BIOGRAPHY
LISL
DENNIS' WORLDWIDE CAREER AS A TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER
HAS GARNERED A FULL-SPECTRUM OF
IMAGES, IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES. TO THIS DAY,
LISL'S CAREER-PATH AND LIFESTYLE KEEP HER IN GLOBAL
CIRCULATION — CONNECTED TO OUR WORLD AND
TO ALL CULTURES.
CURRENTLY,
LISL
DENNIS
IS PRESENTING STORYSHARDS
– REFORM THE VESSEL OF YOUR LIFE. THE
INSPIRATIONAL, MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS HER STORIES AND
IMAGERY OF PILGRIMAGES AND CEREMONIES FROM A DIVERSITY OF CULTURES AROUND
THE WORLD. KNOWN FOR HER GRAPHIC, COLOR-INTENSIVE
STYLE IN THE FIELDS OF TRAVEL AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS, LISL
WAS A STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ON
THE BOSTON GLOBE FROM 1968 TO 1970. SUBSEQUENTLY,
SHE BECAME A WRITER, LECTURER, TV HOST, EDUCATOR, TOUR LEADER, AND COUNCIL-CIRLE
FACILATATOR.
AS
TRAVEL EDITOR FOR OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER
MAGAZINE, SHE WROTE THE TRAVELER’S EYE
COLUMN EXPLORING THE CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE
CREATIVE EXPERIENCE IN FOREIGN PLACES.
LISL’S TELEVISION APPEARANCES INCLUDE HOSTING ESPN’S CANON PHOTO SAFARIS IN BRAZIL, CANADA, AND CENTRAL AMERICA, AS WELL AS HOSTING AN 18-CITY SATELLITE MEDIA TOUR FOR CANON VIDEO. SHE HAS BEEN A GUEST ON CNN’S TRAVEL GUIDE AND THE CHRISTOPHER LOWELL SHOW. LISL CONDUCTED CREATIVE VISUALIZATION SEMINARS FOR THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS ORGANIZATION (YPO) IN MOROCCO.
SPONSORED
BY CANNON AND KODAK, LISL
PRESENTED
VISUAL
JOURNEYS - CREATIVITY &
ADVENTURE IN TRAVEL
PHOTOGRAPHY, A NATIONWIDE SEMINAR SERIES.
SHE FOUNDED AND TAUGHT FOR TWENTY-YEARS, THE
TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
WORKSHOP IN SANTA FE.
AN EXPERIENCED PRESENTER, LISL
HAS ALSO LECTURED OR CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS FOR: NEW
YORK SCHOOL OF
VISUAL ARTS; PHOTO
EXPO; AMERICAN SOCIETY
OF TRAVEL WRITERS; REGIONAL
ASMP CHAPTERS, VAIL
VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL;
NORTH AMERICAN NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION; NEW
ENGLAND CAMERA
CLUB COUNCIL; THE COUPEVILLE
ARTS CENTER,
WHIDBY, WA; AND THE SANTA
FE WORKSHOPS, WHERE SHE
WILL PRESENT STORYSHARDS
IN APRIL 2011.
MAGAZINE
CREDITS INCLUDE:
TRAVEL & LEISURE;
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL; ISLANDS;
EBONY; ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST;
AND TOWN & COUNTRY.
THE THIRTEEN BOOK TITLES TO LISL'S
CREDIT ON THE SUBJECTS OF LIFESTYLE, THE DECORATIVE ARTS, AND THE CREATIVE
PROCESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, INCLUDE:
LIVING
IN MOROCCO
THAMES & HUDSON, LONDON
SOAP FOR BODY & SOUL STEWART, TABORI &
CHANG, NYC
TILES –
LIVING WITH CERAMIC TILE CLAKSON N. POTTER,
NYC
THE ESSENTIAL IMAGE AMPHOTO, NYC
SANTA FE & TAOS –
BEHIND ADOBE WALLS
CHRONICLE BOOKS, SAN FRANCISCO
TRAVELER’S EYE CLARKSON N. POTTER, NYC
MARTHA'S VINEYARD –
HOUSES & GARDENS
SCHIFFER PUBLISHING, PA
AN
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, LISL HAS PILGRIMAGE-TREKKED
IN THE HIMALAYA TO: HOLY
MT. KAILAS; TO EVEREST’S
KANCHUNG BASE CAMP IN TIBET;
AND SOLO TREKKED IN BHUTAN. IN
SUMMER, SHE HIKES AND BIKES.IN WINTER,
AVID SKIER LISL VOLUNTEERS FOR SANTA
FE'S ADAPTIVE
SKI PROGRAM.
A
SANGHA MEMBER OF THE UPAYA
ZEN CENTER IN SANTA
FE, LISL HAS PARTICIPATED IN A WIDE
VARIETY OF RETREATS:
SHE WILL BE PRESENTING STORYSHARDS
– PERSONAL
STORY ON THE PATH AT UPAYA
IN 2012.
LISL IS AN ASSOCIATE OF THE LEFKOFF INSTITUTE, A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF DIPLOMACY, PUBLIC POLICY, COMPLEXITY SCIENCE, AND INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKING.
WITH HER HUSBAND LANDT DENNIS, A WRITER, LISL LEADS TOURS TO INDIA AND MOROCCO. WWW.VISUALJOURNEYS.INFO
WITH
FORTY-YEARS EXPERIENCE GUIDING AND TEACHING
THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN THE FLUX OF FOREIGN CULTURES, LISL
DENNIS BRINGS HER STORIES AND IMAGERY; HER WIT
AND WISDOM; AND HER FACILITATION SKILLS FORWARD IN
STORYSHARDS
— REFORM THE VESSEL
OF YOUR LIFE.
YOUR
STORY: BREATHE
THROUGH IT AND
LET IT GO!
— LISL DENNIS
LISL'S
PRESENCE AS A GUIDE IS POWERFUL: SHE ACHIEVES
THIS THROUGH HER EVOCATIVE WORDS AND PICTURES
AS A BACKDROP AND COMPELLING PATHWAY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S HER ABILITY TO SUGGEST, THEN
BE WITH EACH OF US, AND THE GROUP AS A WHOLE, IN A
VIBRANT CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE MOMENT
— CHASE AULT
email: lisl@cybermesa.com


















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