Brooks Presents Four-Time Picture of the Year Award-Winning Photographer
Adobe-sponsored Program with Colin Finlay is Free to the Public

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- (September 1, 2006) – Brooks Institute invites the public to see and hear about the award-winning work of renowned photographer Colin Finlay at a free program on Friday, September 15, from 7-9 p.m., at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., in Santa Barbara. Reservations are not required.

The program is part of a nationwide tour sponsored by Adobe to nurture photography education and the use of new technologies. In addition to the public, educators and students are encouraged to attend this seminar featuring Finlay talking about his career as a photographer, including his commercial work and documentation of social issues. Finlay, one of the foremost documentary photographers in the world, is a four-time Picture of the Year Award winner. His visual work also allows him to work behind the video camera, and in 2000, he was part of an Emmy award-winning team that produced the Fox documentary entitled Black vs. Brown: When Colors Collide, examining interracial tensions between teenagers in Los Angeles. He has, personally, twice been nominated for Emmy awards.

About Brooks Institute
Brooks Institute recently celebrated its 60th year of educating students in the visual media. With its campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California, the school has more than 2200 students pursuing Masters, Bachelors, Associate and diploma programs in fields including professional photography, visual journalism, film and video production and Graphic Design. Brooks’ graduates are visible nationally and internationally, working for distinguished organizations including National Geographic, Smithsonian, Los Angeles Times and other national media outlets, including Hallmark Publishing, Cousteau Society, HBO, Kodak and other industry leaders in visual media fields.

For more information about Brooks Institute and the school’s Film & Video Production program, visit www.brooks.edu