Al Satterwhite

Al Satterwhite is a notable figure in design and advertising, and has won many awards for his work. He has also written several books and has made a number of films.

Biography

Al Satterwhite was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. He discovered photography in junior high school, but it took several years of studying aerospace engineering before he realized he should concentrate on photography. He started working as a still photographer at a major daily newspaper, the "St Petersburg Times", in St. Petersburg, Florida while in high school, covering major news stories in Florida throughout the 1960s.

In 1969, after a year as the Governor of Florida's Claude Kirk, Jr personal photographer, he started a career as a freelance magazine photographer working out of Florida and Los Angeles for Camera Five in New York City. Over the next 10 years he worked on assignment for almost every major magazine: "Automobile", "Car & Driver", "Fortune", "Geo", "Life", "Look", "Money", "Newsweek", "People", "Playboy","Saturday Evening Post", "Sports Illustrated","Time", "Travel & Leisure").

In 1980 he moved to New York City to concentrate on advertising.

For the next 15 years he did a wide range of national and international advertising work, becoming known for his saturated color images and keen sense of design and composition.....from action and aerial work, to miniatures in the studio, to major production campaigns in worldwide locations. Some of his advertising clients include American Express, Coca Cola, Dole, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, Johnson Outboards, Kent Int'l, Molson, Nikon, Oldsmobile, Porsche, Polaroid, R J Reynolds, Saab, Sony, Tuborg, Universal Studios and Westinghouse - to name a few.

Satterwhite has won many national and international awards. Al is considered an authority on color and design, and has four published books of his work on this subject. He was a paid consultant to Kodak for digital imaging for two years. He has lectured at Boston University, Brooks Institute of Photography, the Los Angeles/Miami/Minneapolis/New England/New York Chapters of the ASMP, the New School/NYC, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, PhotoExpo in Chicago, Los Angeles & New York.

He has given workshops at Dawson College (Montreal), ICP (NYC), Kauai Photographic (Hawaii), the Maine Workshops, the Missouri Workshops, Palm Beach Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe Workshops & his own studio in New York City.

He has participated in the special book projects: "A Day in the Life": Spain, A Salute to Singapore, A Salute to Western Australia. Satterwhite’s work has been included in other author’s books, such as "A Man & His Words" (Claude Kirk - 1968), "The Perfect Portfolio" (Henrietta Brackman - 1984), "Getting To The Top" (1984 - Peter Gambaccini), "The Business of Commercial Photography" (1997 - Ira Wexler), "The Photographer’s Guide to Marketing & Self-Promotion" (2001 - Maria Piscopo). Stories and interviews with Satterwhite have been published in many national & international magazines along with his images. He was made a Nikon Legend in 2005.

In recent years he has focused his attention on making films. He has shot commercials, features & award-winning feature shorts as Director of Photography.

Satterwhite resides in Dallas, Texas (as of 2006)and is currently working on his new book, Titans, images of Muhammad Ali & Arnold Schwarzenegger at their zenith in the 1970s.

Published books

*1991 - Lights! Camera! Advertising! (144 pages; Amphoto; see an excerpt at [http://www.alsatterwhite.com] )
*1986 - Satterwhite on Color & Design(144 pages; Amphoto)
*1984 - Fotographa Satterwhite/Images(64 pages; Italian)
*1978 - The Photography of Al Satterwhite(50 pages; Hennegan)

Feature films: (DP/Camera)

;MAN OF THE YEAR- Marquis :Dir: Jonathan Tydor:Prod: Straw Weisman:Starring John Ritter, Khrystyne Haje, James Wilder

;FLASH-Starline :Dir: Annabel Schofield :Prod: Marshall Prichard:Starring Azalea Davila, Tanya Dempsey, Ian Dewberry, Maria Tucker

Feature Films: (2nd Unit DP/Camera)

;THE KING'S GUARD-Joint Venture :Dir: Jonathon Tydor :Prod: M.Markopoulos:Starring Eric Roberts, Ron Perlman, Lesley-Anne Down

hort films: (DP/Camera)

;CHICKEN PARTY - Harbinger Films :Dir: Tate Taylor :Prod: Brunson Green:starring Allison Janney, Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, John Wesley ::Best Film – 2004 Sarasota Film Festival::Best Film – 2004 Palm Beach Film Festival::Gold Medal – 2004 Houston World Fest::Best Film – Naples Film Festival::Best Film – Crossroads Film Festival::2nd Place - Portland Film Festival::Official Selection - Sydney (Australia) Film festival::Audience Choice – Palm Springs Film Festival::Best Film – Lake Arrowhead Film Festival

;NICHE - Hollywood Shorts :Dir: Paul Emami :Prod: Greg Crowder:24P Project (Sony Cine-Alta Hi-Def cameras)::Best Film- Image Fest, April 2003::Best Film & People's Choice- Florida Film Festival, Ft Myers Bch::Best Film & The Remi Award- Houston World Fest, May 2003::Best Film, Newport Beach Film Festival, May 2003::Best Comedy Short- HD Int'l Film Festival, May 2003::Best Film/Best Actor- Method Fest, 2003

;QUEST TO REF-Hollywood Shorts :Dir: Guy Guillet :Prod: Wendy De Rycke::Best Film- American Black Film Festival/Miami, June 2003::Official selection for Sundance 2003 ::Aired on HBO March, April, May 2003 ::Outstanding Int'l Short Film Award/Reel World, Toronto 2003::Audience Award-Nantucket Film Festival, June 2003

External links

* [http://www.alsatterwhite.com Website]