Al Satterwhite

About

Al Satterwhite came to his passion and drive for photography quite by accident . Sure that he would become an ace pilot and gunning for an Air Force Academy appointment , instead Satterwhite landed a high school job as a photographer intern at the St. Petersburg Times. All " Top Gun " dreams vanished as he fell in love with the imagery and subjects through his new lens in life . Majoring in Photojournalism at the University of Missouri, Satterwhite studied under the legendary Professor Cliff Edom . He participated in the renowned Missouri Photo workshop. Later he transferred to the University of Florida to continue his photographic studies . Satterwhite's photographic style was particularly influenced through his study of Harald Mante's " Photo Design " where he honed his sense of composition and the use of color in design . Fittingly , Satterwhite began his photographic career back at the St. Petersburg Times . After a year he was pegged to become the then Governor of Florida, Claude Kirk's, personal photographer . They remained friends until Kirk's death in 2011. After living out of a Learjet for the better part of a year and finding politics not challenging , Satterwhite quit to freelance as a magazine photographer represented by Camera Five for the next decade on assignment for most major magazines including Automobile, Car & Driver, Fortune , Geo , Life , Look , Money , Newsweek , People , Playboy , Sports Illustrated , Time , Travel and Leisure and others . Expanding his photographic horizons , Satterwhite moved to New York City in 1980 to launch his own production company for advertising . For the next 12 years he was known for his national and international advertising campaign work for clients such as American Express, Coca Cola, Dole, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, Johnson Outboards , Kent Inter- national , Molson , Nikon , Oldsmobile , Porsche , Polaroid , RJ Reynolds , Saab , Sony , Tuborg , Universal Studios and Westinghouse . In 1992 Satterwhite moved to L

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