Jeff Chiu Headlines Brooks Speakers Program for January & February 2005

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Jeff Chiu Headlines Brooks Speakers Program for January & February 2005
By Jim McNay, Brooks Institute of Photography

Photo by Jeff Chiu / Associated Press

Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki hits a single, his 258th hit of the season, in the third inning off of Texas Rangers' pitcher Ryan Drese in Seattle on Friday, Oct. 1, 2004. Suzuki broke George Sisler's 1920 single season record of 257 hits.

To all: Here are the speakers scheduled to make presentations for the Visual Journalism program this term at Brooks Institute.

These sessions are free (unless otherwise noted) and are open to all interested parties. Please feel free to drop in and visit if you are anywhere near the California central coast. The Ventura campus is only 60-minutes north of Los Angeles.

Please read carefully to see at which of several locations these presentations will be made. Many are held off-campus. (See directions below.)

Brooks Institute of Photography Visual Journalism Speakers Program - January-February, 2005

Speaker #1 - Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Holy Cross School, Ventura Mission, 211 E. Main St., Ventura, Calif., 6:30 pm - 9 pm

Young Tiger in the Wire Service World
Jeff Chiu studied photojournalism in college and followed a traditional path to break in: newspaper internships and staff jobs. Then he landed one of the plum jobs in all of photojournalism-a staff job with the Associated Press, IN SAN FRANCISCO! He will talk about his journey to one of the coolest jobs in photography.

Speaker #2 - Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Poinsettia Pavilion, 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, Calif., 6:30 pm - 9 pm

Photojournalism and Freelance: The Best of Both Worlds
Los Angeles Times staff photographer Al Seib also has an exciting freelance life-as the photographer for the world class Cirque de Soleil. Seib is also a trained video journalist. He will talk about using all these skills to cover local assignments and such overseas work as the Cannes Film Festival.

Speaker #3 - Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Holy Cross School, Ventura Mission, 211 E. Main St., Ventura, Calif., 6:30 pm - 9 pm

Extreme Sports Photography: Covering World Class Sailing Events
Sharon Green travels the world to cover sailing's most important competitions. From the America's Cup to sailing's grand prix events, it is not a race unless Sharon is there with her cameras, shooting either from a boat or a helicopter. She will talk about the freelance world of covering the ultimate sport and how she makes a living shooting for sailing magazines and her own annual Ultimate Sailing calendar.

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Holy Cross School - at the Ventura Mission - downtown Ventura, 211 E. Main St.

From the north (Santa Barbara) - Take 101 south, exit Main Street. Turn right off off-ramp. The mission is on left past Ventura Ave.

From the south (LA) - Take 101 north, exit at California Street. Turn right on California at end of off-ramp. Go straight through Thompson and turn left at Main Street. The mission is on right about four blocks ahead.

From Brooks Ventura campus - Take 33 South, take the Main Street exit. Go right off the exit ramp. Go left on Main Street. The mission on left past Ventura Ave.

Poinsettia Pavilion - 3451 Foothill Road, Ventura, Calif.

From the North - From the Santa Barbara area take Highway 101 to the Seaward Avenue exit, turn left on E. Harbor Blvd, turn left on So. Seaward, and travel about one mile. At Poli St (to the left) and Foothill Road (to the right) turn right and follow Foothill Road for approximately one mile. Turn left at 3451 Foothill Road up the hill into the parking lot of the Poinsettia Pavilion.

From the South - From Los Angeles take Highway 101 to the Seaward Ave. exit, turn right on Seaward and travel about one mile. At Poli St (to the left) and Foothill Road (to the right) turn right and follow Foothill Road for approximately one mile. Turn left at 3451 Foothill Road up the hill into the parking lot of the Poinsettia Pavilion.

For further information: Jim McNay, 805-585-8037. E-mail: jim.mcnay@brooks.edu