About the image behind the Winter Park Live Oak Fund logo
The image upon which our logo is based is “Oak in Blooming Meadow,” by Ralph Clevenger. The photographer comments on the image:
“Springtime on the Central Coast of California is characterized by a lush bloom of wildflowers. The Santa Ynez Valley, just over the Santa Ynez mountains from Santa Barbara, is a favorite place of mine to capture this spring profusion of colors. With a perfectly blue sky, one of our majestic oak trees and the yellow mustard flowers, this is, to me, the quintessential California valley scene.”
About the photographer
Ralph Clevenger has traveled the world on assignment, with a lengthy list of publication credits that includes National Geographic World, National Geographic Books, Smithsonian Books, Audubon, Terre Sauvage, Oceans, Islands and Outside magazines. His clients have included MacGillivray-Freeman Films, The Nature Conservancy, Monterey Bay Aquarium, California State Parks, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Phillips Interactive Media, Lifelong Learning Inc., Santa Barbara Zoo, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the National Park Service and the National Marine Sanctuary.
Mr. Clevenger grew up on the coast of North Africa and began diving in the Mediterranean Sea at age seven with his father. He earned a B.S. degree in zoology at San Diego State University, working after graduation as a diver/biologist for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. He later added a B.A. degree in photography from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. Following completion of his formal education, he worked in partnership with the renowned nature photographer George Lepp. In 1983, he was offered a teaching position at his alma mater, Brooks Institute. He has been with Brooks for 20 years, teaching courses in audio-visual production, stock photography, travel photography, video production, natural history photography, and undersea photography. Here is a link to his personal Website.
After learning about the tree destruction in Winter Park, Mr. Clevenger graciously waived the rights fee and donated the use of his photo, “Oak in Blooming Meadow,” for use in the Live Oak Fund’s logo. Mr. Clevenger’s stock catalog is represented worldwide by Corbis.
The Winter Park Live Oak Fund is a public-private partnership endorsed by the City of Winter Park.
©2004–2005 Winter Park Live Oak Fund, Inc., a Florida corporation. All rights reserved. Live Oak logo design by David Weaver, based upon an original image by noted photographer Ralph A. Clevenger.
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