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Henry Domke's Bio:
When he finished high school Domke had planned to get a degree in art. By the time he began college, though, he decided to become a physician instead. Art was set-aside until seven years later, when he took time off to study overseas and work with physicians in New Zealand, New Guinea, Kenya and Denmark.
A close friend studying photojournalism insisted that he buy a good, basic camera and learn to take decent photos to document the trip. As a result, the camera became his medium of choice for the next decade.
Then Adobe Photoshop arrived. At a conference in the late 1980s, he was amazed by the power of digital tools and began to read every training manual he could find on the subject. The only problem was that most people were more interested in the technology than the art. He couldn't find anyone doing digital art who wanted to discuss classic concepts of aesthetics, composition and balance.
So he called on his former high school teacher, artist Chris Clapp, and asked for contacts. At the same time, he used the Internet to find established artists who could act as mentors. As a result, he began Internet "classes" with artists Annette Weintraub and William Hawk. Eventually this led to his enrolling in Graduate School in Fine Art at the University of Missouri-Columbia where he studed for 4 years.
The same Photojournalist that got him going in the darkroom 30 years ago introduced him to digital caputure with the Nikon D1x SLR in 2001 and it has re-invigorated his work.
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