From the Boardroom to the Darkroom - My journey to becoming a Pro Travel Photographer by Steve Golden, '06 (AXP-5)
Event Details
Sitting in his managing director's office in 2009, Steve Golden received a phone call from Lonely Planet that would set him on a road less travelled, changing his career and life forever. Today he is a professional travel photographer and entrepreneur. This talk will take place in the informal space of Steve's home gallery in Chinatown. Following an enthusiastic story about following one's passion and making a living doing so will be a hands discussion about how to take better photographs.
Speaker Profiles
Steven Golden, '06 (AXP-5) (Speaker)
Steve Golden is a publisher, entrepreneur, writer and photographer. Arriving in Tokyo with $200, he has now been in Asia for 25 years. His first career was in publishing, where we worked with Cambridge University Press and then SAGE Publications as the founder of their Asia-Pacific operation. Steve now runs a photography gallery in Singapore, and is a founding member of The Image Review with The Society of National Geographic Photographers. He has also teamed up with famed photographer Michael Yamashita and Lonely Planet author Nick Ray on a series of photography workshops in Cambodia and Laos. Steve is a graduate of Chicago-Booth and lives in Singapore. His work can be seen online >