Curriculum Vitae
AES South Florida, USA.
AES STAPLE Born January 3, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Long Island. Russian Jewish descendant
Right out of High School AES decided to pursue a career in the Arts.
Studied in Boston Massachusetts at the Franklin Institute where he received a degree in Applied Photo Sciences.
Recognizing that photography was his main passion, attended Germain School of Photography in New York City N.Y.
While employed by the New York City Board of Education, as a Senior Audio Visual Technitian
AES created the nation’s first multi-media library. Designed and taught all school districts in-service and development classes.
Created book bag cassette and video stories.
AES, worked professionally as a photographer and graphic art designer. Regularly worked in advertising.
For many years, AES enjoyed print media works, book designs, illustrations, catalogues and magazine layouts.
Designing creative promotional and marketing concepts for business operations, new business development, corporate image,
company logo, letterhead, brochures, calling cards, flyers and multimedia.
Some recognizable names like Phillip Morris, AT&T, Kraft Foods, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Nokia and Pepsi.
He grew proficient in applications such as QuarkXpress, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop and Freehand.
AES applied his creative skills, received more training and added his professional experience to the development of new and exciting projects.
For nearly twenty years as an Instructor at Miami Dade County Public Schools developed curriculums and implemented courses such as: Basic Photography, Advanced Photography, Videotape Production, and Digital Photography.
Also created a “Pilot Program” to teach the skills to underprivileged inner city youth at risk and unemployed adults.
He worked as creative director in various private and non-profit organization in South Florida, which acted as a significant link between the different fields of his creative project.
AES’s creative direction, strategic planning and artistic intuition are enhanced harmoniously with cutting edge technology revealed a need craft more. .
Digital art, graphic design, number theory, geometry, the net, branding and market trends, technology, photography, web design, product design, film, nature, cities, music, all things unique and experimental and making the most of what a Production Artist, Web Developer does.
But something else was needed to complete his artistic attributes. AES, started freelance specialization with ink-jet printing better known as “giclee”, capturing AES’s interest.
Then it was painting one of the purest forms of art, utilizing a mix technique by blending all types of media.
Recently AES became one of the featured artists for a different kind of website that features Afro-Cuban, Yoruba, Ifa, Santeria, Orisha art.
This website WWW.AFRO-FUSION.COM is an electronic gallery and platform for his exclusive type of art.
Numerous pieces have been displayed in small private auction, art and collectible shows, and sold to private collectors, colleagues and friends.
Founder and President of several business ventures in South Florida
1992-1995 Image Concepts 1997-2002 LA Photography & Graphic Design
2003-2004 Bric a Brac and Decor
2004-2005 One of a Kind
2005-2006 Art-T-Facts
2007-2008 Freelance artist and consultant
2008-2009 Funfashionetc.com
Current art galleries on line:
2009- Imagekind.com
2009-Art300
2009-ArteLista
2009-Zazzle.com
2009-Spreadshirt
2009-Cafepress
International Freelance Photographers Associations.