Courtney Milne photographer of nature, landscapes, mountains

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Courtney Milne was born in 1943 in Saskatoon, Canada, and has been a freelance photographer since 1975, concentrating on landscape and nature. As well as formal training in photography, his academic background includes two master's degrees -- in psychology, and in journalism & mass communication. He has written more than 180 illustrated articles for photographic magazines and produced three popular books of photography of the Canadian Prairies: Prairie Light, Prairie Dreams and Prairie Skies. He has conducted workshops, seminars, and worldwide photographic tours, and presented more than 200 public performances of his multimedia shows.

To date, Courtney Milne has made more than 350,000 exposures, photographing in thirty-five countries and on all seven continents. Much of this work is part of his current project, a series of books called The Sacred Earth Collection. In 1988-89, Courtney Milne and his partner, Sherrill Miller, completed a 10-month global photographic expedition, returning with more than 60,000 images of some of the world's most exotic landscapes. In the fall of 1991 Courtney and Sherrill continued their pilgrimage -- this time across Canada -- with a 20-city tour to promote The Sacred Earth, the first volume of the series, along with Sherrill's companion volume, The Pilgrim's Guide to The Sacred Earth. The second volume of the collection, Spirit of the Land was released in 1994, (U.S. version, Sacred Places in North America, in 1995). Visions of the Goddess, a portrayal of the sacred feminine in the landscape, co-authored by Sherrill and Courtney, was published in 1998. Milne's latest book, W.O. Mitchell Country, released in 1999, was short-listed for the Roloff Beny Photography Award, to be announced in May, 2000.

Courtney Milne's extensive slide library is the basis for international presentations such as UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (1990), Waterscapes International Congress (1991), and the United Nations travelling exhibit, To Care for the Earth (1992). The 1991 Canadian tour of The Sacred Earth Concert, a multimedia presentation, raised money for local environmental projects and for the Endangered Spaces Campaign of Worldwide Fund For Nature (WWF), Canada. Showcased at the United Nations "Earth Summit" in Rio de Janiero in June 1992 and the followup Eco-Ed World Congress, the Concert is also featured on Cunard Cruise Lines and multiple international locations. On Earth Day 1993, Milne's 54-print Sacred Earth Exhibition opened for five months at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, with subsequent displays at the Canadian Embassies in Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, Japan.

In 1993 Milne was awarded the Gold Medal for Distinction in Canadian Photography, by the National Association for Photographic Art. Milne was selected to the 1995 jury for the International Photography Competition sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program, in Tokyo, Japan, where he presented The Sacred Earth Concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Photography. More than 25 sets of Milne's Limited Edition prints have been donated to galleries and museums across Canada. In 1997, Love Songs From Planet Earth, a live collaboration of Milne's large screen images with flutist Bettine Clemen was premiered onstage with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra. In 1998, a new multimedia show, Visions of the Goddess Concert -- narrated by Sherrill and Courtney, with the music of Ann Mortifee -- was toured across Canada, and featured at the Feng Shui International Conference in Monterey, California, in May 1999. For complete Professional Resume, see Website @ www.courtneymilne.com

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Courtney Milne
Saskatoon, Sask
E-mail: info@courtneymilne.com Web: www.courtneymilne.com

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