Don Manning

The social, political, and medical nightmare our nation is experiencing troubles my soul. Image makers and story-tellers have an opportunity, and responsibility to help bring healing and empowerment to our nation. Together perhaps we can help transform anger into empathy. I have been driven to offer my skills to help make a difference. Toward that end I am launching Abbadon Images, a site that features the social documentary 'The Bob and Melissa Project', a retrospective that follows an underserved couple with mental illness as they negotiate a complex and unforgiving US. healthcare system. It is offered to remind us that our healthcare system has been in need of change for decades. What was broken when the documentary was made in the 90's remains broken today. During this important election year it is urgent that we address the need for change within our nation's healthcare and social service systems. Abbadon Images also features intimate, fully released rights managed medical stock photography shot in US hospital emergency departments. I see things in B&W. It’s just the way I see. And I believe less is still more so my work reflects this. Please take a look at Abbadonimages.com. I would Love to Partner with Designers, ad Agencies, and organizations that specifically create special projects for medical and healthcare markets and welcome your contact. Regards, Don

Launched Business as a Corporate Advertising Location Photographer based in Urbana, IL. Won Two National Awards within six months of business launch: National Gold Award for the Best Medical Advertising Photography and Bronze for my National Direct Mail piece sponsored by the Medical Marketing Association. Created visual solutions on location from boardrooms to operating rooms for select clients including Argonne National Laboratories, Amoco, Bank of Brazil, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, Consolidated Coal, ING Amsterdam, McDonald’s, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The National Children's Cancer Society, United Cerebral Palsy, United Healthcare, United Way, World Vision International, and Znak Publishing Poland. His work was presented to Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, Washington DC. by one of his clients to honor her commitment to bring change to the ailing US Foster Care System.

Worked as Department Manager and as part of a creative team with designers to develop advertising campaign, communication, and recruitment materials for enrollment development initiatives. Additionally, coordinated with Faculty from all departments to create instructional materials for all programs including medical programs. Shot in hospitals and during surgery to develop instructional materials. Cross discipline medical experience over seventeen years. + Privileged to win numerous National and Regional awards for my photographic work.

• Formed a Lansing Michigan artist’s cooperative and regional art gallery “120 In The Shade Gallery”, as co-owner, curator, and artist. Developed invitational juried print competitions covering artists in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Established relationships with art critics in Ann Arbor and Detroit. • Architecturally restored our building to it’s 1890’s original character. The structure is now in the rolls of Michigan State Architectural archives. • Collaborated with and Advised the Lansing City Planning Team to “Restore” the old downtown State Capital to it’s “Classic Period Accenture” in a time when the Trend was to do MALLS. Next time you visit Lansing Michigan; check out the downtown capital area to see which direction they chose. • Curetted print exhibitions featuring artists who bring social change through their work: Proudly partnered with George Eastman House to offer one of the few showings of an entire body of work by photographer W. Eugene Smith: Minamata vs. the Chisso Corporation; the intimate images of a people suffering from mercury poisoning.

Developed long-term project that visually explored how music can bring solace and healing for those with mental illness. Developed intimate relationship with a husband and wife, Bob and Melisa, who were living with schizophrenia in the complex US social services system while living in government subsidized housing. Developed a long-term project, exploring staff teamwork within hospital emergency departments with in-depth interviews.

The SIU Design Dept. challenged students toward Global Problem Solving. Fuller's “World Game” challenged students to solve real world projects to bring change locally- nationally. I was privileged to collaborate as part of a creative team to: • Develop seating design, room layout, and color palette for In patient Common Rooms at state nursing homes and VA with intent to increase personal interaction and help elevate mood. • Implement Action plan for Carbondale to become totally Accessible to those with disabilities. This became a basic model for the State of Illinois to use to expand Accessibility across Illinois. • Evaluated use of Geodesics in Zoos and Arboretums across the globe. • Developed Think Tank to study: Global deforestation and it’s effects on world air quality, alternative fuels including wind and solar to replace fossil fuels, and integration of green-space in urban planning to open opportunities for family interaction while also aiding urban air quality.