hat Blair Seitz did for fun as a boy is still his pleasure. In his
youth, Seitz shot plenty of film behind his home near the Yellow Breeches
Creek in York Co., Pennsylvania. Today, based in Millville, NJ, he continues
creating remarkable images with enjoyment.
Blair is the photographer of 21 books. Titles include Philadelphia
and
its Countryside, Pennsylvania Tapestry: Views from the Air,
Pennsylvania's Natural Beauty and Amish Ways. Seventeen of his books
were published by RB Books, a publishing firm he and Ruth Hoover Seitz
founded in 1991. Seven of his books compose the series,
Pennsylvania's Natural and Cultural Heritage.
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Show at Gallery 50, Bridgeton, NJ Feb 1-28. Info call 1-800-497-1427; Eight 12' wide murals installed at Geisinger Health Services, Danville, PA
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Blair leases his photographs from Blairseitz.com. His agencies in New York, London and Tokyo lease photographs
for editorial and promotional publications. Blair's photographs have
been published in leading magazines and newspapers in the North America,
Europe and Asia including Time, Newsweek, National Geographic Traveler,
Guardian and New York Times Sunday Magazine.
Blair maintains a stock file of photographs including the most
comprehensive imagery of landscapes, historic and cultural subjects of the
state of Pennsylvania available at one location. He adds regularly to his
file of 60,000 images. He has included South Jersey (southern New Jersey) in his regional coverage.
For nine years Seitz lived and worked in Kenya and the Philippines
traveling to many Asian and African countries to fulfill assignments for
Camera Press, London, the United Nations and many magazines.
Blair was awarded a fellowship grant from the Pennsylvania Council of
the
Arts as well as a silver medal in New York's International Film and TV
Festival for work on four Kenyan ethnic groups. His prints have been
exhibited by the World Exhibition of Photography and the Museum of Natural
History, New York.
Blair is owner of OnePlanet One World, a gallery of eco-art and fair trade crafts in Millville, NJ, where he now lives. He is a member of the Society of New Jersey Artists (SNJA).
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