ALVIS UPITIS
Photographer

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Alvis Upitis is the photographer of seven children’s books. He has worked for many years as a commercial photographer, with images published in Car&Driver, Newsweek, Time, Fortune, Money, National Geographic and more. He was Founding President of the Minneapolis Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). He worked for Eastman Kodak on research and development of experimental color films. Mr. Upitis was an associate professor and senior photography instructor at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for nine years, teaching all phases of color and black-and-white photography as applied to design, fine arts and journalism. He has traveled and photographed extensively throughout the fifty United States, as well as in Asia, the British Isles, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Far East, and South America. Based in Minneapolis for thirty years, Mr. Upitis now lives on the Big Island of Hawaii. He shoots throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Rim.

Publications:

Cows, Cats, and Kids: A Veterinarian's Family at Work
by Jean Patrick - Boyds Mills Press, 2003

Wild Horses: Black Hills Sanctuary
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 2003

Amazing Grazing
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 2002

Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 1999

Horsepower: The Wonder of Draft Horses
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 1997

Harvest Year
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 1996

Extra Cheese, Please! Mozzarella's Journey from Cow to Pizza
by Cris Peterson - Boyds Mills Press, 1994