Valerie Elliot Shepard

INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER & WRITER

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2000’s DECADE

HEAT’S ON: A decade of transformation. The dawning of the age of Aquarius. Water turning to steam. Fruition from the quest was liberating. It was a decade that exchanged ambition for the magic of the unknown.

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1980’s DECADE

INDULGING DEFIANCE: Photography gave me wings but also a sense of boundless creativity. This was a decade of independence, anti-establishment. It was a decade that avoided entrapment, both stylistic and accomplishment,. an era of exploration and renaissance.

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DEATH & RESURRECTION

NEW WORK: Jerusalem O’ Jerusalem…Your tombs are filled with those alive. In your gates the world despise. Angels come to sing renew. The walls of darkness seize the light. Light does shine on the land. You’re embraced by the night.

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MONUMENT VALLEY

NEW WORK: It’s so rare to be at a place when all things come together for a picture. This is the quest. Mere photographing is just not good enough.

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Collectable

It may not be Art but it's a collectable!
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Svein Rasmussen

WINDSURFER
Future blog page about the founder of StarboardSvein Rasmussen will be added here. Enter now to see photos. Since 1983.

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Susan Biddle

PHOTOGRAPHER
A future blog about White House photographer Susan Biddle will be completed. Enter now to see photos. Since 1978.

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Sarah Leen

EDITOR/MANAGER
A future blog about NG Magazine Photo Editor Sarah Leenwill be added here. Enter now to see photos. Since 1979.

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Jim Grossman

Jim Grossman, 56, died May 30th, 2022, doing what he loves, kayaking. John Kerry, the godfather of Jimmy’s son Buey, said: “He paddled into a water hole and never came out.” The news hit me hard in the waking hours on the opposite side of the world …

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Gavin Grow

WRITER/PARAPLEGIC
A future blog about Gavin Grow will be completed. Enter now to see photos. Since 2014.

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