One of the announcements was who our keynote speaker would be at graduation.....and this year, it's Joe McNally.
For those who don't know who he is.......wow! His work is unparalleled.
This is Joe:
Wikipedia says this of Joe's career:
"From 1994 until 1998 Joe McNally was LIFE magazine's staff photographer, the first one in 23 years. His most well known series is the "Faces of Ground Zero — Portraits of the Heroes of September 11th", a collection of 246 giant Polaroid portraits shot in the Moby C Studio near Ground Zero in a three-week period shortly after 9/11. A large group of these life-size (9' x 4') photos were exhibited in seven cities in 2002, seen by almost a million people. The exhibit and the book, printed by LIFE, helped raise approximately $2 million for the 9/11-relief effort.
McNally has contributed for the National Geographic magazine for 20 years. One of his photographic projects for the magazine was "The Future of Flying," a 32-page cover story, published in December 2003, commemorating the centennial observance of the Wright brothers' flight. This story was the first all digital shoot for the magazine[3]. This issue was a National Magazine Award Finalist[4], and one of the magazine’s most popular covers.
He has shot cover stories for Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Geo, Fortune, New York, Business Week, LIFE and Men’s Journal, among others. McNally’s advertising, marketing and promotional work includes FedEx, Nikon, Sony, Land’s End, General Electric, MetLife, Bogen, Adidas, Kelby Media Group, Wildlife Conservation Society, and American Ballet Theatre.
In 2008, McNally published his book, The Moment It Clicks. In 2009, McNally published The Hotshoe Diaries.
He's known for heavy usage of CLS and Speedlight."
- Wikipedia (accessed 5/19/11)
I'm super excited to hear him give us our commencement address. And what's even more cool is that the student who got selected from our class to be the student speaker is a huuuuge fan of Joe's work, and a good friend of mine: Jeff Harmon.
Here is some of what Joe has done:
Porfolio countdown is now at 12 days!!!! I have a busy weekend ahead of me. Tonight I'm going to a rehearsal for a wedding I'm shooting on Saturday, then on Sat. AM before the wedding I have a family shoot. On Sat. evening I have the wedding. And on Sunday I have another family/baby shoot. It's getting close!!!!!!!
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