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Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Location: Murphy's Camera

1440 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40204

The Churchill Downs Racetrack is host to one of the most photographed sporting events in the world, and this year will be the 150th Running of the Kentucky Derby. Join Nikon's Mike Corrado as he hosts a panel discussion with three of the most legendary Derby photographers that have covered the race including Dan Dry, Anne Eberhardt Kehoe and Skip Dickstein. They will talk about many of their defining images made through the decades, while sharing many of the back stories and experiences they've had.


After the panel you will be treated to a keynote presentation from one of the hottest talents in sports photography today, Andrew Hancock. Over his still evolving career, Andrew has worked for or had his work published in most every major market newspaper and magazine in the United States. He is among an extremely small group of photographers to have ever photographed covers of both Sports Illustrated and TIME magazine. His work has also been selected as among the best published sports photos of the decade for 2010-2019 by both ESPN and Sports Illustrated. Andrew is a Nikon Ambassador and will talk about his incredible career and share images and stories of his work within horseracing and the memorable experiences he's captured in his work at the Kentucky Derby.


So please join us for an amazing evening of incredible photography and stories with some of the best talents in the horseracing world.


This is a free event, but space is limited.

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About The Photographers:

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Mike Corrado


Michael Corrado has been a photographer and visual artist for over 40 years and has recently celebrated his 36th anniversary with Nikon. He is the Senior Manager of Content Marketing and Professional Photographer Relations and the host of Nikon's Creator's Hour and Nikon LIVE Unscripted shows where he has interviewed many of the most talented photographers and filmmakers in the industry today. Michael runs the Nikon Ambassador Program that partners with Nikon's elite influencers in the business today.


Michael's extensive career has included time as a Nikon School instructor, Pro Markets Technical Representative, and Senior Product Manager for digital SLR cameras. Michael has had the great fortune of training, working with, and shooting for some of the world's greatest photographers including astronauts from NASA, while contributing his own still images and video capture globally for Nikon. He was a contributing writer and photographer for the Nikon World Magazine and has content published regularly on Nikon's Learn & Explore website. As a producer, director, and photographer, Michael has supported many of Nikon's productions including brochures, ad campaigns, TV commercials, and educational DVDs.


Michael's passion for photography includes portraits, wildlife, and sports, while his current personal projects on The Birds of Stony Brook, Drummer Love, and Backyard Birds continue to grow. Michael has dedicated time over the last ten years working on his rock and roll portfolio as the house photographer for Live Nation at the Jones Beach Theater and music festivals across the country.


Giving back is what it's all about and Michael has extended his hand and photography to donate his time to amazing charitable organizations that make a huge difference in the lives of those in need including the Ronald McDonald House New York Metro, The Zoefia Alexandria Foundation, and the Sunrise Summer Camp of Long Island where he helped design and build the "My Picture Place" photo cabin for campers to learn photography.


https://www.facebook.com/CorradoPhotography



https://www.instagram.com/corradophotography

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Anne Eberhardt Kehoe


Anne M. Eberhardt Keogh is the Visuals Director for BloodHorse, an equine publishing company, and has been an equine photographer for 40 years. Her images have appeared in publications worldwide and can be seen regularly in BloodHorse Daily, the BloodHorse magazine, and Keeneland magazine.


Working as a team, she helped produce multiple Eclipse Award-winning multimedia pieces along with one that earned the Wilbur Award for Digital Communications: Multimedia. Winner of the Charles W. Engelhard Award, presented to a member of the media for outstanding coverage of the Thoroughbred industry, Anne also is a multiple winner of the American Horse Publications Annual Awards. Anne's current passion project is bringing retired horses to life through video, audio, and social media with Old Friends' Retirement founder Michael Blowen.


Anne lives near Versailles, Ky. with her family.

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Dan Dry


Dan Dry is PriceWeber’s Managing Director of its Creative Content Studio. He has won over 500 national and international photography, advertising and design awards during his career. As one of the nation’s most awarded photographers, his accolades include winning the title of NPPA Newspaper Photographer of the Year, he was also inducted into the Communications Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Ohio University, as well as being named to the Landmarks Hall of Fame for the Public Relations Society of America's Bluegrass Chapter. 


Dan has been a member of the Churchill Downs Official Kentucky Derby Photo Team for over 30 years, he has photographed the Kentucky Derby 45 times.

He is also the sole photographer for 25 coffee table books, including 6 cookbooks and has photographed every cover in the almost 20-year history of Food & Dining Magazine. 


Prior to joining PriceWeber, Dan was the Chief Visual Officer and Senior Vice President at Power Creative for 5 years. From 2002 to 2010 he was under contract as a member of the creative team for the University of Chicago Department of Alumni Relations and Development and a member of the Courier-Journal’s Pulitzer Prize winning photography staff from 1976 until 1982. 

Dan served two internships at the National Geographic Society, the first at age 19. He went on to work professionally for the publication for an additional eight years, traveling the world extensively and shooting a variety of assignments as a contract photographer. 

For over 20 years, Dan served as the principal of Dan Dry & Associates and has worked in all phases of corporate and advertising photography, shooting for Fortune 500 companies and advertising agencies.


Dan has lectured and mentored students at dozens of colleges and universities as well as professional organizations around the country and has judged countless professional creative competitions for the past 30 years. Dan is very involved is his community working on the board of directors for several non-profit organizations. He is the past Chairman of the Board and past President for the American Advertising Federation - Louisville chapter. The chapter has been recognized more than 10 times as the AAF National Club of the Year. Dan has been a member of NPS (Nikon Professional Services) all 51 years of the organization’s existence.

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Skip Dickstein


Skip Dickstein is formerly a staff photographer with the Albany Times Union in Albany, New York.


Directed the Photojournalism section of the Churchill Downs Journalism Workshop.


He was an adjunct professor of Photojournalism at St. Rose College in Albany, N.Y.


Dickstein has won numerous awards for his work as a photojournalist.


These awards include: 

Regional Photographer of the Year and Runner-up three times in the National Press Photographers Association’s annual clip contest. 


New York State Associated Press Annual Photo Contest awards including the Kollenberg Award for best image in show and numerous awards for various categories within the contest over the years of entry. 


Top Gun Award presented by the National Press Photographers Region 2 for lifetime achievement.


He was recognized as the top Spot News photographerr in Region 2 NPPA in 2002. 

 

In 1996 Dickstein received the prestigious Eclipse Award for Excellence in Thoroughbred Photography in North America presented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association as well as the Sovereign Award for Thoroughbred Photography in Canada. 

 

Skip Dickstein is married to wife Linda and has one child, Erika who is a staff photographer for saks.com as well as a freelance travel and fashion photographer.

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Andrew Hancock


Andrew Hancock is an Indiana based photographer working for a diverse base of editorial and advertising clients both in the United States and abroad. He holds a degree in journalism from Texas A&M University (2003) and is an alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop (2006).


With a belief in diverse clients and diverse interests, he embraces new media and technology with vigor and is comfortable shooting stills or video to accomplish any visual need required from an assignment or project.


Hancock began his career in photojournalism and brings that storytelling approach with him on any project, whether it is a portrait, event, or commercial shoot. Every image, still or motion, must tell a story.


He is a contributing photographer to Sports Illustrated magazine and his photos have appeared throughout the entire SI portfolio including SI Kids, SI Latino, SI China, SI.com, and in two books; The Covers and SI Kids - All Access. Hancock's photos have also appeared in premier magazines such as TIME, People, Cosmopolitan, Stern, and Golf magazine, and virtually every major market newspaper within the United States. His work has also appeared on ABC News, CBS.com, and CNN.com.


Hancock is known for his enthusiasm to take on any challenge. This enthusiasm -- paired with his low maintenance and self-sufficient approach to produce engaging photographs -- has led to a rapidly expanding client base that over his young career has grown to include editorial clients like The New York Times, Associated Press and USA Today as well as event coverage for clients like NCAA Photos.


On the academic front, schools such as Texas A&M University, University of Texas, Perdue University, and the University of Tennessee have counted on Hancock to deliver unique and engaging imagery to elevate their visual brand for both athletics and academics across their various properties and platforms, resulting in many awards for his work.


Hancock is a convert to Nikon, making the complete switch in 2010.

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