As we announced earlier this month in a Daily Bytes blog post, Shalee Cooper has stepped down as the 15 Bytes Image Editor; and now we are pleased to announce that Simon Blundell has agreed to continue building on her strong work.
But for a six-month sabbatical in 2010, Shalee had been our Image Editor since September 2009, helping to transform the magazine into a visual powerhouse by collaborating with our fine group of talented volunteer photographers. Since February of 2010, Simon has been one of those photographers, and he joins our editorial team having already done his fair share to imprint our publication on the retinas of our readers (most recently with the J. Kirk Richards article in the October 2012 edition, and the Jane’s Home article on page 5 of this edition).
Blundell is a Salt Lake native and has studied art, communication, journalism, design, and advertising. These filtered through the lens of photography, earned him a communication degree in photographic communication. After working with advertising and editorial clients, he returned to school where he earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA). Simon continues to explore photography and art in all its aspects. He has taught photography both at Utah Valley University and the University of Utah, and is excited to work with our group of photographers to expand their skills and continue putting the “art” into Utah’s Art Magazine.
If you are a photographer interested in working with our magazine, you can contact Simon at images@artistsofutah.org. You can view his artwork at simonfoto.com.
While Shalee is too busy pursuing other professional possibilities to continue as our Image Editor, you’ll still find her work in our pages (including this edition — see page 2). And you can stop in and say hello to her at Alpine Art in Salt Lake, where she is the gallery director.
UTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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