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Katrin Eismann, chair, MPS Digital Photography Department, School of Visual Arts; computer artist; author
Education: BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; MFA, School of Visual Arts
Books authored and co-authored: Photoshop Masking & Compositing, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, The Creative Digital Darkroom and Real World Digital Photography
Clients include: Apple Computer; Eastman Kodak; Fuji Film; U S Navy; Nikon; Adobe Systems; PMA, PPA, ASMP
Award: Photoshop Hall of Fame
The instructor's work can be viewed at www katrineismann com

Tom P Ashe, associate chair, MPS Digital Photography Department, School of Visual Arts; photographer, consultant
Education: BS, Rochester Institute of Technology; MS, RMIT University
Professional experience: sales manager, Monaco Systems; development engineer, Eastman Kodak, Polaroid, Itek Optical Systems
Clients include: The MAC Group (Mamiya America Corporation), X-Rite Photo Corporation, Northeastern University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Art Institute of Philadelphia, International Center of Photography, Yale University, Andrew Eccles, Arnold Newman
The instructor's work can be viewed at tom ashe com

Mark Beckelman
, photographer, retoucher, and Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop
Education: BS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Clients: The Foundation for Deep Ecology, Business Week, JVC, Starn Twins, Number 17 Design Studio, Miramax
Publications: Photoshop Masking & Compositing, Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, Preston Publications, Business Week, Newsweek
The instructor's work can be viewed at www beckelman com

Carrie Beene, owner, OTTO Imaging; principal retoucher
Clients include: Chantecaille, MAC, Deva, Goody, Elisabeth Arden, Revlon, Maybelline, Michael Thompson, Antoine Verglas
Publications include: Shape, Harpers Bazaar, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, Glamour, Vogue, W, OK Magazine, Paper, V magazine, Vanity Fair, ID, Allure, Arena
The instructor's work can be viewed at www ottoimaging net

Don Donofrio, newsroom technologist, The New York Times
Education: BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology
Publication: Mac Week
Awards and honors: guest host, The New York Times "Tech Talk" Podcast; Society for News Design Award of Excellence; IFRA Color Quality Club Award

Michael Brian Foley, photographer; owner, Foley Gallery
Education: BA, Boston College Exhibitions: Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco; Ebert Gallery, San Francisco; Soletti Gallery
Publications: Photo Metro, Quiver, Zyzzyvz
The instructor's work can be viewed at www foleygallery com

Greg Gorman, portrait photographer
Publications: GQ, L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue Homme, Manner Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Max, Amica, Life, Per Lui, Lei, Vogue Italia, Esquire, Interview, Italian Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The London Times, Photo, Tatler, British GQ, Time, Detour, Lears and Rolling Stone Movie posters credits include "Dances with Wolves," Terminator 2," "Total Recall," "Field of Dreams," "Moonstruck," "The Big Chill" and "The Last of the Mohicans "
The instructor's work can be viewed at www greggormanphotography com

Dan Halm , fine artist, curator, writer
Education: BFA, MFA, School of Visual Arts
Group exhibitions include: ClampArt, Marvelli Lab, Grand Central Terminal, Art Directors Club, AIGA
Curatorial projects include: Affordable Art Fair, Aqua Wynwood, Visual AIDS, "Click Chic: The Fine Art of Fashion Photography," Visual Arts Museum
Publications include: New York magazine, Step by Step Graphics, American Photo, Elle, Digital Photo Pro, Nylon, Visual Arts Journal, Cookbook Digest
The instructor's work can be viewed at www danhalm com

Mara Kurtz, graphic designer, photographer, photo illustrator
Awards: AIGA, Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Graphis, How, Print, Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Design, Type Directors Club
Publications: Conde Nast Traveler, Metropolis, Metropolitan Home, New York Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Travel and Leisure,The Wall Street Journal
The instructor's work can be viewed at www marakurtzstudio com

John Manno, commercial photographer
Education: BA, Boston University
Clients include: Procter & Gamble,The Kaplan Thalere Group, Cline Davis Mann, KPR, Medicus, BBDO, Grey Adv, DDB Needham, Saatchi & Saatchi, DeVito Fitterman Adv, Conde Nast
One-person exhibitions include: Kalamazoo College
Group exhibitions include: Uma Gallery, New York
Publications include: Communication Arts
Awards include: Nominee, Black-and-White Spider Awards 2005; 2nd Place, International Color Awards 2007
The instructor's work can be viewed at work can be viewed at www johnmanno com

Chris Murphy, president, Color Remedies
Clients include: Quark; Lifetouch Portraits, Inc ; Circle Graphics
Books Authored: Real World Color Management
Featured in: Photoshop User, PhotoshopWorld Dream Team
The instructor's work can be viewed at www colorremedies com

James Porto, photographer
Education: BS, Rochester Institute of Technology
Clients: Nike, IBM, AT&T, Compaq, Reebok, Sprint, Pepsi, Absolut Vodka, Clairol, DuPont, Ilford, Kodak, Minolta, Nestle, Seagrams, United Airlines, Sony, Blue Man Group
Publications: Fortune, Glamour, GQ, Forbes, Rolling Stone, U S News & World Report, Sports Illustrated, Time, Wired, Newsweek, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Psychology Today, American Photographer
The instructor's work can be viewed at www jamesporto com

Matthew B Richmond, principal and senior designer, The Chopping Block, Inc
Education: BFA, Cooper Union
Clients include: Nickelodeon, Barnes & Noble, Microsoft, Miramax Films, CNN, Interactive, LEGO, Adobe, Phish, Warner Bros , Turner Classic Movies, National Geographic
The instructor's work can be viewed at www choppingblock com

Steve Simon, documentary/editorial photographer, author
Education: BA, Concordia University
One-person exhibitions include: Leica Gallery; Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia; Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh; George Eastman House, London; Gallery One, Toronto; Muestra Fotografica, Zapala, Argentina
Group exhibitions include: International Center for Photography; Visa Pour L'Image Projection, Perpignan, France; International Fototage, Mannheim, Germany; Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
Clients include: Colors; Mother Jones; Harper's; Apple Computer, Inc
Publications include: Popular Photography, American Photo, Photo District News, Digital Photography (UK), Time
Awards include: Global Health Council Photography Award, Canadian Association of Journalists, Art Directors Club, National Press Photographers Association
The instructor's work can be viewed at www stevesimonphoto com

Jodie Steen, owner, 127 Productions Inc Formerly, digital imaging specialist, Foto Care
Education: BS, Syracuse University
Clients include: Rubin Museum of Art, Estee Lauder Corporation, Drive Digital, The New York Times, Stella Digital, Gloss Studios, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Doremus
Publication: Digital Tech Training Manual
The instructor's work can be viewed at www 127productions com

Amy Stein, fine art photographer
Education: MFA, School of Visual Arts
Solo exhibitions include: Harvard Museum of Natural History, Australian Center for Photography, ClampArt, Robert Koch Gallery
Group exhibitions include: San Jose Museum of Art, International Center of Photography, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Texas Artists Museum
Publications: The New Yorker, ARTnews, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Smithsonian Magazine, Washington Post, House & Garden, Popular Photography
Awards and honors: Critical Mass Book Award; Best Book, New York Photo Festival
The instructor's work can be viewed at www amysteinphoto com

Harvey Stein, professional photographer, lecturer, and author
Education: MBA Columbia University
Collections: Bibliotheque Nationale, The Art Institute of Chicago, ICP, Denver Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Polaroid, Hewlett Packard, Barclay Bank
Publications: The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, American Heritage, Harpers, Art News, People, Playboy, and all major photography magazines
Books: Coney Island; A Look at Twins; and Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life
The instructor's work can be viewed at www harveysteinphoto com

William Vazquez, photographer, chairman, Advertising Photographers of America, New York Chapter
Clients: Samsung, Pfizer, Abbott Labs, 3M, Proctor & Gamble, MGM Mirage
Publications: GQ, Martha Stewart Living, Time, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Wallpaper
The instructor's work can be viewed at www williamvazquez com

GUEST LECTURERS

We host a wide variety of guest lecturers including software developers, technical experts, photographers, gallery and museum professionals, and creative professionals, including:

Jen Beckman, Porter Binks, Andrew Darlow, Douglas Dubler, Jill Enfield, Victor Ha, David Alan Harvey, Tom Hogarty, George Jardine, Michael Jenkins, Stephen Johnson, Martin Juergins, Karl Lang, Lesa King, John Manno, Sean Perry, Andrew Rodney, Sam Merrill, Taz Tally, Rick Sammon, Sarah Silver, Brian Smith, Justin Stailey, Andre Ribuoli, Hanaan Rosenthal, Janice Wendt, Henry Wilhelm, Michael Yamashita

Katrin Eismann
Tom P Ashe
Mark Beckelman
Carrie Beene
Michael Brian Foley
Greg Gorman
Dan Halm
Mara Kurtz
John Manno
Chris Murphy
James Porto
Matthew Richmond
Steve Simon
Jodie Steen
Amy Stein
Harvey Stein
William Vazquez



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