The Creative Team

 
Dr. Shirley Freeman, by Carol Tedesco

Photographed by

Dr. Lynne Bentley-Kemp
Lynne's love of the environment lead her directly to photography over 30 years ago. Subsequently, her love of gardens and paradise led her to the Florida Keys 15 years ago. Interested in historical and theoretical concepts of paradise, Lynne's images describe not only physical space, but the spirit and experience of the place. She is a scholar/artist and shares her passion for photography and the environment with her students. Presently she is a full-time instructor of photography at Florida Atlantic University.
Visit Lynne's web site at www.bentley-kemp.com

Sheelman
"To me, beauty and nature are the same."
Visual artist and photographer, Sheelman, has lived and loved on the island of Key West for more than 20 years. His most recent project is the creation of a film series, "The Spiritual Garden, Cinema for the Soul," dedicated to showing films of conscious awakening.
For more information about Sheelman's photography, as well as the Spiritual Garden movie project, contact him via email at sheelman31@yahoo.com.

Carol Tedesco
It was probably Frances Hodgson Burnett's rapturous descriptions of some of the moments when "one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever..." that fertilized my awareness of our natural world as a conscious and constantly unfolding entity. Producer Erika Biddle and the women featured in this calendar are each outstanding advocates for planet earth, and in my photographs I hope to have been able to convey a sense of the unique spirit of each of these remarkable women.
www.tropicalheart.com

Richard Watherwax
For 23 years I have sat on my couch in the living room looking out the 5' by 9' bay window at my beautiful garden--palms, walnut and Poinciana trees and tropical flowers. The garden has changed many times over the years, and has evolved recently into a wedding garden. Many times I thought to myself, all that greenery deserves scantily clad women scampering about, like nymphs and sprites. And thanks to this calendar, my wishes have been granted (though none in my garden). But that's all right.
www.watherwax.com

Stylist
Ron Augustine