John Miessner was born in Germany 1937, raised in the northwest part of the country. John was the middle of 5 children. His father was a naval officer during the World War II. His mother could care of the home, moving the children a couple times for safety. He would listen to the Führer Adolf Hitler on the radio two or three times a week. As a young boy he hoped his country would win the war and his father would come home. After the war he was located on the side that would later become West Germany.

Battleship IOWA is home to thousands of artifacts.  From the ship herself to a chair from NAGATO – the last Japanese battleship, from physical objects to digital images, all of these artifacts must be cataloged and stored.

Dave Way is the ship’s historian and curator. His job is find and present the collection. He is walking encyclopedias who can spout amazing episodes from the ship’s storied past at will. The USS Iowa is one of the largest, most imposing forces in naval history.  Originally commissioned to support land invasions (amphibious assaults) in WWII, this devastating behemoth was also a force to be reckoned with during the Korean War.  It was decommissioned in the 50’s. but then recommissioned in the 80’s during the Regan administration in support of his “600 ship” navy initiative.  Finally decommissioned in the 90’s, this floating fortress was turned into a museum, complete with tours!  I talked to curator David Way about the President Roosevelt almost getting hit by a torpedo, Victory the official canine mascot, and the mysterious Combat Engagement Center.

Dr. Ken Seligson is a anthropological archaeologist studying human-environment relationships in the northern Maya lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula. Specifically, his research has focused on understanding changing resource management practices related to the production of burnt lime in the hilly Puuc region of the Yucatan. Ken is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills. One of the things that he enjoys most about his research is bringing students to the field for hands-on learning opportunities and new cultural experiences.

Anthony Neste was born in Manhattan, NY. His mother would take him to board way shows and his father would take him to Yankess games. Later Anthony would go to college for photography. He spent over 25 years photographing for Sports Illustrated and later with HBO. He was the unit photographer for The Sopranos for two year. Making some fanatic portraits of the cast during that short time.
The last half of his career he started shooting fashion and glamor photography in Florida. www.anthonynestephtography.com 

Mike Orloff loves to surf, play music, play baseball and is a professional photographer. Mike went Santa Monica College and learned photography. His love of baseball was from his father who played the game till late in his life. Mike passed along his love for baseball to his sons Ben and Matt. Mike had a great studio in LA where he shot food, motor bikes and he did an ad for Nike. Now retired he attends his son's baseball games, both coach, one in high school and the other in college.

Stuart Born is the owner and CEO of Born Outdoor.

Stuart went to the United States Military Academy at West Point United States Military Academy and received a BS, Engineering ManagementBS, Engineering Management from 1984 - 1988. He spent 8 years as a Captain serving as a Field Artillery Captain, Field Artillery US Army. He went Ranger School, Airborne School, FAOBC, FAOAC Units. Stuart spent over 20 years in the medical field.

Born Outdoor was founded in 2017 out of the concept to build the highest quality and most comfortable gear for people like us who live for outdoor adventure. We have launched our company with the Badger Bed; a new take on the classic bedroll. www.bornoutdoor.com

Matt Kennedy is a motion picture stills photographer from California. Matt has worked on movies including Spiderman, No Way Home, Black Panther, Fast and Furious 8 as well as the new Obi Wan Kenobi series for Disney, Star Trek Picard and many more movies that you’ve probably seen. Matt has been nominated for several International Cinematographers Guild awards, In 2018, he was invited to join the prestigious Society of Motion Picture Still Photographers and some of his photographs from Black Panther are displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

After many twists and turns Matt made his way in the film industry in the mid 90's where he started his career as film loader learning from some of Hollywoods best camera crews. After working as a camera assistant for many years me made the jump to becoming a unit still photographer and hasn't looked back.

Matt is obsessed with creating. Whether chasing Mayan pyramids deep in the jungles of the Yucatán, or capturing a freezing autumn Colorado destination wedding. Over the last 15 years, Matt has recorded archaeological photography projects around the world, documented multiple Los Angeles Mayoral administrations, captured the struggle of Detroit emerging from bankruptcy, to working with Grammy-Award winning artists and Academy Award winning filmmakers. You can see his work in National Geographic and New York Times. Matt has worked as the University Photographer at Cal State University Fullerton for over 15 years.

Cristina Salvador Klenz new photo project is called INTERSECTIONS In Time. She makes images from her car. She only leaves to talk to the subjects. We talk about the project and then for a first time I go along on the shoot to see her work her magic.

Cristinaa photojournalist, freelance photographer, and Board Certified Behavior Analyst, graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism degree majoring in Photojournalism (1986). Cristina's documentary photography work on the Roma culture has been published worldwide in Aperture, Geo France, Interfacemagazine in Paris, and the textbook Photojournalism the Professional's Approach. She also received a National Endowment for the Arts/WESTAF grant for her work on the Roma culture. She was a grant finalist for the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Nikon Documentary Grant. Her Roma images are in the collection of The Romani Archives & Documentation Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Cristina's interest in psychology inspired her to purse an additional Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Cal State University Long Beach (2005) and a Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction/Applied Behavior Analysis from Arizona State Univeristy (2015). In 2020 she became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA).

She currently works as a behavior intervention assistant for Long Beach (CA) Unified School District.

Robert Beck was a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated for over 30 years. Raised in California, he played and photographed “alternative sports”  long before the term “X Games” was coined. The result of shooting outside the box has given Robert the platform to shoot even the biggest “American Games” in a slightly skewed manner with a very fresh eye. 1977 UCI history alumnus has been one of the nation’s premier sports photographers, a career he fell into almost accidentally while working as a middle school teacher and football coach. Robert borrowed his dad’s Canon AE-1 Program camera and started shooting high school sports, selling the prints to parents and students. Beck has shot 10 Super Bowls; a half-dozen Olympics; and countless games, matches and athletic achievements, such as Wayne Gretzky’s record-breaking 802nd hockey goal. He has also developed a reputation for compelling portraits. Using such props as Fruity Pebbles cereal, underwater furniture, Navy jets and a herd of sheep, he has coaxed intriguing poses out of everyone from skateboarder Tony Hawk and pitcher Madison Bumgarner to hurdler Lolo Jones and Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt.
www.robertbeckphotography.com

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