Creating Opportunities: Seeing What Is / Imagining
What Can Be
Program in Brief
When & Where
Registration
In difficult times, creative vision
is the key to economic survival.
With stories and award-winning images from photographing
National Geographic assignments, combat in Vietnam,
and global advertising campaigns, Dick shows you how
to focus your creative vision on the challenges you
face.
Friday, December 11, 2009
6 p.m. Social & Munchies
7 p.m. Program
Country Inns & Suites
3211 Wilson Drive Burlington, NC 27215
800-596-2375
Please RSVP with your name and category
to Margo
Pinkerton by Wednesday, December 9, so
we can plan for food, etc.
ASMP/NC is proud to present Dick
Durrance, II on "Creating Opportunities:
Seeing What Is / Imagining What Can Be" at
the Country Inns
& Suites in Burlington, NC.
Program
Winner of numerous awards, Dick Durrance was the keynote
speaker at the 2009 ASMP Bradshaw Leadership Conference
last February. He was very well received with his
anectodal delivery, sense of humor, and on-target
observations. As his program description reads:
In difficult times, creative vision is the key to
economic survival. With stories and award-winning
images from photographing National Geographic assignments,
combat in Vietnam, and global advertising campaigns,
Dick shows you how to focus your creative vision on
the challenges you face.
Dick ignites your passion for fresh ideas, reminding
you that creative vision does not just come from seeing
what is but from imagining what can be. He inspires
you to harness your gifts, develop your skills, and
build the teamwork you need to create fresh opportunities.
He will help to not only survive but flourish, fulfilling
your dreams for yourself, your family, and your community.
Presentation highlights
It doesn’t matter what your
gift is; what matters is what
you do with your gift.
Creativity without craftsmanship
is like a million times zero.
It equals zero.
If you reach out to other
people, you invite them to
reach back in return. In that
connection, you discover the
understanding and opportunities
that arise when you work freely
with the people around you.
Make that connection, and
magical things can happen.
By stretching your imagination,
you can see what is and imagine
what can be.
If you create opportunities
for your community, your organization
and yourself, you honor the
gift of life.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge
is limited, imagination reaches around the world.”
—Albert Einstein
Bio
Career Highlights
1967-1968 Combat Photographer,
Department of Army Special
Photographic Office (DASPO),
Vietnam.
1969-1976 Staff Photographer,
National Geographic Magazine
1976-1993 Advertising Photographer
creating global campaigns
1993-1996 Photographer and
Publisher creating posters
and note cards featuring the
National Parks
1996-2008 Golf Course Photographer
and photographer for book
“Golfer” (2000) and “The PGA
TOUR: A Look Behind The Scenes”
(2002)
2006-Present Keynote speaker,
including at ASMP's 2009 Bradshaw
Leadership Conference
Honors
1963 & 1964 All-American
skier
1968 Military Pictures of
the Year: 1st, 2nd, & 3rd. National
Press
Photographer’s
Association
1972 Magazine Photographer
of the Year
White House News Photographers
Association.
1987 Advertising Photographer
of the Year, American
Society
of
Media
Photographers.
1991 Presidential Medal for
Outstanding Leadership and
Achievement, Dartmouth
College
2005 & 2006 Golf Picture
of the Year: 1st Place, International
Network
of
Golf
files,
.