I studied law and psychology in college and my neighbor was a photographer who needed help and so I did and I ended up loving it.

The head of the University of Miami Design Department said that the best

photo college in America was the School of Visual Arts in New York, so that’s where I ended up. SVA was unlike any school I ever attended.

It was like being in Paris during the time of Picasso.

The creativity was overflowing.

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My teachers taught me to look at something obvious and discard it then to come up with a different perspective. We would be the next generation shaping the world of creativity. What a gift!

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I’ve worked for some of the largest companies (Pepsi, CNN, DHL, Hilton,

Marriott, American Express, Citibank) and largest advertising agencies    

(J Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, BBDO, Young & Rubican) in the world

and my work has been published in Communications Arts, Graphis, Print Magazine and Sign Cafe (one of Europe best design publications) I also represented the United States in Japan in Nikon World.

 

Awards: Art Director Club of New York (gold medals), National Addy’s,

Andy Awards, as well as 82 state Addy's. 

 

Life being circuitous I ending up lecturing at the University of Miami, Florida International University, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Atlantic University, and Miami Ad School.

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Former beta-source tester for Adobe Photoshop, my webinar interview was viewed by an audience of 70,000 Photoshop professionals. 

Currently beta-testing AI.

 

The thing I’m most proud of is a Peace Rally visual that I created was

presented to the Dalai Lama.

 

I look forward to applying that creativity on your next project.

 

Michael Fineman