Wynne Benti

Design/project management through final print production: entertainment advertising + design, corporate identity/branding, collateral, annual reports, packaging, signage design.

Started publishing company in 1995 with Favorite Dog Hikes In and Around Los Angeles, more than 100,000 copies sold. She has worked on site at the largest printers in the U.S. and at Dai Nippon in Tokyo.

Projects include:

Born Free and Equal: The Story of Loyal Japanese Americans at Manzanar, Ansel Adams' book about Japanese American internment. Secured rights, funded project, researched photography at LOC and NARA in Washington and the internee archives at JANM in Los Angeles. Edited, designed portrait-sized book with duotones and Ansel Adams' original 1944 text.

High & Wild: Photography and Essays in Wilderness Adventures by Galen Rowell. A fabulous project working directly with one of the world's great outdoor photographers. Acquired rights, funded project, designed and edited four-color hardcover produced in ShenZhen, China by C&C Offset. Robert Redford wrote the introduction. Book was a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Festival category of BEST MOUNTAIN IMAGE.

Climbing Mt. Whitney by Peter Croft and Wynne Benti. Secured rights, funded project, edited and designed book. Introduction by Glen Dawson, the only surviving member of the first ascent of Mt. Whitney's East Face in 1931. Peter Croft, a North Face athlete is one of the world's great alpinists. Photography by Galen Rowell, Dan Patitucci, Andy Selters.

Out From Las Vegas: Adventures a Day Away, Florine Lawlor's gem of a guide to the real gold, not found on the strip, but within a day's drive of Las Vegas. Acquisition, funding, editorial direction, design, photography.

Acquisition, funding, editorial, writing, design, production, marketing and distribution (online and offline retail outlets). Manage domestic and overseas book production including importation and shipping. Photo research, editing and book packaging. Approved reader at Bancroft Library, NARA, LOC, Library of Virginia, and the Huntington Library.