T hese pages are brought to you by a talented consortium of photographers and journalists gathered together under the name FocalPoint f/8. We are dedicated to providing the finest in new media journalism and exploring the potential of new digital and communications technologies on the Web.

Gary Matoso, Photographer

Gary is a Paris-based photojournalist represented by Contact Press Images. Before turning to photojournalism in 1988, he had a successful commercial studio in San Francisco, where for seven years he produced photography for major advertising and design agencies as well as a distinguished list of corporate clients. Since moving to Paris in 1989, Gary has traveled extensively in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union working on feature stories for the international press. His photographs have appeared in: Time, Newsweek, Businessweek, The New York Times, People, Forbes, Fortune, Audubon and Smithsonian Magazine in the United States; Figaro, Paris Match, Libération and Le Monde, in France; The Sunday Telegraph and The Independant Magazine in Great Britain; as well as in numerous other publications throughout Europe.

Chuck Gathard, Editor/designer

Chuck is a freelance commercial and editorial photographer and new media editor based in San Francisco, Ca. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Chuck has photographed many of the country's leading business executives for a wide variety of newspapers and magazines. In addition to co-founding FocalPoint f/8 he is currently documenting the lives of three formerly homeless families. His portfolio and resume are available at his Lisa Dickey, Writer

Lisa is a freelance writer currently living in St. Petersburg, Russia. A Florida native, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1988 with a degree in Russian language and literature. Following graduation, she spent eight months in Moscow where she worked as an interperter and assistant for photographers on assignment for Time magazine.
Lisa's varied resume includes translator, grant writer for an environmental organization, project manager for a USAID subcontractor, and lounge singer at a French restaurant in Japan. She has traveled extensively throughout Asia, Europe, the former USSR and Australia.

Tripp Mikich, Project Director

Tripp recently left Parenting Magazine, where he has been Photo Editor for the past eight years, to co-found FocalPoint f/8 with Gary and Chuck. Since high school, he has been involved in experimental media, theater and publishing. In 1973 he produced the first documentary on the anti-nuclear power movement and also produced videos on the American Indian Movement (AIM), herbal and alternative medicines, and experimental live performance video. He worked for many years with the Tony award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe and has also worked with Joseph Papp's Festival Latino, the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) of Manila, and the horse-drawn Caravan Stage Company Theater of Canada. In addition to his work as co-founder and Project Director of FocalPoint f/8, he presently serves on the Executive Board of the Alliance for Cultural Democracy (ACD) and helps edit Cultural Democracy, a journal of community and arts activism. This October his writing on alternative music in the Philippines appears in the book Sounding Off: Music and Social Change published by Autonomedia in New York.

Alan Eyzaguirre, CGI Scripts and Technical Advice
Principal of @design, Alan has been developing Web sites for two years. His projects range from counter-culture Web-zines to full-blown Hollywood productions. Please visit the @design site at http://www.atdesign.com

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