JUDGES
Barbara Cox
Photokunst
For the past 18 years, Barbara Cox has been involved with photography as a consultant to cause-oriented photographers, photojournalists and major photo archives including the New York Times, Getty Images and the Gandhi Archive. She acts as a book and licensing agent and works with publishers, museums, galleries and the media to achieve professional recognition for her clients. She is a past exhibitor at Art Basel, Paris Photo, photo la, Frankfurt Art Fair, and more. www.photokunst.com
Cynthia Hall
Studio SC
Cynthia, a Seattle-based Environmental Graphic Designer, has over 18 years of design experience. A visual communications expert and NW Chapter Chair for the Society of Environmental Graphic Design, Cynthia is a frequent guest lecturer at The Art Institute of Seattle. At Studio SC, Cynthia works with a skilled team of designers to create unique visual solutions that connect people with their environments. An avid traveler who has photographed all over the world, Cynthia spends her free time gardening, cycling, and playing blues fiddle. www.Studio-SC.com
Cristina Mittermeier
Photographer and Conservationist
Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier is a Mexican-born photographer and marine biologist who for the past 20 years has been working as a writer and photographer. In 2005 she founded the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP), a consortium of some of the best photographers in the world, whose work is dedicated to visually communicating conservation issues. She still serves on the ILCP board of directors. Over her 20-year long career Cristina has become an innovative proponent for the use of visual communications tools, such as photojournalism, to help save our planet. www.cristinamittermeier.com
Jane Perovich
Getty Images
Jane Perovich is Senior Photo Editor at Getty Images, the world's leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multi-media products. Jane leads a team of photo editors and provides art direction to photographers who contribute to Getty Images house collections, including Stone, Stone+, The Image Bank, Taxi and Photodisc. Her team also seeks out imagery and photographers whose work represents intriguing and diverse points of view for the Flickr collection at gettyimages.com. www.gettyimages.com
Arn Slettebak
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Arn Slettebak got his start with museums in 1966 as an artist/preparator at the Chicago Academy of Sciences. He moved on to work as a naturalist/artist at a new county nature center where he was responsible for the design, construction and artwork of all exhibits and brochures, including mural painting. He has been at the Burke Museum since 1972, where he has brought natural history to the classroom via traveling study kits and live presentations, and to visitors generally via exhibits. As an artist, Arn has worked in many media, including wood-carving, acrylic painting, and photography. He shares his love of nature with the public by leading bird walks for Seattle Audubon and the Seattle Parks Department, and by bringing nature into public schools on Science Nights. www.washington.edu/burkemuseum
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IMPORTANT DATES
The Exhibit at the Burke Museum
Open June 30 to November 25
Check the Burke Museum Website for Events schedule and classes.
Traveling exhibit: early 2013 (tbd)
June through November - a 5-month
exhibit at The Burke Museum of
Natural History and Culture at the
University of Washington, in Seattle.
