• Cynthia Hunter Photography, advertising and editorial clients, published work, 1990 to present: Federal Emergency Management Agency appointment, Featherlite Trailers, Anheuser Busch, Purina Mills, Wrangler, Bridgestone/Firestone, CBS News, MSNBC, Newsweek, Men’s Journal, Travel & Leisure, Outside Magazine, Sunset Magazine, USA Today, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Reuters. Published in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas.

• Purina Mills, Inc., advertising campaign photographer, 2000-2001. Photographed advertising campaign for equine products and developed company archive.

• Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, chief photographer, Steamboat Springs, CO, 1994-2000.

• Responsible for photographing advertising campaigns, news coverage, stock and editorial imagery, including world cups and celebrity portraits of international and U.S. Olympians including Johnny Moseley, Billy Kidd, Nelson Carmichael, and Lance Armstrong. Regular contributor to The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.

• Idaho Gubernatorial candidate Larry Echohawk, campaign photographer, Boise, ID, 1994. Documented candidate’s race to become the first Native American governor.

• Sunset Magazine, editor, travel department, Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA, 1988-1992. Developed and directed travel feature stories for Sunset’s Southern California and Pacific Northwest bureaus including Mexico and Western Canada. Wrote monthly travel pieces and art directed photo shoots.

• The Orange County Register, features writer, Santa Ana, CA, 1987. Wrote feature articles for large Southern California daily newspaper. Assignments included writing on tour with Madonna.

• CNN, assignment desk, Los Angeles, CA, 1986. Worked on video shoots and assignment desk.

• The Ontario Daily Report, Ontario, CA, 1985-1986. Wrote feature stories including stories in Mexico.

• The Boston Herald and Asahi Evening News, foreign correspondent, Osaka, Japan, 1984-1985. Wrote international business stories for both newspapers.

EDUCATION:

• Columbia University, Masters of Science, Journalism, New York, NY, 1987.
• Trinity College, Bachelors degree, Economics, Hartford, CT, 1984.
• Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, economics, 1982.
• London School of Economics faculty program, London, England, 1982.
• Colorado Mountain College, A.A. photography, Carbondale, CO, 2002.

AWARDS:

• Associated Press feature writing award
• Society of American Travel Writers photographic awards
• Member: ASMP, SATW, and Phi Theta Kappa Society, scholastic honor society
• Specialties: Location, environmental portraiture, and equine photography. Photographed The Kentucky Derby 1997 to present for Agence France-Presse and   for the Budweiser Clydesdales calendar.