Wayne Schoenfeld

Wayne Schoenfeld (born September 12, 1948 in Los Angeles, United States) is an American photographer best known for his coverage of global humanitarian projects, as well as his art photography.

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Photography

Wayne Schoenfeld is an award winning[1] documentary and fine art photographer. He is the director and executive producer of a number of documentary films[2].

About Schoenfeld’s fine art photography Chun-Sun Jin said “Schoenfeld takes pictures rather than photographs, his carefully orchestrated images appear, at a glance, like classic paintings”.[3]

In 2011, Schoenfeld's self styled and staged circus imagery, "Icons/Iconoclasts", have been exhibited in Cirque de Demain (Paris, January 27-30, 2011)[4] and Tohu City of Circus (Montreal, February 15-April 17, 2011).[5] His fine art photography has been exhibited throughout North America, Asia and Europe and is in the permanent collections of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission,[6] Complesso del Vittoriano,[7] National Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul), and Cirque du Soleil Montreal.[8] His work has appeared in a number of publications including Los Angeles Daily[9], Harpers Bazaar[10], American Photo [11], and Design.[12],

Since 2003, ten of Schoenfeld’s monograph books of photography have been published; Brittle Glory: The Face of Change, a collection of intimate portraits taken in the Cuban countryside and the Kurdish territories in Southeastern Turkey, Surface Tension, a selection of portraits and impressions of the female form, Through The Eyes Of Man, a photographic interpretation of biblical lore, There Are No Answers, If The Questions Aren't Asked, Almost Perfect, Mission To India and Through This World But Once. Two gallery portfolio books celebrating the beauty and mystery of women, in French and English versions, "Masques et Mystèresé" and "Masques et Mystères: Revisité" have been assembled by Great Circle Books and A&I Books.

Photographed by Schoenfeld in Vietnam, Almost Perfect chronicles a volunteer American surgical team who provide free reconstructive cleft-palate operations and treatment for children with disfiguring injuries and congenital conditions. Almost Perfect was awarded the "Most Life Changing" Book of the Year 2004 by the Independent Publisher Book Award.[13]

Published by Great Circle Books in cooperation with American Photo Magazine, Schoenfeld's Mission To India is the result of a two year long collaboration with journalist Rex Weiner. This book follows a team of surgeons from San Francisco volunteering their time and skills in Karaikal, India, where they performed reconstructive surgery on patients with serious burns and disfiguring birth defects.

In Schoenfeld’s Through This World But Once (part of the Eye To I series – a partnership of Hewlett Packard, Great Circle Books and A&I Books), he captures a volunteer performer from Clowns Without Borders as he visits hospitals, clinics, villages and homes in Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian countryside.

Through his production company, New Democracy Productions, Schoenfeld is the executive producer and director of a growing number of documentary films including, "The Memory Box", an Official Selection of the Boston, Montreal, Columbus and Addis Ababa International Film Festivals and the award winning short subjects "In the Shadow of Shangri-La", filmed in Nepal and "Everyday is a Gift"[14], filmed in South Africa[15].

He is a member of the Photographic Arts Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.[16]

Business

Trained as a psychologist,[17][18] in 1973, Schoenfeld was the co-founder and Director of the Los Angeles Guidance and Counseling Service; by 1978 the tax-exempt non-profit LAGCS was one of the largest providers of outpatient mental health services in the state of California.

1979-1995 CEO and Chairman of Air L.A. Inc.,[19][20] the first airline in the United States[21] to fly under an international code sharing partnership. In 1994 the airline expanded after a successful NASDAQ public offering.[22]

1996-2002 - CEO and Chairman of Real Image Digital,[23] a motion picture technology[24] partnership with the Sarnoff Research Center. In 2002 RID was sold to Technicolor.[25]

2003-Current - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Great Circle Books. GCB was organized to publish works of social and humanitarian consequence. The funds raised through the sale of books are designated to support a number of charities and humanitarian projects.[26]

Schoenfeld is a successful businessman,[27] an award winning photographer and a publisher. He contributes to humanitarian work[28] around the world, has published two books documenting the work of Rotaplast International, including the "Most Life Changing" Book of 2004 by the Independent Publisher Book Award, Almost Perfect. His work is well known in galleries and museums around the world where the proceeds from his art are donated to children's projects and humanitarian efforts.[29][30][31][32]

Schoenfeld continues to document in photographic images and motion pictures the work of great charitable and volunteer efforts around the world.

Exhibitions

...and others

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Notes and references

  1. ^ Art of Photography 2006 http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/2006/photos.htm. Independent Publisher Book Awards url = http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=864 | title = Announcing Winners and Finalists for the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2004 | publisher = Independent Publishers | accessdate = 2009-07-13}
  2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3536171/
  3. ^ Chun-Sun Jin, "In a Photographer's Work the Reflection of an Artist," New York Times - International Herald Tribune, Friday, March 18, 2005, page 6, "Style".
  4. ^ a b c Hall 1 : Wayne Schoenfeld : Icônes / Iconoclastes", Cirque de Demain; "Vernissage expo photo", You, Le Parisien; "Exposition : Vernissage de l’exposition photographique Icônes/Iconoclastes de Wayne Schoenfeld", Artistes contemporains
  5. ^ http://www.tohu.ca/en/activities/
  6. ^ "Off the Wall", The Santa Barbara Independent, Thursday March 12, 2009
  7. ^ ISBN 978-88-492-1645-5 Gengemi Editore - Catalog of the Museum
  8. ^ 2007, Citizenship Review, Cirque du Soleil, Icons/Iconoclasts by Photographer Wayne Schoenfeld
  9. ^ Los Angeles Daily, TODAY, Cover and story, August Edition, 2004
  10. ^ March, 2005, Vol 104 page 238 Story Wayne Schoenfeld Exhibit at Korean Gallery
  11. ^ American Photo Magazine, July/August 2006, Page 91, Wayne Schoenfeld Show at Farmani Gallery Los Angeles
  12. ^ Design: Between Art and Business April 2005, Vol 322 pp90-91
  13. ^ "Announcing Winners and Finalists for the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2004". Independent Publishers. http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=864. Retrieved 2009-07-13. 
  14. ^ My Hero International Film Festival, November 20, 2010
  15. ^ My Hero International Film Festival, November 20, 2010
  16. ^ http://www.takegreatpictures.com/photo-tips/tgp-choice/wayne-schoenfeld-project-ethiopia
  17. ^ July 10, 1975 Torrance News Foster Home Causes Furor - Psychologist Schoenfeld fights for Teen Age Home Page One Above the Fold
  18. ^ July 22, 1975 The Daily Breeze (Torrance, California), Torrance Neighbors Fight Home for Teens Page One Above the Fold
  19. ^ April 17, 1982 Palo Verde Times, Air L.A. Inc. Officials Propose Non-Stop Los Angeles Flights, Page one
  20. ^ October 21, 1985 Los Angeles Daily News, A New Career Takes off - ex-Sex Therapist's Airline Worth $2Million, Page one Business Section
  21. ^ December 1994 Equities, South of the Border Air L.A. Inc. Starts Service to Mexico, by Elizabeth Hartshorn
  22. ^ August 15, 1994 The Wall Street Transcript , CEO Interview, Wayne Schoenfeld Air L.A. Inc., Page One
  23. ^ Sept 17-23 1999 Screen International, Celluloid's Digital Retrofit
  24. ^ August 6, 1999 Wall Street Journal, Carlton to Buy Stake in Firm Developing Digital-Film Marketing, B8
  25. ^ August 6, 1999 Daily Variety (Los Angeles-New York Newspaper), Technicolor Prepares for a Digital Future page one
  26. ^ Melrose Heighs Magazine - Issue 9
  27. ^ August Edition, 2004 Los Angeles Daily News, Conejo Valley TODAY Edition, Cover Photo, Wayne Schoenfeld story page 30
  28. ^ June - July 2009 Melrose Heights Magazine, Wayne Schoenfeld Humanitarian pp 82-91
  29. ^ http://www.exekoproject.com/wayne-schoenfeld.html
  30. ^ http://www.galeriesas.com/fr/exhibitions/current/index.php
  31. ^ Vie des Arts - n#215 - summer 2009
  32. ^ http://www.nightlifemagazine.ca/magazine/view/2011#translation
  33. ^ Reported as sold by Kim Young Seob Gallery, 168 Kwanhoon-Dong, Chongro-ku, Seoul, Korea. December, 2005. (02) 733 6331
  34. ^ http://studioscreenings.com/gallery/Wayne-Schoenfeld/Grand_Inquisitor
  35. ^ http://www.aandi.com/books/ttw.html
  36. ^ http://www.aandi.com/books/circus.html,
  37. ^ Course Montréal Souterrain on WN Network delivers the latest Videos and ... 3 / CNW/ - In its third year, Art Souterrain, presented by Scotiabank in ... The main attraction will be an exhibit by photographer Wayne Schoenfeld titled Icons /Iconoclasts http://wn.com
  38. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVU4_S9RRPU
  39. ^ ISBN 978-88-492-1645-5 Gengemi Editore - Catalog of the Museum
  40. ^ http://www.ci.la.ca.us/cad/lamag/Home.html
  41. ^ http://www.galeriesas.com/fr/exhibitions/current/index.php
  42. ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanillaroyal/4462348637/
  43. ^ 21st World Congress, Children's Hospice International
  44. ^ http://www.tohu.ca/en/activities/

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