Bill Frakes

Bill Frakes is a visual storyteller and educator based in Florida who has worked in every US state and more than 135 countries for a wide variety of editorial and advertising clients. He directs music videos and television adverts; editorially his work has appeared in many major general interest publications in the world. His still photographs and short documentary films have featured on hundreds of web sites as well as on many major television networks. He is currently on the masthead of Sports Illustrated. He won the Newspaper Photographer of the Year award in the prestigious Pictures of the Year competition. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of Hurricane Andrew. He has also been honoured by the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Awards for reporting on the disadvantaged and by the Overseas Press club for distinguished foreign reporting. He has taught at the University of Miami, the University of Florida and the University of Kansas as an adjunct professor and lecturer. Through his production company Straw Hat Visuals he prepares educational content that is disseminated in 22 countries throughout North and South America.[R1]

Bill Frakes, Straw Hat Visuals

[R1]From 2022