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Clyde Okita, Chicago, IL, United States
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Art Photographer, Clyde Okita
(American b.1956)
Self-Portrait (2008)
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.
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