bio

Eli Weiss is an Artist and Wildlife/ Nature Photographer. She came to Aspen,Colorado for the first time in 1963. Blossoming in the ensuing years between Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois and other travels, she kept returning to the Roaring Fork Valley. In 1979 she settled in Woody Creek, Colorado.

Ms. Weiss has always felt a deep passion and great respect for the beauty of our Earth; Its nature, wildlife and wilds. Its myriad forms of color, life, and peoples has been a constant factor in her art. In 1993 she began to seriously study photography and apply its techniques to reflect her sense of vision of our Earth. Some of her finest pleasures are these sojourns behind the lens of her camera. Her next challenge was to somehow combine her love of Photography, Art, Nature, Environmental Ethics and Conservation! As a result, she found herself on month long journeys studying conservation issues and photographing in fascinating places: Australia, Botswana, the Galapagos Archipelago, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Tasmania, Zimbabwe, and her home area, the Rocky Mountains. Then, of course, sharing the visuals and knowledge with everyone who cares to look and listen.

The photographs Ms. Weiss creates are up close, personal reflections of the stunning, sometimes harsh and eerie, beauty of nature. Savannahs teeming with wildlife, subtle lightscapes, serene landscapes, the animals and peoples that inhabit them, and getting deep into the world of minute detail and vibrant color in the depths of flowers. All of these aspects of life are integral components in the continued diversity of our global environment.

Ms. Weiss' organization, WildiZe Foundation™, is dedicated to wildlife and habitat conservation. Her philosophy is grounded in the belief that humanity must be in balance as one with, not separate from, nature and the all encompassing Laws of Life. Addressing human needs and linking them with the needs of wildlife and the wilds is critical to the long term conservation of our Earth's diversity and resources.

Alongside her photographic efforts, Ms. Weiss has moved into the fascinating and wonderfully exciting realm of Digital Imaging. When applying these techniques to photographs, intriguing and beautiful Art is created. She offers her digital talents to others to create images and designs for a wide variety of enterprises.

A portion of the profits Ms. Weiss receives from the sales of her photographs and fine art are donated to globally recognized non-profit conservation organizations. These funds are placed directly into projects and efforts that help ensure our endangered Earth, wildlife, habitat and cultures can survive in harmony for generations to come. We have only one Earth, and as yet no other viable option! If WE don't care, who will?

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• One woman exhibit- Walnut House, Aspen CO. (1996)

• One woman exhibit- "mEye Views" Red Brick Arts & Recreation Center, Aspen, CO (April-June 1998)

• Aspen Art Museum Roaring Fork Artists Show (1997)

• Steamboat Springs Art Council Winter Works Fine Art Show (1998)

• Slide presentations open to the public at the Snowmass Club : AFRICA (1996) and AUSTRALIA, (1998)

• Environmental education slide presentations to school children in the Boulder, Denver, and Longmont, CO. area(1996-1999)

• Selected photos donated and archived with World Wildlife Fund for use in their publications and Focus member update. (1997-present)

• Photos have been judged excellent by the National Wildlife Federation and National Parks and Conservation for use in their calendars, publications and mailings (1997 & 1998, 1999)

• Invited by AfriCat Foundation in Namibia to do a photo documentary on cheetah rescue and rehabilitation for environmental education purposes, book and magazine articles (1998)

• Photo shoot Howling Wolf's "Concert for Harmony" (1997, 1998) with permanent installation of digital print photographs, Aspen, Colorado

• Photography workshops with National Geographic photographer David Hiser (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)

• Mr. David Hiser's assistant in the Summer 1998 & 2000 workshop at Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES)

• Photography Workshop "The Nikon School" (1997)

• "Women and Wildlands of Namibia"© one woman exhibit Red Brick Arts Center, (1998-1999) Presented by the Aspen Snowmass Council for the Arts

• "Women and Wildands of Namibia"© travelling exhibit opens the Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley Theater presented by the Colorado Mountain College Center for Excellence in the Arts and the Colorado Mountain College Foundation. Tours CMC campuses (1999-2000).

• Lecture Series at the Colorado Mountain College campuses on the "Women and Wildands"© project.

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• 20 years Graphic and Logo Design/Commercial Art experience,

• Design, Art Direction and Production of CD Album covers for Aspen musicians David Harding and Bobby Mason (1998)(published)

• Design and production of the invitation /poster for World Wildlife Fund's "Women and Conservation" event held in Aspen, CO (June 1998)

• Designed and produced ACES "A Natural Committment" Capital Campaign Dedication Invitation (1998)

• Original 'Art Cards' in selected stores, museums, and galleries,the Aspen Art Museum, and ACES giftshop Art Cards and Photographic prints are also available by phone order

• Press package for Aspen, Colorado, band Thelma & Louise (1998)

• Press package with original photography for Howling Wolf's "Concert for Harmony" (1997, 1998)

• Design and print AfriCat Foundation brochure for Washington D.C. presentation to World Wildlife Fund, IUCN and various conservation organizations (1999)

• Studied Graphic Design and Fine Art, and Printmaking at Colorado State University (1971-73) Cinematography and Communications at the London Polytechnic (1973)

• Graphic and Commercial Art at the University of Denver (1973-75)

• Core member of World Wildlife Fund's Leadership Committee "Women and Conservation" 1997-present

• Abwenzi African Studies International Advisory Board 1996-present

• Trustee on the Board of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) June 1998-2003

• Donated photographic prints to World Wildlife Fund Headquarters lobby Washington DC

• Continuous and Unwavering Love of Earth, Life, Art and Vision through this lifetime and all those to follow

• My imagination!