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STAFF POSITIONS 1968-76 Photographer, St. Louis Blues Hockey Club 1968-86 Photographer, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club 1969-72 Photographer, Assoc. of Tennis Professionals 1971-76 Photographer, National Hockey League 1972-74 Photographer, World Professional Skiing 1973-77 Photographer, CBS Sports 1975-76 Photographer, Pro. Rodeo Cowboys Association 1975-79 Photographer, Ladies Pro. Golf Association 1980-81 PGA Tour Official Photographer 1984 Photographer, Olympic Games, Los Angeles 1976-86 Corporate Photography Anheuser-Busch Cos. 1977-87 Photographer, NBC Sports 1994 United States Olympic Festival - St. Louis, MO 1994-97 Photographer, St. Louis Aces, Team Tennis CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 1968 First Major Events: Stanley Cup and World Series 1971 First National Account: National Hockey League 1972 Spokesman: Canon F-1 National Print Advertising 1972 First Network Assignment ABC Sports 1972 First SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Assignment 1972 First Book, Local Best Seller: SAGA OF THE ST. LOUIS BLUES 1973 First Network Contract: Photographer, CBS Sports 1973 Appeared with John Newcombe in First Ever TV Commercial for a 35mm Camera: Canon AE-1 1976 Second Book: STEALING IS MY GAME, Lou Brock - Prentice-Hall 1977 Second Network Contract: NBC Sports to be Photographer for the 1980 Moscow Olympics 1977 Third Book: ON DOWN THE ROAD - Prentice-Hall 1979 Russian National Sports Festival, Moscow, USSR 1981 Fourth Book: HORSE CAMPING - Dial Press 1983 First One Man Show, 17 Azochrome prints Daguerre Gallery St. Louis, MO 1983 Five Minute Television Feature of Show at Daguerre Gallery 1984 Summer Olympic Games - Los Angeles - LPI84 1985 Featured Subject Stroh's Sports Anthology - TV Series 1987 Participation in Design Seminar for Future Cameras CANON Inc. 1987 Work selected for Collection at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Rochester, NY 1989 Advisory Board Forest Park Community College Photographic Dept. 1990 FOUR-FOOTED FINNED & FEATHERED 400 Fund-Raiser & Book for the Humane Society of Missouri 1991 "TEN THOUSAND EYES" ASMP's Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Photography 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival - San Antonio, TX 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival - St. Louis, MO 1996 Still photography for Fidelity Investments' , "It's Time" campaign: Selected as one of TIME Magazine's Ten Best of 1996 1998 Publication SHOOTING STARS Andrew Podnicks Photos. from the Portnoy Collection@the Hockey Hall of Fame EXHIBITIONS, ONE MAN 1970 St. Louis Arena, 20 - 20x24 and 30 - 30x40 color prints 1977 CBS Sports 15 - 20x24 color prints New York, NY 1980 NBC Sports 18 - 30x40 color prints 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY 1983 Daguerre Gallery, St. Louis, MO - 17 Azochrome prints 1983 Center for Metropolitan Studies - University of Missouri St. Louis 1985 Hall of Fame - Busch Memorial Stadium 1994 Center for Metropolitan Studies - University of Missouri St. Louis AWARDS 1972 Missouri Photographers Convention, 5 Blue Ribbon Awards 1972 Missouri Professional Photographers Award for Excellence, Industrial 1972 Missouri Professional Photographers Award for Excellence, Commercial 1973 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Commercial 1973 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Industrial 1973 Emmy Award CBS Sports Signature 1975 Two Flair Awards: Stolz Advertising and Hager Hinge 1976 The National League of American Pen Women Inc. Texas Branch, 3 prints won cash awards including Best in Show 1977 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Commercial 1978-95 No personal entries submitted 1980 Flair Award - D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius - Baseball Cardinals 1981 Regional and National Awards, D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius Michelob Light Winners Campaign 1982 Flair Award - Hughes Advertising, Centerre Bank Aerial 1993 Print Magazine Certificate of Design Excellence TEACHING EXPERIENCE 10/83 Lecture accompanying opening of one man show University of Missouiri, St. Louis 1/84 Instructor for St. Louis Dept. of Parks, Photography Series 11/84 Collinsville, Illinois Camera Club Presentation 1/85 Class at Meramec Jr. College - John Nagel 1/85 Class at Washington University - Stan Strembicki 6/85 Speaker / Presenter at Mo. Press Photographers Association 9/85 Seminar at Queeny Park for St. Louis County Dept. of Parks 1/86 Seminar at University of MO, St. Louis - Sports & Olympics 10/86 St. Louis Camera Club Guest Presentation 1/87 TV Interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Dept. Photographic Education Seminars 1/87 St. Louis Co. Parks Masters Seminar 1/87 Radio Interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Photographic Education Seminars 3/87 Seminars at Queeny Park - St. Louis Co. Dept. of Parks, Three Session Seminars 9/87 Class at UMSL with Field Trip - Three sessions 10/87 Class for St. Charles Co. Parks Dept. on Natural Light, Two sessions 1/88 Radio interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Photographic Education Series 3/88 Master's Series photography seminar for St. Louis Co. Dept. of Parks & Recreation 6/89 Class for St. Charles Co. Parks on Sports Action Three sessions with field trip 9/89 Western Photographic Workshop - Triangle X Ranch, Grand Teton National Park 4/91 Spring Weekend of Photography - St. Louis Camera Club 4/92 Workshop in St. Charles, MO - field trip to Fairmont Park Race Track 10/92 Workshop for St. Charles Parks Dept. - So. Illlinois in Shawnee Forest - Fall Color 5/93 Workshop for St. Charles Parks Dept. - Spring in the Ozarks 9/94 Western Photographic Workshop - Triangle X Ranch, Grand Teton Natonal Park EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Between 1968 and 1987 175 - 250 events a year were photographed. The following is a short list of highlights Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984 World Series - 1968, 78, 80, 82, 85 National Hockey League All-Star Game - 1972, 73, 74, 75, 76 Stanley Cup Final Series - 1971, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 World Professional Skiing - 1973 thru 1982 Indianapolis 500 - 1973, 77 Major League Baseball All-Star Game - 1973, 79, 81, 83 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament - 1973, 74, 75, 76, 79 Cheyenne Frontier Days - 1975, 76 National Finals Rodeo - 1975, 76 Super Bowl - 1976, 78, 79, 81, 83, 86 NCAA Basketball Championships - 1976, 78, 80 Kentucky Derby - 1976, 77, 85, 87 Challenge of the Sexes - 1976, 77, 78 Olympic Track and Field Trials - 1976, 80 U.S. Open Golf Tournament - PGA - 1976 Calgary Stampede - 1976 Pendleton Round Up - 1976 National Basketball Association All-Star Game - 1977 Dinah Shore Golf Tournament - 1977, 78, 80, 82, 83 Long Beach Grand Prix - 1977 CART Grand Prix at the Meadowlands - 1984 NASCAR Racing 1978, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85 World Cup Skiing - 1977, 81, 83 National Basketball Association Championship Series - 1977, 78 U.S. Open Golf Tournament - LPGA - 1977, 78 Masters Golf Tournament - 1977, 78 Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes - 1977, 78 Heavyweight Title Fight - Ali vs. Spinks - 1978 World Team Tennis All-Star Tournament - 1978 World's Strongest Man Championship - 1978 Belmont Stakes - Seattle Slew Triple Crown - 1978 International Balloon Fiesta - 1978, 79, 86 Rose Bowl - 1978, 81, 82, 88 VII Spartakiada (Russian Sports Festival) Moscow, 1979 Preakness Stakes - 1979, 86 Orange Bowl - 1980, 84 Olympic Gymnastics Trials - 1980 Olympic Cycling Trials - 1980 Survival of the Fittest - 1981, 83 Grand Prix Du Canada, Formula One - 1981 International Three-Day Equestrian Event - 1981, 84, 92 Arlington Million - 1981, 82, 86 Caesar's Palace Grand Prix, Formula One - 1981 World Professional Figure Skating Championships - 1981 World Mens and Womens Body Building Championships - 1982 Gold Cup - Unlimited Hydroplanes - 1982 National League Championship Series - 1981, 85 Fiesta Bowl - 1983 Iron Kids - 1984, 85 U.S. National Senior Olympics - 1987, 89 "Slice of Life in St. Louis" - 1987 World Short-Track Speed Skating Championship - 1988 Heavyweight Title Fight - Tyson vs. Spinks - 1988 Tour of the Americas - Cycling - Florida 1989 Miami Grand Prix - 1989 Chicago USTS Triathlon - 1986, 89 U.S. Olympic Festival, San Antonio, TX 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, MO 1994 Tall Stacks, Cincinnati, OH 1995 PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS PERIODICALS Anheuser-Busch Companies Annual Reports 82, 83, 85, 86 Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales Calendar 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 Canon literature and instruction books Europe, Japan, & USA Classic Magazine Evinrude Catalog Equus Magazine Goal Magazine (142 covers) Golf and Golf Digest Head for the Mountains Calendar, Busch Beer Heartland Magazine Life Newsweek Final Report: The Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles Outside Magazine Popular Photography Skiing Sporting News (19 covers) Sporting News Digest Books (17 covers) Sports Illustrated Tennis Time World Tennis BOOKS SAGA OF THE ST. LOUIS BLUES - Prentice-Hall 1972 STEALING IS MY GAME - Lou Brock - Prentice-Hall 1976 ON DOWN THE ROAD - Prentice-Hall 1977 CBS Sports Day Book Calendar 1978 HORSE CAMPING - Dial Press 1981 NBC Sports Day Book Calendar 1982, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88 SHOOTING STARS by Andrew Podnieks Photos. from the Portnoy Collection@the Hockey Hall of Fame Doubleday Canada Ltd. 98 ARTICLES ABOUT PORTNOY PHOTOGRAPHY Goal Magazine, 1974 St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 9, 1975 Popular Photography, December 1975 Photography Annual, 1976 Missouri Life Magazine, January-February 1979 American Photographer, October 1980 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25, l983 Photo District News, May 1985 Photographer's Forum - November 1985 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 24, 1997 CLIENT HIGHLIGHTS ABC Sports American Airlines American Telecast Assoc. of Tennis Pros. Bauer Skates Company Benson & Hedges CBS Sports Canon U.S.A., Inc. Enterprise Leasing Company Frontier Airlines John Hancock Lily of France Inc. Miller Brewing Company NBC Sports Ohlmeyer Communications Philip Morris Inc. Pro Rodeo Cowboys Assoc. R. J. Reynolds Indus., Inc. Sports Illustrated St. Louis Blues Hockey Club Topps Chewing Gum Co. Virginia Slims Interstate Hotel Corporation Fidelity Investrments Adidas American Safety Razor Co. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Bancroft Sporting Goods Co. Bay Banks Blue Ribbon Sports (Nike) Canon Corporation Colgate Palmolive Company Evinrude Motors GAF Corporation Ladies Pro. Golf Assoc. P. Lorillard Co. Mission Viejo National Hockey League People and Properties Inc Professional Golfers Assoc. Ram Golf Company Rawlings SportingGoods Co. St.Louis Nat. Baseball Club St. Louis Stars Soccer Club Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino Wilson Sporting Goods Co. President Riverboat Casinos Southwestern Bell Cos. IBM AGENCY Leo Burnett USA, Advertising D'Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles Doyle Dane Bernbach Inc. Dentsu Advertising Gardner Advertising Grey Advertising Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Houston Herstek Favat DDB Needham J. Walter Thompson Company Ltd. BBDO Saatchi & Saatchi DIRECTORS Tony Verna Neil Tardio Carroll Ballard Ron Dexter Marcus Ispel Joe Pitka Michael Pickney Fred Petermann Luis Aira Steve Scott RESTAURANTS The Sports Bar at the Sheraton Universal, Los Angeles, CA Portnoy Photography is featured in twelve Restaurants designed by Richard McCooey of Washington, DC SEASONS at The St. Louis Marriott West THE 14th STREET BAR & GRILL at the Sheraton Colony Square in Atlanta, GA KICKS at the Marriott in Troy, MI MARTINGALE'S at the Hilton in Gaithersburg, MD KICKS at the Atlanta Marriott North East Atlanta, GA Laguna Cliffs Resort Laguna Beach, CA RIVERBEND at the Philadelphia International Airport Marriott STEELHEAD GRILL at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center STARS Night Club at the Broadmoor Resort Hotel THE AUGUSTINE GRILL the Marriott at Sawgrass Jacksonville Beach, FL ALLIE'S at the Marriott Saddle Brook NJ AMERICA at the Houston Airport Marriott PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ASMP (The American Society of Media Photographers, Inc.) St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International Not Just An Art Director's Club St. Louis Camera Club ASSIGNMENT & COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION SpectrA-Action Inc. 702 Bland Street Canton, MO 63435 Phone: 314-567-5700 STOCK REPRESENTATION SpectrA-Action Inc. 702 Bland Street Canton, MO 63435 Phone: 314-567-5700 FINE ART REPRESENTATION Marquess Gallery 127 Union Station St. Louis, MO 63103 Toll Free Phone: 877-997-7773 Return to Lew Portnoy Photography.

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