Cover: ©2006 Audubon Magazine
© 2006 Mike Reagan
Client: Audubon Magazine
Medium: Pen, Ink & Watercolor
Size: Map: 7" X 12"
         Birds: Various sizes
Use: Editorial

KEVIN FISHER
"Enfant de la Balle" which definition is an artist raised and formed by professionals, KEVIN FISHER  was born and raised in New York City and had design
on his mind as others have Georgia.
In school, he designed yearbooks and chose the school of hard knocks versus colleges and universities.
After all, he was (and still is) a New Yorker, so why loose time and money in universities when great mentors in the photography and graphic design field
such as Rick Fiala, Bob Cato, Steve Weininger, and Guillaume Bruneau among others could take him under their wings...and they did.
Before landing at Audubon Magazine (a dream come true) where he has been the art director for the magazine as well as for the Audubon annual report for
the last 8 years and going strong, Kevin's road has been prolific and rewarding.
He started at the tender age of 17, at a literary magazine for gays and lesbians called Christopher Street, which gave him invaluable experience.  After two
years, he moved on to Ziff-Davis where at 19 years of age, he literally grew up. He was an associate art director and worked at Boating, Skiing, Popular
Science and Modern Bride. At 26, Creative Director Steve Weininger hired him to be art director for the launch of Photo-Design magazine, where he stayed
until the magazine was sold. He then became an art director at East-West Network and art directed Vis à Vis, the (then titled) magazine of United Airlines.
After 6 years with United, he left to return to Skiing magazine (Times Mirror) as art director. Six years later he went to Hachette Filipacchi's Custom Group
to try his hand at custom publishing. He designed and art directed an interesting group of magazines including Mercedes Benz's Momentum and TrumpStyle
and designed formats for AOL and Universal Studios.
In his spare time Kevin art directs Film Comment, the magazine of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Under his tutelage, Audubon received numerous awards, the most recent, the National Magazine Finalist 2007 for General Excellence, the gold medal for
illustration and photography and the silver medal for design from Folio, both received in September 2007 and Communication Arts Award of Excellence/Photo
Annual (every year from 2000 to 2007) to name a few. When asked what he loves best in life, Kevin mentions photography, film, food and friends and only the uninspiring political landscape receives negative reviews.
Propos recueillis par Michèle Manasse

The Nature of Bore Holes, Audubon (September-October 2007)
I have been doing maps for Audubon since 1993 and working with Kevin Fisher for almost that long.
Kevin is an "artist's artist" and the kind of design director all illustrator's love to work with.
His direction is always clear and professional but kept to the minimum.
He gives me the freedom to interpret each project in my own way.
This makes working with Kevin an ongoing pleasure.
For this map the assignment required a visual and written explanation of the tidal bores in the Bay of Fundy.
Kevin provided me a beautiful page design to work withen and a list of labels and illustration requirements.
Throughout the years of working together, Kevin and I have evolved a sort of short-hand understanding of what
he wants for the maps or bird illustrations in Audubon.
Facts and clarity are important but just as important is that the map look and feel like a small piece of art.