Dan Winters: Famed Photographer/World Press Photo Award Recipient/Director

Before the Lights

10/28/21 • 45 min

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Director, illustrator, beekeeper, filmmaker, writer, family man, famed photographer, recognized for iconic celebrity portraits and scientific photography. Has shot the likes of Bono, Barack Obama, Dalia Lama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp and many others. Won over 100 national & international awards that includes World Press Photo Award. Professional photographer for over 35 years. A Ventura County, CA native and photo historian.

Hear Dan speak about:

· First memory of photography

· Darkroom magic and his first camera

· Working full time while in high school in motion picture industry

· Days as a newspaper photographer

· Irving Penn-Iconic photographer

· Studio in a historic building

· How got into celebrity portraits, and what makes a good portrait

· What drives his creativity

· His 6 books

· Being a beekeeper

Links:

Dan Winters Website: https://www.danwintersphoto.com/

Book-Periodical Photographs: https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Winters-Periodical-Photographs-Commissioned/dp/1597110922/

Book- America: Icons & Ingenuity: https://www.amazon.com/America-Icons-Ingenuity-Dan-Winters/dp/029275809X/

Book- Road to Seeing: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Seeing-Dan-Winters/dp/0321886399/

Dan Winters Other Books: https://www.danwintersphoto.com/BOOKS/1/thumbs-caption

Before the Lights Website: https://www.beforethelightspod.com/

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Extra 5

How he met his wife Kathryn who is his photo rep and studio manager

His 1943 Cushman Airborne WWII Scooter

Things that have happened he didn’t expect on a shoot

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10/28/21 • 45 min

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