Skip Heine's RESUME
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
--Nominated for the Pulitzer Prize/News Photography, two years in a row, by the editors of The Miami Herald as well as other national awards for News Photography.
--Won national awards for eight
corporate annual reports.
--Won national awards for newspaper coverage of riots,
education, and news features.
-- Has covered over 100 NFL football games, three Super bowls, dozens of NHL hockey games, major league baseball games, as well as pro basketball games. Also covered a U.S. Open and British Open Golf matches, Grand Prix races, powerboat races, pro boxing matches, and on and on.
--Has done on-location photography (unescorted) throughout the
U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Europe for major corporations -
including Cargill, Control Data, Peavey, Multifoods, Tonka Toys, Northwest and Republic
airlines, TCF and NORWEST banks systems, etc.
-- Has been a stringer for TIME
and NEWSWEEK magazines, the New York TIMES, The Washington POST, Associated Press, and
UPI.
--Guest lecturer at Univ. of Minnesota, St. Thomas College,
and other schools.-
--Official Photographer for The Minnesota VIKINGS NFL football team from 1970 -74.
--Naval Aviation flight instructor for 6 1/2 years,
teaching 10,000 over flight students, teaching Basic and Radio Instrument navigation.
--Trombonist for "The
Better Than Nothing Dirt Band" (twice conducted by Sir Neville Mariner).
-- Decorated, disabled veteran.
Here's a few of my more memorable assignments:
| Kosovo Refugees at Fort Dix, NJ | Newsmakers Agency | 1999 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright/Monona Terrace | Minneapolis Tribune-Madison Cap. Times | 1997 |
| Nuclear waste disposal problems | New York Times | 1994 |
| Anti-Castro (ALPHA-66) Operations | Washington POST | 1990 |
| In-Depth Investigative Report (Award winning-writing and photography) of SHELL Oil's search for oil in the Everglades | New Times Business Mag. | 1990 |
| Presidential campaign | NEWSWEEK | 1988 |
| Computer applications/Europe | Control Data Corporation | 1983 |
| British Open (Golf Match) | GOLF MONTHLY/U.K. | 1983 |
| Cargill's Annual Report | entire United States | 1982 |
| Fidel Castro/Jamaica | Miami Herald | 1980 |
| Dr. M.L. King's funeral | Newsweek | 1968 |
The past few years I've been relaxing, enjoying my
family, and pursuing my own photo projects.....
Thanks for stopping by.
If you want to contact me, please click here: SKIP'S EMAIL