Art Photographer, Clyde Okita
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Artist at Art Photographer, Clyde Okita (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Website Designer at Corporate Website Design (Self-employed)
- Retail Sales Manager at Camera Stores in Chicagoland
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design
- Connections
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- Industry
- Photography
- Websites
Clyde Okita’s Summary
I found work in a factory, in 1974, and bought my first camera, lenses, darkroom equipment, photo books and magazines. And saved enough for my first year of Art School at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design, starting in the fall of 1975.
I loved my Foundation Art and Design classes with Industrial Designer, Bill Becker and Abstract Expressionist Painter, Morris Barazani and Sculptor, Paul Zakoian. I found nourishment from black-and-white Photography 101 taught by Art Photographer, Esther Parada. I entered my personal color photography in a contest over winter break and won Nikon Photography Awards in the Design Category and Beauty Category in 1976.
Out of money for college, I returned thanks to the UIC Scholarship in Art Photography awarded for the calendar year 1977. I threw myself into classes in Architectural Photography, Studio Photography, and Independent Studies in Color Photography.
Suddenly, I developed glaucoma from a chronic disease known as ocular sarcoidosis. Due to the eye medications, I could not see in daylight without sunglasses. I could not see closer than two feet. I received the UIC Scholarship in Art Photography awarded for the calendar year 1978 before I threw away my eye medications, vowing to will myself back to good health.
Clyde Okita’s Specialties:
I'm enjoying reincarnation as an Art Photographer. Prints and posters can be purchased at AllPosters.com and Art.com.
Clyde Okita’s Experience
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Artist
Art Photographer, Clyde Okita (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Photography industry)
January 1975 — Present (33 years 7 months)
Feeding the visually starved. Since 1975.
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Website Designer
Corporate Website Design (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 1996 — December 1997 (2 years)
Core member of the freelance website design team that built out the United States Gypsum Corporation website ranked #11 among all Fortune 500 Websites, by the Wall Street Journal, in 1998.
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Retail Sales Manager
Camera Stores in Chicagoland
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Retail industry)
June 1979 — December 1982 (3 years 7 months)
Retail sales manager at General Camera (Devon and Western), General Camera (Irving and Cicero), Standard Photo (West), Lion Photo (Mail Order), and Lion Photo (Orland Park).
Clyde Okita’s Education
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University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Art and Design
Art Photography 1975 — 1978
Foundation Art and Design instruction by Industrial Designer, Bill Becker and Abstract Expressionist Painter, Morris Barazani and Sculptor, Paul Zakoian 1975-76. Photography 101 instruction by Art Photographer, Esther Parada 1976. Nikon Photography Awards (New York, New York) in the Design Category and Beauty Category 1976. UIC Scholarship in Art Photography 1977. Photography 102 instruction by Art Photographer, Joseph Jachna 1977. Architectural Photography 1977. Studio Photography 1977. Independent Studies in Color Photography 1977. UIC Scholarship in Art Photography 1978. Glaucoma from ocular sarcoidosis 1978.
Additional Information
Clyde Okita’s Websites:
Clyde Okita’s Honors:
SoftQuad Website Design Award (Toronto, Canada) "Clyde Okita Photography Portfolio" website named a Top Ten Homepage, out of five hundred entrants, for "the essence of simplicity and elegance in design" 1997.
University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Scholarship in Art Photography 1977 and 1978.
Nikon Photography Awards (New York, New York) in the Design Category and Beauty Category 1976.
Clyde Okita’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
