RICK HUNTER BIO

A self-taught photographer who started his career in 1987 as an Army photojournalist at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; Rick Hunter was a staff photographer for the San Antonio Express-News for nearly ten years covering events such as Mexican presidential elections, U.S. naval operations in the Adriatic Sea, conditions in Cuba, Day of the Dead celebrations across Mexico and Holy Week festivities in Guatemala. Hunter's long-term projects included portraying youth gangs in San Antonio and capturing images of the back roads of Texas and New Mexico.other projects include work from Paris, India, the Texas/Mexico borderlands and the American Southwest. Before returning to his native Texas in 1991, Hunter worked freelance in New York City for such clients as New York Newsday, The Hartford Courant, Young and Rubicam, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the U.S. Army Reserve and the Associated Press. Hunter went on to work freelance for clients including: The New York Times, American Express, MCA Records, AT&T, Jack Daniels, the San Antonio & Tourist Bureau, Luby's, singer George Strait, Hollywood Records, Jose Cuervo, clothing designer Susan Dell, The Los Angeles Times, CBS News, RJ Reynolds, Southwestern Bell and Tecate Beer and Taco Cabana.. Hunter was regularly published in national publications; he won numerous awards; and has been honored by organizations including the Texas Headliners Foundation, the National Press Photographers Association, American Photo Magazine, the U.S. Army and Army Reserve, Metro Photo Magazine, Life Magazine Elsie Awards, the Japanese International Sports Foundation, The Dallas Press and University of Missouri (Pictures of the Year). Hunter's works have been exhibited throughout Texas as well as New York City and Mexico induding more than 30 one-man and group exhibits. Hunter was represented in regional galleries and design firms in Texas and New Mexico and his images are part of many private and corporate collections worldwide including Paris, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Spain and Mexico. Rick Hunter passed away Nov. 8, 2013.