Wayne Eastep is an award-winning photo- grapher with a passion for world cultures. He earned a Master of Divinity degree with an emphasis on culture and philosophy from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. His subsequent apprenticeship with New York photographers Bill Stettner and Burt Glinn prepared him for a career that has taken him around the world. During his daring shoots, Eastep’s logis- tical problem-solving ability has been thoroughly tested. He has traveled with armed guards on the Uzbek border, shot aerials outside and un- derneath a helicopter at 6,000 feet, as well as from a Soviet high-altitude helicopter at 26,000 feet with the windows open. He has photographed treasures of the ancient Japanese capitols Kyoto and Nara.

With his wife Patti, he lived as a nomad in the deserts of Arabia to document in photographs and text the life of the Al Murrah Bedouin tribe. The resulting book, Bedouin, won the British best book award and the gold prize for the best of all things in print. Also in Saudi Arabia he produced a film about the King’s Camel Race commissioned by National Geographic Explorer. The Soul of Kazakhstan, Mr. Eastep’s latest book, showcases a Central Asian country rediscovering its rich cultural heritage. It is the culmination of three years of travel, photography, and research. Mr. Eastep photographed the official book The Living Seas, for the world’s largest aquarium at Florida’s EPCOT center. This project involved training with Navy Seals, the use of specialized underwater photographic equipment and two years of photographing marine life on coral reefs in the Caribbean.

Wayne Eastep’s work includes other books, 20 exhibits, fine art photography in public and private collections, major brand-image campaigns for:   * GE-Monogram * Nautica   * AT&T * UTC   * UPS * Polaroid   as well as commercial photography for clients worldwide, consulting and lecturing. He lives in New York City and Sarasota, Florida with his wife Patti and his daughter Layla Ariana.