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Summer 2011 RoadTrip Webzine Online

Alex Wilson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:21:30 +0000

I’ve finished the summer 2011 edition of my self published web magazine, RoadTrip. This issue contains photos from Ocean City, MD, the Outer Banks of NC, Pittsburgh, PA and several other places I explored over the summer months.

RoadTrip is hosted on Issuu.com, a .pdf hosting site that incorporates a .pdf viewer that allows people to browse the content by flipping the pages of magazine-like spreads that can be built in layout software like Adobe InDesign. This platform allows me to combine 3 things that I love: photography, layout/design and somewhat useless facts about places I’ve been.

Visit RoadTrip Summer 2011

To see other self published projects visit: http://www.alexwilsonmedia.com/photography/projects.html

Photo Shoot for Humana Active Outlook Magazine

Alex Wilson — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:48:17 +0000

I few months ago I photographed a cover story for Humana Active Outlook magazine. The story was about the healthy lifestyle of Larry Cheever of Webster Springs, WV. The challenge was to make photos of an abstract concept of healthy living. One of the focuses of the article was that Mr. Cheever was an avid gardener and vegitartian. He gets a lot of his vegtables and produce from a large garden he grows and maintains, so I was able to make some nice photos of him working the soil and harvesting his produce. I also discovered that he liked to hike, chop wood and do yard work, giving me a lot of options to get him in action.

WVU IMC Student Profile: Claire Berlin

Alex Wilson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:17:06 +0000

Back in the fall 2011 I traveled to Baltimore, MD to shot this video of WVU IMC student Claire Berlin, the PR & Publications Coordinator for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. This video is just one of our student profiles seen at http://imc.wvu.edu/community/imc_profiles .

IMC Student Profile video in Arlington, VA

Alex Wilson — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:15:16 +0000

Back in the fall I traveled to Arlington, VA to shot this video of WVU IMC student Kyle Scriven, a social media manager in the Washington, DC area. This video is just one of our student profiles seen at http://imc.wvu.edu/community/imc_profiles .

CNN Worldwide’s vice president and managing editor Mark Whitaker at WVU

Alex Wilson — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:50:51 +0000

I recently photographed CNN Worldwide’s vice president and managing editor Mark Whitaker during a lecture he presented to students of the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism. Whitaker, who started his career at Newsweek Magazine in the 1970′s, spoke about the change that has taken place in Journalism in the last 20 years.

The entire lecture is archived here:

MaryAnne Golon Speaks to Journalism Students

Alex Wilson — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:27:26 +0000

On Nov. 7, 2011, former director of photography at TIME magazine MaryAnne Golon spoke to students at the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism on the current state of visual journalism.

Golon is currently the consulting director of photography and multimedia for AARP. In her work with AARP she provides direction on design and multimedia production. Her multimedia work helps the non-profit raise awareness in issues like elderly hunger. Here are two pieces that Golon presented during her talk:

Hungry in America: A Harvest Out of Reach
http://bcove.me/wm5get1h

Hungry in America: A Little Goes a Long Way
http://bcove.me/cb11pquh

Here are some photos I took of the event:

WVU IMC Student Profile Video

Alex Wilson — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:32:58 +0000

I recently traveled to Cleveland, OH to do profile videos of students and graduates of the WVU IMC program. Here is a story about a current IMC student, Lisa Sands, the marketing team leader at the Whole Foods Market in University Heights, OH.

WVU SOJ Visiting Committee

Alex Wilson — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:04:01 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to photograph the WVU P.I. Reed School of Journalism’ s Visiting Committee fall meeting in Martin Hall at WVU’s downtown campus in Morgantown, WV.

The Visiting Committee is a group professionals and alumni who serve in an advisory capacity to the School of Journalism.

Ryan and Megan at the Outer Banks

Alex Wilson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:07:47 +0000

While at the Outer Banks in August I did a brief engagement session for Ryan Warner and Megan Aftanas. It was brief because I had fresh crab cakes at home waiting on me. Priorities.

Here is the full gallery

New York City following 9/11 – Photos by Alex Wilson

Alex Wilson — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:27:20 +0000

On Sept. 11, 2001 I was in grad school at Syracuse University and a few days later went down to the city to photograph what I saw…I thought I would gather up a few of those photos and make a little collection for the anniversary.

Follow this link to view the photos:

http://issuu.com/alexwphoto/docs/9-11-2001