina for The Chapel Hill Weekly newspaper. This coverage resulted in threats on my life, so I was enrolled at Hargrave Military Academy, in Chatham Virgina. There, I got into radio and spent 12 years as a DJ and 3 years as an NCAA women's basketball play-by-play color analyst. It was while working in Fresno, in 1981, I discovered Yosemite National Park, at which point I left radio. For the last 29 years I have dedicated myself to photographing Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. I have worked professionally since 2004.
Currently, I am doing feature news, portraiture, wedding, equine, sports and landscape fine art photography. I am available for free lance assignment and will travel anywhere.
I conduct photography workshops in Yosemite National Park, CA throughout the year. see http://yosemitephotoworkshops.com
I am also a Photoshop software training consultant for video2brain in Graz, Austria and Virtual Training Corporation in Richmond, VA.
Clients:
Bloomberg News
Sports Illustrated
National Geographic magazine
National Geographic Books
National Geographic Stock
Outdoor Photographer
Digital Photo Pro
Ken Burns; The Florentine Films National Parks Project
"The National Parks; America's Best Idea"
SI Kids
ESPN The Magazine
The Sporting News
Adobe Systems, Inc. via video2brain.com
(software training)
Virtual Training Corporation
(software training)
Bright Path Lighting (commercial)
John Hancock Insurance (commercial)
Horace Mann Educators Corporation (commercial)
Yosemite's Four Seasons Vacation Rentals
(commercial)
The Redwoods in Yosemite
(commercial)
The National Park Service, Yosemite National Park
California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA),
Fresno County Office of Education
California Basketball Officials Association
I also shoot for Icon Sports Media and Cal Sport Media.
Enjoy.
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