A B O U T   L E W   P O R T N O Y

Staff Positions | Career Highlights | Exhibitions | Awards | Teaching | Events
Publications | Clients | Directors | Restaurants | Affiliations | Representation | Fine Art



STAFF POSITIONS
  • 1968-76 Photographer, St. Louis Blues Hockey Club
  • 1968-86 Photographer, St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Club
  • 1969-72 Photographer, Assoc. of Tennis Professionals
  • 1971-76 Photographer, National Hockey League
  • 1972-74 Photographer, World Professional Skiing
  • 1973-77 Photographer, CBS Sports
  • 1975-76 Photographer, Pro. Rodeo Cowboys Association
  • 1975-79 Photographer, Ladies Pro. Golf Association
  • 1980-81 PGA Tour Official Photographer
  • 1984 Photographer, Olympic Games, Los Angeles
  • 1976-86 Corporate Photography Anheuser-Busch Cos.
  • 1977-87 Photographer, NBC Sports
  • 1994 United States Olympic Festival - St. Louis, MO
  • 1994-97 Photographer, St. Louis Aces, Team Tennis

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
  • 1968 First Major Events: Stanley Cup and World Series
  • 1971 First National Account: National Hockey League
  • 1972 Spokesman: Canon F-1 National Print Advertising
  • 1972 First Network Assignment ABC Sports
  • 1972 First SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Assignment
  • 1972 First Book, Local Best Seller: SAGA OF THE ST. LOUIS BLUES
  • 1973 First Network Contract: Photographer, CBS Sports
  • 1973 Appeared with John Newcombe in First Ever TV Commercial for a 35mm Camera: Canon AE-1
  • 1976 Second Book: STEALING IS MY GAME, Lou Brock - Prentice-Hall
  • 1977 Second Network Contract: NBC Sports to be Photographer for the 1980 Moscow Olympics
  • 1977 Third Book: ON DOWN THE ROAD - Prentice-Hall
  • 1979 Russian National Sports Festival, Moscow, USSR
  • 1981 Fourth Book: HORSE CAMPING - Dial Press
  • 1983 First One Man Show, 17 Azochrome prints Daguerre Gallery St. Louis, MO
  • 1983 Five Minute Television Feature of Show at Daguerre Gallery
  • 1984 Summer Olympic Games - Los Angeles - LPI84
  • 1985 Featured Subject Stroh's Sports Anthology - TV Series
  • 1987 Participation in Design Seminar for Future Cameras CANON Inc.
  • 1987 Work selected for Collection at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Rochester, NY
  • 1989 Advisory Board Forest Park Community College Photographic Dept.
  • 1990 FOUR-FOOTED FINNED & FEATHERED 400 Fund-Raiser & Book for the Humane Society of Missouri
  • 1991 "TEN THOUSAND EYES" ASMP's Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Photography
  • 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival - San Antonio, TX
  • 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival - St. Louis, MO
  • 1996 Still photography for Fidelity Investments' , "It's Time" campaign: Selected as one of TIME Magazine's Ten Best of 1996
  • 1998 Publication SHOOTING STARS Andrew Podnicks
    Photos. from the Portnoy Collection@the Hockey Hall of Fame

EXHIBITIONS, ONE MAN
  • 1970 St. Louis Arena, 20 - 20x24 and 30 - 30x40 color prints
  • 1977 CBS Sports 15 - 20x24 color prints New York, NY
  • 1980 NBC Sports 18 - 30x40 color prints 30 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY
  • 1983 Daguerre Gallery, St. Louis, MO - 17 Azochrome prints
  • 1983 Center for Metropolitan Studies - University of Missouri St. Louis
  • 1985 Hall of Fame - Busch Memorial Stadium
  • 1994 Center for Metropolitan Studies - University of Missouri St. Louis

AWARDS
  • 1972 Missouri Photographers Convention, 5 Blue Ribbon Awards
  • 1972 Missouri Professional Photographers Award for Excellence, Industrial
  • 1972 Missouri Professional Photographers Award for Excellence, Commercial
  • 1973 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Commercial
  • 1973 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Industrial
  • 1973 Emmy Award CBS Sports Signature
  • 1975 Two Flair Awards: Stolz Advertising and Hager Hinge
  • 1976 The National League of American Pen Women Inc. Texas Branch, 3 prints won cash awards including Best in Show
  • 1977 Professional Photographers of America Merit Award Commercial
  • 1978-95 No personal entries submitted
  • 1980 Flair Award - D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius - Baseball Cardinals
  • 1981 Regional and National Awards, D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius Michelob Light Winners Campaign
  • 1982 Flair Award - Hughes Advertising, Centerre Bank Aerial
  • 1993 Print Magazine Certificate of Design Excellence

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • 10/83 Lecture accompanying opening of one man show University of Missouiri, St. Louis
  • 1/84 Instructor for St. Louis Dept. of Parks, Photography Series
  • 11/84 Collinsville, Illinois Camera Club Presentation
  • 1/85 Class at Meramec Jr. College - John Nagel
  • 1/85 Class at Washington University - Stan Strembicki
  • 6/85 Speaker / Presenter at Mo. Press Photographers Association
  • 9/85 Seminar at Queeny Park for St. Louis County Dept. of Parks
  • 1/86 Seminar at University of MO, St. Louis - Sports & Olympics
  • 10/86 St. Louis Camera Club Guest Presentation
  • 1/87 TV Interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Dept. Photographic Education Seminars
  • 1/87 St. Louis Co. Parks Masters Seminar
  • 1/87 Radio Interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Photographic Education Seminars
  • 3/87 Seminars at Queeny Park - St. Louis Co. Dept. of Parks, Three Session Seminars
  • 9/87 Class at UMSL with Field Trip - Three sessions
  • 10/87 Class for St. Charles Co. Parks Dept. on Natural Light, Two sessions
  • 1/88 Radio interviews promoting St. Louis Co. Parks Photographic Education Series
  • 3/88 Master's Series photography seminar for St. Louis Co. Dept. of Parks & Recreation
  • 6/89 Class for St. Charles Co. Parks on Sports Action Three sessions with field trip
  • 9/89 Western Photographic Workshop - Triangle X Ranch, Grand Teton National Park
  • 4/91 Spring Weekend of Photography - St. Louis Camera Club
  • 4/92 Workshop in St. Charles, MO - field trip to Fairmont Park Race Track
  • 10/92 Workshop for St. Charles Parks Dept. - So. Illlinois in Shawnee Forest - Fall Color
  • 5/93 Workshop for St. Charles Parks Dept. - Spring in the Ozarks
  • 9/94 Western Photographic Workshop - Triangle X Ranch, Grand Teton Natonal Park

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
  • Between 1968 and 1987 175 - 250 events a year were photographed. The following is a short list of highlights
  • Games of the XXIII Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1984
  • World Series - 1968, 78, 80, 82, 85
  • National Hockey League All-Star Game - 1972, 73, 74, 75, 76
  • Stanley Cup Final Series - 1971, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76
  • World Professional Skiing - 1973 thru 1982
  • Indianapolis 500 - 1973, 77
  • Major League Baseball All-Star Game - 1973, 79, 81, 83
  • U.S. Open Tennis Tournament - 1973, 74, 75, 76, 79
  • Cheyenne Frontier Days - 1975, 76
  • National Finals Rodeo - 1975, 76
  • Super Bowl - 1976, 78, 79, 81, 83, 86
  • NCAA Basketball Championships - 1976, 78, 80
  • Kentucky Derby - 1976, 77, 85, 87
  • Challenge of the Sexes - 1976, 77, 78
  • Olympic Track and Field Trials - 1976, 80
  • U.S. Open Golf Tournament - PGA - 1976
  • Calgary Stampede - 1976
  • Pendleton Round Up - 1976
  • National Basketball Association All-Star Game - 1977
  • Dinah Shore Golf Tournament - 1977, 78, 80, 82, 83
  • Long Beach Grand Prix - 1977
  • CART Grand Prix at the Meadowlands - 1984
  • NASCAR Racing 1978, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85
  • World Cup Skiing - 1977, 81, 83
  • National Basketball Association Championship Series - 1977, 78
  • U.S. Open Golf Tournament - LPGA - 1977, 78
  • Masters Golf Tournament - 1977, 78
  • Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes - 1977, 78
  • Heavyweight Title Fight - Ali vs. Spinks - 1978
  • World Team Tennis All-Star Tournament - 1978
  • World's Strongest Man Championship - 1978
  • Belmont Stakes - Seattle Slew Triple Crown - 1978
  • International Balloon Fiesta - 1978, 79, 86
  • Rose Bowl - 1978, 81, 82, 88
  • VII Spartakiada (Russian Sports Festival) Moscow, 1979
  • Preakness Stakes - 1979, 86
  • Orange Bowl - 1980, 84
  • Olympic Gymnastics Trials - 1980
  • Olympic Cycling Trials - 1980
  • Survival of the Fittest - 1981, 83
  • Grand Prix Du Canada, Formula One - 1981
  • International Three-Day Equestrian Event - 1981, 84, 92
  • Arlington Million - 1981, 82, 86
  • Caesar's Palace Grand Prix, Formula One - 1981
  • World Professional Figure Skating Championships - 1981
  • World Mens and Womens Body Building Championships - 1982
  • Gold Cup - Unlimited Hydroplanes - 1982
  • National League Championship Series - 1981, 85
  • Fiesta Bowl - 1983
  • Iron Kids - 1984, 85
  • U.S. National Senior Olympics - 1987, 89
  • "Slice of Life in St. Louis" - 1987
  • World Short-Track Speed Skating Championship - 1988
  • Heavyweight Title Fight - Tyson vs. Spinks - 1988
  • Tour of the Americas - Cycling - Florida 1989
  • Miami Grand Prix - 1989
  • Chicago USTS Triathlon - 1986, 89
  • U.S. Olympic Festival, San Antonio, TX 1993
  • U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, MO 1994
  • Tall Stacks, Cincinnati, OH 1995

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS
    PERIODICALS
  • Anheuser-Busch Companies Annual Reports 82, 83, 85, 86
  • Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales Calendar 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
  • Canon literature and instruction books Europe, Japan, & USA
  • Classic Magazine
  • Evinrude Catalog
  • Equus Magazine
  • Goal Magazine (142 covers)
  • Golf and Golf Digest
  • Head for the Mountains Calendar, Busch Beer
  • Heartland Magazine
  • Life
  • Newsweek
  • Final Report: The Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad Los Angeles
  • Outside Magazine
  • Popular Photography
  • Skiing
  • Sporting News (19 covers)
  • Sporting News Digest Books (17 covers)
  • Sports Illustrated
  • Tennis
  • Time
  • World Tennis

    BOOKS
  • SAGA OF THE ST. LOUIS BLUES - Prentice-Hall 1972
  • STEALING IS MY GAME - Lou Brock - Prentice-Hall 1976
  • ON DOWN THE ROAD - Prentice-Hall 1977
  • CBS Sports Day Book Calendar 1978
  • HORSE CAMPING - Dial Press 1981
  • NBC Sports Day Book Calendar 1982, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88
  • SHOOTING STARS by Andrew Podnieks
    Photos. from the Portnoy Collection@the Hockey Hall of Fame Doubleday Canada Ltd. 98

    ARTICLES ABOUT PORTNOY PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Goal Magazine, 1974
  • St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 9, 1975
  • Popular Photography, December 1975
  • Photography Annual, 1976
  • Missouri Life Magazine, January-February 1979
  • American Photographer, October 1980
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 25, l983
  • Photo District News, May 1985
  • Photographer's Forum - November 1985
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 24, 1997

CLIENT HIGHLIGHTS

ABC Sports
American Airlines
American Telecast
Assoc. of Tennis Pros.
Bauer Skates Company
Benson & Hedges
CBS Sports
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Enterprise Leasing Company
Frontier Airlines
John Hancock
Lily of France Inc.
Miller Brewing Company
NBC Sports
Ohlmeyer Communications
Philip Morris Inc.
Pro Rodeo Cowboys Assoc.
R. J. Reynolds Indus., Inc.
Sports Illustrated
St. Louis Blues Hockey Club
Topps Chewing Gum Co.
Virginia Slims
Interstate Hotel Corporation
Fidelity Investrments
Adidas
American Safety Razor Co.
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Bancroft Sporting Goods Co.
Bay Banks
Blue Ribbon Sports (Nike)
Canon Corporation
Colgate Palmolive Company
Evinrude Motors
GAF Corporation
Ladies Pro. Golf Assoc.
P. Lorillard Co.
Mission Viejo
National Hockey League
People and Properties Inc
Professional Golfers Assoc.
Ram Golf Company
Rawlings SportingGoods Co.
St.Louis Nat. Baseball Club
St. Louis Stars Soccer Club
Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino
Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
President Riverboat Casinos
Southwestern Bell Cos.
IBM


AGENCY
Leo Burnett USA, Advertising
D'Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles
Doyle Dane Bernbach Inc.
Dentsu Advertising
Gardner Advertising
Grey Advertising
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos
Houston Herstek Favat
DDB Needham
J. Walter Thompson Company Ltd.
BBDO
Saatchi & Saatchi


DIRECTORS

Tony Verna
Neil Tardio
Carroll Ballard
Ron Dexter
Marcus Ispel

Joe Pitka
Michael Pickney
Fred Petermann
Luis Aira
Steve Scott



RESTAURANTS
  • The Sports Bar at the Sheraton Universal, Los Angeles, CA
  • Portnoy Photography is featured in twelve Restaurants designed by Richard McCooey of Washington, DC
  • SEASONS at The St. Louis Marriott West
  • THE 14th STREET BAR & GRILL at the Sheraton Colony Square in Atlanta, GA
  • KICKS at the Marriott in Troy, MI
  • MARTINGALE'S at the Hilton in Gaithersburg, MD
  • KICKS at the Atlanta Marriott North East Atlanta, GA
  • Laguna Cliffs Resort Laguna Beach, CA
  • RIVERBEND at the Philadelphia International Airport Marriott
  • STEELHEAD GRILL at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center
  • STARS Night Club at the Broadmoor Resort Hotel
  • THE AUGUSTINE GRILL the Marriott at Sawgrass Jacksonville Beach, FL
  • ALLIE'S at the Marriott Saddle Brook NJ
  • AMERICA at the Houston Airport Marriott

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • ASMP
    (The American Society of Media Photographers, Inc.)
  • St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission
  • Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International
  • Not Just An Art Director's Club
  • St. Louis Camera Club

ASSIGNMENT & COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION
  • SpectrA-Action Inc.
    702 Bland Street
    Canton, MO 63435
    Phone: 314-567-5700

STOCK REPRESENTATION
  • SpectrA-Action Inc.
    702 Bland Street
    Canton, MO 63435
    Phone: 314-567-5700

FINE ART REPRESENTATION
  • Marquess Gallery
    127 Union Station
    St. Louis, MO 63103
    Toll Free Phone: 877-997-7773

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