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Edward Yanowitz was born May 25,1946 in Miami, Fl., raised in Nassau, Bahamas and Miami Beach, Fl. He has been a photographer since 1967, working in the Fine Art, Social Documentary and Commercial fields. In1972, he received a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Photography, from The San Francisco Art Institute. He has taught photography at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fl., Barry University, Miami Shores, Fl., Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus, and The New World School of the Arts located in Miami Fl. He is presently coordinates the photography program at American InterContinental University, School of Design, South Florida. From 1973 until 1990, he was the managing director of William’s Overseas Ltd., a family corporation, est. 1926, located in Nassau, Bahamas. During that period Mr. Yanowitz gave workshops, exhibited, and was invited by Bahamas Ministry of Education and Culture to be a member of the National Arts and Crafts committee where he organized the national photography exhibition for the independence of the Bahamas, on July 10,1973 Four of his photographs were selected by John Szarkowski for the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, in New York City in 1974. Six photographs were chosen by the government of the Bahamas for a series of 1979 Christmas definitive postage stamps with an official first day cover, this was the first time photographs or a local theme had ever been utilized. In 1992, Mr. Yanowitz was retained as expert witness, documentary photographer and coordinator of photography for the defense, in the William Kennedy Smith vs. the State of Florida trial. He has produced documentary and commercial assignments for the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, The San Francisco Chronicle, Rolling Stone Book of Days, Decca Records, The Nassau Guardian and Nassau Tribune Newspapers, Cable Beach Hotels, Bank Leu of Belgium, British-American Trust Corporation, and The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism. He is a member of the Society of Photographic Educators and is a retired P.A.D.I underwater photography instructor. His photographs have been in numerous exhibitions and are held in corporate and private collections both nationally and internationally. Education 1972 Master of Fine Arts Degree, Photography, The San Francisco Art Institute 1968 Undergraduate Studies: Photography and Graphics, University of the Americas, Mexico, D.F. 1964-66 Art and Graphics University of Miami 1960-64 Windsor Mountain School, Lenox, Mass. An education in humanity Exhibitions 2001 Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus 1997 Individual Exhibition Virginia Intermont College,Photography Gallery, Bristol. VA 1996 Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Art Department, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 1995 Art Against Aids, Miami Center, Miami, Florida. Group show 1994 Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Group show (Juried by, Phillip Brookman, Photography curator, Corcoran gallery of Art) 1994 Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Art Department 1994 Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida 1993 South Florida Artist Series winning portfolio “Bahama Passage” 1993 Photogroup Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida (Juried by Wanda Texon, Curator of Photography, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida) 1993 Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago, Chile 1993 Photographs from the Faculty at the University of Miami 1993 Photowork 93”, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fl (Juried by Steven Yates, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts 1992 Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Art Department, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida 1992 “Photowork 92”, The New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL (Juried by Merry Forresta, National Museum of American Art, Washington) 1991 Individual Exhibition “Singular Moments”, , Books and Books Inc., Coral Gables, Florida 1991 “A Lifetime of Reading”, Honorable Mention, Juried Photography Exhibition, Miami Bookfair International, Miami, Florida 1990 “Fifty Years of Photography in Miami”, Miami-Dade Public Library 1986 Individual Exhibition, Bank Leu, Belgium (Bahamas Branch), Nassau 1984 “Photo-Miami”, South Dade regional library, Miami, Florida 1982 Individual Exhibition, The New Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida 1981 Faculty Exhibition , University of Miami Art Department, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida 1981 “Carifesta 81”, Bridgetown, Barbados W.I. Bahamas cultural exchange 1979 Individual Exhibition, Matinee Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas 1979 Bahamas Philatelic Society, Exhibition, Bahamas General Post-Office (Six Photographs selected for the 1979 Christmas Definitive Stamps of the Bahamas, with official first day cover. This is the first time photographs or a local theme (Junkanoo) had been used.) 1978 “JUNKANOO” Bahamas National Archive Exhibition, Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Culture 1977 “Bahamian Art Today” Marlborough Art Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas 1973 Bahamas Independence, 10 july 1973, National Arts committee, Coordinator and Exhibitor of the National photography exhibit celebrating Independence from England 1972 The San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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