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Artist: Jennifer Chalklen ; Image: Viveash Photography Singapore-based, New Zealand born Jennifer Chalklen is a contemporary realist artist who is mostly self-taught. Her works are a journey into whimsy, delicate and beautiful, reflective and poignant. Jennifer developed a strong interest in realistic portraiture during her five years of living in Jakarta, Indonesia. Despite the chaos and abject poverty, Jennifer observed a quiet pulse of connectedness through acts of kindness, cultural nuances and the Islamic religious practices, which acted as an antidote to the disorder of the city, and an identity of togetherness within diversity. Her works display symbolism and imagery which act as a conjoint to invisible concepts that contain reflections of beauty, and act as visual explanations that are relatable across communication barriers. This is what it looks like when grit meets creation… As a self-taught artist, what made you choose the cool contemporary genre to ...

When it comes to producing a film or television show, Esther Dere is responsible for anything and everything. As a celebrated executive producer, Dere oversees the work of producers and assistant producers to ensure a project is completed on time, within budget and maintains an artistic vision. Her day to day involves developing a simple idea to the point where it becomes the thing one sees on the big or small screen. That could involve figuring out what they are going to shoot, where they are going to shoot and how they are going to shoot it, as well as finding talent, booking talent, shaping the story, putting out fires, and dealing with logistics. Producing is a job that involves wearing many different hats, and that is just why Dere enjoys what she does so much. “I love that no two days are the same, with all the different people I get to meet and the places I get to go. I feel so lucky to be able to do this every day,” she said. It wasn’t as much luck as it was Dere’s...

A good movie doesn’t just tell a good story. It transports audiences out of their seats and into a different world, travelling through time, worlds, and dimensions and immersing viewers in a captivating and cathartic experience for a couple of hours. Doing so, however, is an all-encompassing task, taking the work of several visionaries to create something special. The visual aspect of a film is fifty percent of the experience, and a cinematographer need to be an artist as well as a technician. China’s Feixue Tang knows this better than most. Tang is an in-demand cinematographer in her home country of China and abroad, best known for her work on award-winning films like Here & Beyond, Who We Are, and The Elephant in the Room . She has an unparalleled passion for her craft, and a way of knowing just how to visually tell a story. Tang has a knack for the documentary genre, which audiences around the world can see in her film Lumpkin, GA . Documenting the stories of a fad...

An executive may have hit the pinnacle of his career but may not have yet exhausted his excite-ment for his work. Michael Luisi has been a high-level executive for several huge organizations in the entertainment industry. To most people, these companies are household names, The Walt Disney Company, WWE or Worldwide Wrestling Entertainment, and Miramax Films. After reach-ing the pinnacle of success, the natural process would be to either retire or start your own busi-ness, in a massively competitive industry. . In 2018 Michael Luisi took on the challenge and opened his own production business. In the in-credibly short time that he began the business, he is in production of 3 different projects that are due to be released in 2020. In the meantime, he continues to research new projects, build rela-tionships, and make new contacts and connections. Luisi is a native New Yorker. He majored in Law at New York University, while he minored in film. After graduation, he worked as an a...

The intersection of a Venn diagram is where the commonality is found of the different subsets. This is the connection in which the different parts relate. This is an appropriate metaphor for the work of editor Xiaoyao Shen (aka Andy Shen) on Outdooring . Director Maxwell Addae was fully aware that the film was relatable to a portion of the general public but he needed it to be also accessible to those who had no direct connection with the characters depicted in the story. Still, Addae was convinced that the proper editor would be able to grant insight from a perspective that was unfamiliar with the circumstances of the main character Kobby and those around him. After seeing Andy’s work on Armistice which clarified complex characters and arcs, the director was convinced that he’d found the ideal editor in Shen. This decision is vetted by Outdooring ’s win for Best Drama Short as well as a nomination for Shen’s editing (both for the International Film Awards) as well as a nomination at...

After a career as a project management consultant, Lee Sahlaney, Owner and Founder of Lee Sahlaney Wellness & Pilates , transformed her life to follow her dream. She prepared well to be able to follow her passion. Lee Sahlaney attended Pilates Instructor Training programs at the Balanced Body University, and takes continuing education and training in rehabilitation protocols. Lee Sahlaney is a Certified Medical Reiki Master Practitioner, specializing in women’s health. Her continued education has finely tuned her ability to correct the imbalance in other people's bodies and allow clients to work from a much deeper place. Lee Sahlaney's mission is to help the individual to unlock their body's highest potential. She serves individuals in Pilates studios in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also provides private Pilates sessions at her clients' homes and workplaces. Lee Sahlaney also provides Medical Reiki therapy for women undergoing fertility treatments to become ...

Growing up in Beirut, Lebanon, Rawan Ghaly always loved languages. As a child, she was raised speaking Arabic, but with the school system in Lebanon being French, she had to learn a second language at only five-years-old. She was always first in her class, excelling at speaking multiple languages, even learning English for herself in the fourth grade, making herself trilingual by the mere age of 10. When she was only thirteen, she created a hobby of listening to Arabic songs and rendering their lyrics into English and French. She loved the act of translating the words, making the songs sound beautiful in all three languages. It was at that young age where her passion for translation was born. Now, Ghaly is a celebrated translator and doctor of translation studies in Lebanon and abroad. She speaks regularly at conferences about her research, generating a lot of discussion about her vast professional and academic work. She has travelled the world doing what she loves, immersing ...

The son of an obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Song has been surrounded by the industry his entire life. Prior to earning his Ph.D. in specialized endocrinology, Dr. Joon Song served as an attending physician for ten years after earning his medical degree in South Korea. After serving as one of the physicians at the National Medical Center in Seoul and completing his military service as a medical doctor for the South Korean military, Dr. Song entered a fellowship program for reproductive biology at Yale University to expand upon his medical knowledge. Dr. Song is a highly respected robotic myomectomy surgeon, having successfully completed over 2000 laparoscopic surgical cases in his 27-year career. A highly experienced gynecologist, Dr. Song looks to find new innovations for improving patient care via technology. In 2012, Dr. Joon Song founded his own private practice in New York City, Robotic Gynecology & Women’s Health. At his practice, Dr. Song performs a wide range of p...

As an industry-leading Editorial and Marketing Designer with Deadline Hollywood , Otavio Rabelo works with typography, colors, images and other design elements to create unique graphic layouts that are printed or used digitally. He designs conceptual layouts to all sections of a magazine using all the mentioned elements on computer software, and he is responsible for checking and sending final files to printers and making sure that everything is going to be printed correctly. It is a pivotal role in the success of each issue of a magazine he touches, and he knows this well. He remains dedicated to his craft at all times, a true perfectionist. “Publications are always trending around the most well-known people in all fields. People love to read about who is on top of the world. I work creating printed and digital content to announce nominees and winners. It’s fun to get to know before everybody else what the editorial team is thinking,” said Rabelo. Prior to his work with...

To be a world-renowned leader in your profession, you have to train with the best in your industry, such as Dr. Robert A. Jason, Medical Director of Laser Vaginal Rejuvenation Institute of New York and the Center for Sexual Medicine. He has been board certified since 1989 and has recertified every year since. He is certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the American Institute of Ultrasound and Medicine. Dr. Jason was born on Long Island in New York. He went to Franklin & Marshal College for his undergraduate studies then to New York Medical College. He had his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. After completing his residency, he launched The Great Neck Women's Medical Care Facility. The First Woman’s Imaging Center on Long Island for high-risk pregnancy testing, obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound and comprehensive breast evaluation using mammography, ultrasound needle biopsy and genetic testing. ...

Art forms are pushed forward by those who break from tradition. Individuals who constantly seek to place themselves in challenging and uncomfortable scenarios are the same ones whom lay the foundation for the next iteration of said artform. While it’s not often financially lucrative (what artistic innovation is ever met with support in the beginning stages?) it can meet overwhelming critical praise. When Director Cassiano Prado asked editor Fernanda Cardoso to work on a remarkably unusual new film project, it was with the confidence that the editor was herself an innovator. The resulting series Coma for Getty Images, is truly like nothing you have ever seen; particularly because it is a film which was manifested without filming its own scenes that related to the storyline. This already sounds a bit confusing. Coma won the Silver Lion award for Film at Cannes (2019) and the Gold award for editing in the Clube de Criação Brazilian ad festival. Perhaps never before has the work of an ...

Seth Whitmer has been serving communities as a healthcare administrator for many years. He was born in Arizona and raised in Utah. He began working at the age of 14 when his father passed away. He was obliged to assist in supporting his six brothers and sisters. He was hired at a fencing business where he worked until he graduated from high school. Seth had many hours unaccompanied while he worked keeping the fencing yard property clean and tidy. He had time to explore his values and his future. He concluded that home, family, church, and community were the things that he valued unconditionally. Seth Whitmer earned his bachelor's degree in health administration from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. After graduating with his bachelor's degree, Seth Whitmer began his career in the healthcare industry working in long-term care. During his time within the long-term care industry he was mentored by hospital CEO who had encouraged him to earn his master's degree....