M6 - KEVIN RUSSELL HUNTER

Richard Newman - Photographer, Sound Engineer, Videographer, Documentary Film Maker

I met Rich in junior high school. In high school, we spent loads of time playing guitar together. When Rapids City, South Dakota was ravaged by flood waters, Rich took off to volunteer and thus it began. Rich considers himself above all a story teller. He is producer, director, photographer, and video editor on over 400 projects with over 2.5 million YouTube views. He is a speaker on photography and video in the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Australia with over 50 museum shows worldwide featuring his work. His documentary on the Exxon Valdez disaster is in the White House archives. He is currently garnering award after award for his documentary of surfing culture, “Addicted to Joy”.