
E-mail:
weintraub@sc.edu
Office:
Phone: 803.777.3314
Room: Coliseum 2044
Hours:
MW 1-2:15; TTH 11-12:15
Spring 2008 Syllabi:
Jour 337 – Photovisual
Communications
Jour 364 - Introduction to Visual Communications
Jour 537 – Advanced
Photovisual Communications
On the Web:
Personal Web page
Notes from the VisCom Classroom
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David
Weintraub
Instructor
B.A., Columbia University, New York
M.A., University of South
Carolina
David is a writer, editor, and photographer based in South
Carolina and Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He has written a total
of eight travel guidebooks, including six about hiking in
the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lived for many years,
and one about kayaking on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.
His latest book, Walking the Cape and Islands (Menasha
Ridge Press, 2006), is the only comprehensive guide to the
walking and hiking trails of Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard,
and Nantucket. His articles about travel, adventure sports,
and photography have appeared in many newspapers and magazines.
David also edits nonfiction books for a variety of publishers.
In addition to his writing and editing, David has had a
long career as a professional photographer. His publication
credits include magazines such as the American Bar Association
Journal, Audubon, Backpacker, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Information
Week, Sierra, Smithsonian, and Sunset, and books
such as San Francisco: The City’s Sights and Secrets (Chronicle
Books), The World of Shorebirds (Sierra Club Books),
and Cape Cod on My Mind (Falcon Publishing).
David also produces and maintains a large stock file of
color transparencies. His stock photography is represented
by Photo Researchers, Stock Boston, and their worldwide affiliates.
For many years, David taught photography and business practices
for photographers at City College of San Francisco, UC Berkeley
Extension, and the Academy of Art College. He was also a
staff writer for Photo District News, the leading
trade publication for professional photographers. David is
a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and
Mass Communication (AEJMC) and the Society of Environmental Journalists
(SEJ).
Born and raised in New York City, David attended Columbia
University and received a BA degree in English in 1970. After
graduating, he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he worked
for a weekly newspaper and studied photojournalism at Portland
State University and color photography at Portland Community
College. In 1974, he began work at the Oregon Journal, a
daily newspaper in Portland. He worked for the next eight
years as a staff photographer on newspapers in Portland and
Salem, including the Oregonian and the Statesman-Journal.
In 1980, David began accepting freelance photography assignments,
building a clientele that included advertising agencies,
corporations, graphic designers, magazines, newspapers and
public relations firms. In May, 1987, David moved his photography
and writing business to San Francisco. In October, 2003,
he and his wife, Maggi Morehouse, a professor of history,
relocated to Aiken, S.C.
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