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Introduction | Personal BIOS | Bibliography | Cinema Greek | Language | History | Guides Introduction
"The light was extraordinary! All things shifted into greater clarity." To paraphrase Henry Miller in his Colossus of Maroussi, no ugliness could exist in light such as this, only degrees of beauty. With that first step, Glenn began a journey of study and insight that has taken him to study with Dr. Maria Kotzamanidou of the University of California Berkeley and to San Francisco State University, to focus on the modern and ancient Greek language, their literature, history, movies, art and philosophy. "The academic experience can carry you only so far. As Plato said in his Dialogues, one must make a choice whether to look at the shadows of the fire, dancing on the cave's wall, or to look directly at the fire itself." Glenn travels the islands two months a year in search of enlightenment: writing, exploring, teaching and photographing.
Glenn is the Co-President of the American Society of Media Photographer-ASMP/NorCal, the Society for Photographic Education-SPE, and National Association of Photoshop Professionals-NAPP.
Personal BIOSAfter completing his English degree at Willamette University, Glenn transferred to the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography in 1970, to better master the technical, scientific demands of the photography business.
Glenn's epiphany struck during Ansel Adams' "Nude and the Landscape" workshop in the early 70's. He studied the Zone System with Wynn Bullock and Imogen Cunningham. His life was changed. The synergy of technique and art and expression could be achieved without the selling of one's soul. For Glenn, the die had been cast. The second Ansel Adams' workshop in 1975 brought further revelation, while studying with international masters: Eikoh Hosoe from Japan, and Lucien Clergue of France. Inspired, he pulled up stakes and moved immediately to San Francisco.Glenn continued his studies at the San Francisco Art Institute working with Aaron Siskind, Ruth Bernhard, Oliver Gagliani, and Pirkle Jones (Ansel Adams' first assistant).
"We had to do it right the first time. Within this discipline, there was no margin for error. Everything had to be placed well and lit perfectly. In retrospect, it was in this way using analog technology that Rose, my assistants and I pre-staged the 'look' and the 'feel' of Photoshop by fifteen years." "The digital revolution has transformed photography in terms of its immediacy and flexibility. Digital cameras continue to progress on the quality level. I believe that digital has now surpassed the look and feel of traditional photography." After thousands of successful analog and digital projects, Glenn and Rose bring their combined experience and interdisciplinary teaching philosophy to Greek Island Workshops.
BibliographyI've included a partial bibliography of Greek reading that I have studied and enjoyed for your reading pleasure. The Iliad, Homer (translated by Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox) The Odyssey, Homer (translated by Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox) Santorini, Dr Walter Friedrich The Girl with the Golden Eyes, Stratis Myrivilis The Mermaid Madonna, Stratis Myrivilis Life in the Tomb, Stratis Myrivilis Tales From a Greek Island, Papadiamantis Zorba The Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis Love and Freedom, Nikos Kazantzakis The Odyssey, Nikos Kazantzakis Christ Recrucified, Nikos Kazantzakis Odysseus Unbound, Nikos Kazantzakis The Colossus of Maroussi, Henry Miller Reinventing Paradise, Edmund Keeley The Songs of Kings, Barry Unsworth The Greeks Have a Word for It, Barry Unsworth Pascali's Island, Barry Unsworth Crete, Barry Unsworth Dinner With Persephone, Patricia Storace Sailing The Wine Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill Fire In The Sea, Walter Friedrich Voyage To Atlantis, James W. Mavor Greek Waters Pilot, Heikell Eleni, Nicholas Gage Portrait of Greece, Nicholas Gage The Greek Islands, Lawrence Durrell The Alexandria Quartet, Lawrence Durrell Bitter Lemons, Lawrence Durrell My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides Collected Poems, C. P. Cavafy Greek Poetry Translations, M. Byron Raizis Xenos, David A. Ross A Winter Garden, David A. Ross Two Thrillers: What Did The Blackbird Hear? & Replay, Giorgos Maniotis Kalamas and Acheron, Christoforos Milionis The Old Curiosity Shop, Costoula Mitropoulou The Magus, John Fowles Joanna and Ulysses, May Sarton The Cretan Runner, George Psychoundakis The Greek-O-File, a compendium of writings about Greece, Sylvia & Terry Cook The Olive Grove, Katherine Kizilos Dancing Girl, Thordis Simonsen The Jason Voyage, Tim Severin We Followed Odysseus, Hal Roth The Counter-Tenor's Daughter, Elizabeth Falconer A Lone Red Apple, Aurelia Bitter Sea, Faith Warn The Xania Town News, Douglas Bullis The Athenian Murders, Jose Carlos Somoza Death in Cyprus, M. M. Kaye Aphrodite's Island, Andrew John Garcia A Journey to Crete, Popi Panagis A House in Corfu, Emma Tennant On A Greek Island, Fionnuala Brennan Still Life in Crete, Anthony Cox Separate Lives, Sara Hylton One Mykonos, James Davidson Patouchas, Ioannis Konkylakis The Priest Fainted, Catherine Davidson It's All Greek to Me, John Mole The Summer of my Greek Taverna, Tom Stone Greek Salad, Miles Lambert-Gocs
Cinema GreekZorba the Greek - Michael Kakogiannis A Touch of Spice - Tassos Boulmetis Z - Costa Gravas Amerika Amerika - Elia Kazan Stella - Michael Kakogiannis A Matter of Dignity - Michael Kakogiannis Elektra - Michael Kakogiannis Atillos - Michael Kakogiannis The Girl in Black - Michael Kakogiannis Iphigenia - Michael Kakogiannis Ulysses Gaze - Angelopoulos Eternity and a Day - Angelopoulos The Poor Devil (in Greek) - Thanassos Vengos The Drunkard (in Greek) - Macedonia - Manakia Shirley Valentine - Mamma Mia - Summer Lovers - Kleiser
LanguageTeach Yourself Greek, Aristarhos Matsukas Berlitz Greek Phrase Book & Dictionary Oxford Greek Minidictionary Pocket Oxford Greek Dictionary 600 Modern Greek Verbs, Carmen Capri-Karka
HistoryA Concise History of Greece, Clogg Greek Mythology, Sofia Souli
GuidesGreek Islands, Lonely Planet, written in part by my friend, Michael Clark The Greek Islands, Rough Guide Greek Island Hopping 2013 (etc), Freewin Poffley Greek Islands, Frommer's The Greek Islands, Eyewitness Greece, Let's Go Greece, National Geographic Traveler Off The Beaten Track: Greece, Geoffrey Brown Insight Pocket Guide: Athens, Elizabeth Boleman-Herring A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece, Richard Stoneman Greece, A Traveler's Literary Companion, Artemis Leontis |
