BIOGRAPHY

CURRENTLY, LISL DENNIS IS PRESENTING STORYSHARDS – REFORM THE VESSEL OF YOUR LIFE. LISL’S INSPIRATIONAL, MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS HER STORIES AND IMAGERY OF PILGRIMAGE AND CEREMONY FROM EXOTIC 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. SHE IS AN AUTHOR, LECTURER, TV HOST, EDUCATOR, AND TOUR LEADER.
FOR MANY YEARS 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. SHE ALSO HOSTED AN 18-CITY SATELLITE MEDIA TOUR FOR CANON VIDEO. LISL HAS BEEN A GUEST ON CNN’S TRAVEL GUIDE AND THE CHRISTOPHER LOWELL SHOW. LISL HAS CONDUCTED CREATIVE VISUALIZATION SEMINARS FOR THE YOUNG PRESIDENTS ORGANIZATION (YPO) IN MOROCCO.

LISL PRESENTED VISUAL JOURNEYS - CREATIVITY AND ADVENTURE IN TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY, A NATIONWIDE SEMINAR SERIES SPONSORED BY CANON AND KODAK. SHE FOUNDED AND TAUGHT THE TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP IN SANTA FE FOR 20-YEARS. LISL CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE FOR: NEW YORK SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, THE SANTA FE WORKSHOPS, PHOTO EXPO, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL WRITERS, REGIONAL ASMP CHAPTERS, VAIL VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL, NORTH AMERICAN NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, NEW ENGLAND CAMERA CLUB COUNCIL, AND COUPEVILLE ARTS CENTER.

WITH HER HUSBAND LANDT, A WRITER, LISL LEADS TOURS TO INDIA AND MOROCCO. THE WEBSITE FOR VISUAL JOURNEYS IS WWW.VISUALJOURNEYS.INFO. LISL’S MAGAZINE CREDITS INCLUDE: TRAVEL & LEISURE, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, ISLANDS, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, AND TOWN & COUNTRY. THE TWELVE BOOKS TO HER 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
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 ATGLEN, PA

IN RECENT YEARS, LISL HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS AND VARIOUS RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS AT THE UPAYA ZEN CENTER IN SANTA FE, NM. SHE HAS UNDERTAKEN PILGRIMAGE TREKS IN THE HIMALAYA TO: HOLY MT. KAILAS, TO EVEREST’S KANCHUNG BASE CAMP IN TIBET, AND SOLO TREKKED IN BHUTAN. IN SUMMER, SHE IS HIKING AND BIKING. IN WINTER, AVID SKIER LISL IS A VOLUNTEER FOR SANTA FE'S ADAPTIVE SKI PROGRAM. SHE IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE MADRONA INSTITUTE ON SAN JUAN ISLAND, WA. THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES A FORUM FOR THE DISCUSSION OF DIPLOMACY, PUBLIC POLICY, COMPLEXITY SCIENCE, AND INTERNATIONAL PEACEMAKING.

WITH OVER 35-YEARS EXPERIENCE GUIDING AND TEACHING THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN THE FLUX OF FOREIGN CULTURES, LISL IS BRINGING HER STORIES AND SKILLS FORWARD IN STORYSHARDS - REFORM THE VESSEL OF YOUR LIFE.

RESPONSE TO VISUAL JOURNEYS

PROVOCATIVE! LISL IS EXTREMELY ARTICULATE AND CERTAINLY WORTH LISTENING TO. I ENJOYED LISL’S DRY WIT AND HER ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNAL CREATIVE PROCESS.

THE BEST PART WAS THE NATURAL WAY LISL INTERACTED WITH THE AUDIENCE, MAKING EACH PERSON FEEL WELCOME AND PART OF A MAGICAL WORLD.

TOTALLY ENJOYABLE! UPBEAT, PRESENTED WITH A FEELING OF TRULY WANTING TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. CHARMING AND BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION.

TO VIEW THE NEW VISUAL JOURNEYS WEBSITE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRIP TO MOROCCO - CASABLANCA TO MARRAKECH APRIL 9-12, 2010 GOT TO: WWW.VISUALJOURNEYS.INFO