Doll will speak at Betty Strong Center
Posted: Wednesday, December 05, 2007
SIOUX CITY -- The Rev. Don Doll, an award-winning photographer, will be one of three featured speakers Saturday and Sunday at the Betty Strong Encounter Center on the Missouri Riverfront.
Doll will speak at 1 p.m. Saturday about his work as a photojournalist, particularly his love for portrait photography and the role of photography at the Encounter Center.
Agri-photographer Greg Latza will discuss "Cornscape," the Encounter Center's opening gallery show, and his work in agricultural photography at 2 p.m. Saturday. Latza traveled the roads of Siouxland and beyond for images of corn.
The show honors the area's agricultural heritage and corn's contribution to daily life as a food staple, an ingredient in thousands of products and a symbol of life for many cultures.
Tim Cowman, the Center's Missouri River consultant, will present "Natural Features Along the Missouri National Recreational River," at 2 p.m. Sunday. Cowman is director of the Missouri River Institute at University of South Dakota.
All three presentations will be in the Encounter Center's Stanley Evans Auditorium. Admission will be free.
Seventeen new portraits of St. Augustine Indian Mission students photographed by Doll will be on exhibition in the Encounter Center. Twenty-five Doll portraits of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church members are on display in the adjoining Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center as part of "Aegean Encounters on the Missouri."
"Photographs reveal cultures and help other people see those cultures," says Doll who is the center's photo consultant. "When you make these pictures larger than life, it says, 'These people are special. We treasure them.'"
A professor of photojournalism, Doll holds the Charles and Mary Heider Endowed Jesuit Chair at Creighton University. His photographs have been featured in National Geographic magazine and a number of "Day in the Life" books, including America, California, Italy, Ireland, Passage to Vietnam and Christmas in America.
He has received the Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism in recognition of his work with Native people and the Nikon "World Understanding through Photography" Award. His work has been published in "Crying for a Vision" (Morgan and Morgan Publishers) and "Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation" (Crown Publishers). He appears in the "Vision Quest" CD-ROM and "Don Doll's Vision Quest," a Nebraska Education Television Production.
Doll has photographed the work of Jesuits assisting Tsunami victims in India and Sri Lanka and the educational work of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Uganda and Southern Sudan. He was named 2006 Nebraska Artist of the Year by the Nebraska Arts Council.
Latza began his career as a photojournalist, working first at the Milwaukee Journal, then at the Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin; Salina (Kan.) Journal; and Sioux Falls Argus Leader. As a freelance photographer, he works on assignment for various agricultural publications and regional and national advertising clients. He and his wife, Jodi, have published seven photography books on varied South Dakota themes.
The Encounter Center's "River Connection" is a 60-foot-long exhibit filled with aerial images, photographs and graphics illuminating the Missouri River, from Yankton, S.D., through Sioux City and on to the Omaha area. Wildlife and geologic features figure into the story that seeks to stir interest in the river as a conduit for encounters, both natural and social.
Cowman is involved in the implementation of geographic information systems in South Dakota state government and assists local governments with GIS projects.
Drop-in children's activities with Katie Helling will celebrate Siouxland's agricultural heritage from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission and all materials will be free.
The Betty Strong Encounter Center is located on Sioux City's Missouri Riverfront, at exit 149 in Interstate 29. The grand opening is at 1 p.m. Friday. Regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday. For more information, visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call (712)-224-5242.
Doll will speak at 1 p.m. Saturday about his work as a photojournalist, particularly his love for portrait photography and the role of photography at the Encounter Center.
Agri-photographer Greg Latza will discuss "Cornscape," the Encounter Center's opening gallery show, and his work in agricultural photography at 2 p.m. Saturday. Latza traveled the roads of Siouxland and beyond for images of corn.
The show honors the area's agricultural heritage and corn's contribution to daily life as a food staple, an ingredient in thousands of products and a symbol of life for many cultures.
Tim Cowman, the Center's Missouri River consultant, will present "Natural Features Along the Missouri National Recreational River," at 2 p.m. Sunday. Cowman is director of the Missouri River Institute at University of South Dakota.
All three presentations will be in the Encounter Center's Stanley Evans Auditorium. Admission will be free.
Seventeen new portraits of St. Augustine Indian Mission students photographed by Doll will be on exhibition in the Encounter Center. Twenty-five Doll portraits of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church members are on display in the adjoining Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center as part of "Aegean Encounters on the Missouri."
"Photographs reveal cultures and help other people see those cultures," says Doll who is the center's photo consultant. "When you make these pictures larger than life, it says, 'These people are special. We treasure them.'"
A professor of photojournalism, Doll holds the Charles and Mary Heider Endowed Jesuit Chair at Creighton University. His photographs have been featured in National Geographic magazine and a number of "Day in the Life" books, including America, California, Italy, Ireland, Passage to Vietnam and Christmas in America.
He has received the Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism in recognition of his work with Native people and the Nikon "World Understanding through Photography" Award. His work has been published in "Crying for a Vision" (Morgan and Morgan Publishers) and "Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation" (Crown Publishers). He appears in the "Vision Quest" CD-ROM and "Don Doll's Vision Quest," a Nebraska Education Television Production.
Doll has photographed the work of Jesuits assisting Tsunami victims in India and Sri Lanka and the educational work of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Uganda and Southern Sudan. He was named 2006 Nebraska Artist of the Year by the Nebraska Arts Council.
Latza began his career as a photojournalist, working first at the Milwaukee Journal, then at the Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin; Salina (Kan.) Journal; and Sioux Falls Argus Leader. As a freelance photographer, he works on assignment for various agricultural publications and regional and national advertising clients. He and his wife, Jodi, have published seven photography books on varied South Dakota themes.
The Encounter Center's "River Connection" is a 60-foot-long exhibit filled with aerial images, photographs and graphics illuminating the Missouri River, from Yankton, S.D., through Sioux City and on to the Omaha area. Wildlife and geologic features figure into the story that seeks to stir interest in the river as a conduit for encounters, both natural and social.
Cowman is involved in the implementation of geographic information systems in South Dakota state government and assists local governments with GIS projects.
Drop-in children's activities with Katie Helling will celebrate Siouxland's agricultural heritage from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission and all materials will be free.
The Betty Strong Encounter Center is located on Sioux City's Missouri Riverfront, at exit 149 in Interstate 29. The grand opening is at 1 p.m. Friday. Regular hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday. For more information, visit www.siouxcitylcic.com or call (712)-224-5242.
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