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CREATIVE THINKING SKILL: EMPOWER No one is limited. You can do or be anything! Make it happen...
Face 2: Alan McFadyen, who has been an avid wildlife photographer since 2009, just captured a photo that he has spent 6 years trying to get. By his count, it took him 4,200 hours and 720,000 photos to get a perfect shot of a kingfisher diving straight into the water without a single splash. “The photo I was going for of the perfect dive, flawlessly straight, with no splash required not only me to be in the right place and get a very lucky shot but also for the bird itself to get it perfect,” McFadyen said. “I would often go and take 600 pictures in a session and not a single one of them be any good. But now I look back on the thousands and thousands of photos I have taken to get this one image, it makes me realise just how much work I have done to get it.” McFadyen, who also runs a wildlife photography business, was inspired to love nature and wildlife by his grandfather. “I remember my grandfather taking me to see the kingfisher nest and I just remember being completely blown away by how magnificent the birds are. So when I took up photography I returned to this same spot to photograph the kingfishers.”
CREATIVE THINKING SKILL: PERSEVERANCE Never give up.
Face 3: EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS: Born on a Wisconsin farm in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis grew up to become a commercial photographer in Seattle. In 1895 he photographed Princess Angeline, the daughter of chief Seattle, for whom the city was named. That encounter sparked Curtis' lifelong fascination with the cultures and lives of Native American tribes. He soon joined expeditions to visit tribes in Alaska and Montana. In 1906, Curtis was approached by wealthy financier J.P. Morgan, who was interested in funding a documentary project on the indigenous people of North America (if you will remember, we have had the word "indigenous" before --it means "people who have always lived in a place"). The result of this partnership was a 20-volume series, called The North American Indian. With Morgan’s backing, Curtis spent more than 20 years crisscrossing North America, creating over 40,000 images of more than 80 different Indian tribes. He made thousands of wax cylinder recordings of native songs and language, and wrote down oral histories, legends and biographies. Curtis’ vast body of work is one of the most impressive historical records of Native American life at the beginning of the 20th century.
CREATIVE THINKING SKILL: VISION See with more than your eyes --see with your heart.
Chief Seattle's daughter who was in her 90's at the time...
Face 4: Aaron Culling Two lovely sea turtles meant to end up as a fine meal in Papua New Guinea were luckily spared. Arron Culling and his co-worker Mark bought them from a local food market and released them back to where they belong – the sea. Mr. Culling bourght the turtles for $50, drove up the road and let them go. There’re seven different species of sea turtles in the world and nearly all of them are endangered because marine turtle fishing is still legal in most areas. Some people might think how can he possibly make a difference, knowing that in many parts of the world sea turtles are a main source of food even though they are endangered. Mr. Culling knows he can't rescue all the turtles, but he also knows he can rescue these.
CREATIVE THINKING SKILL: MAKE A DIFFERENCE Small things are really big things...
