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Hugh Kretschmer  grew up in Los Angeles, and one of seven children in a family of artists. At the age of 13, he was introduced to photography by his father who was a photo-instrumentation engineer for MacDonnell Douglas from the Mercury through Apollo missions. Ten years later, Hugh received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Art Center College of Design, graduating with honors. He then moved to New York City to start his career, collaborating with editorial, design, and advertising clients such as Vanity Fair, New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, GQ, Penn & Teller, Old Spice, Huggies, Toyota, and Sony. His images have been recognized by The International Photography Awards, American Photography, Communication Arts, PDN Photo Annual, Graphis Publications, and the Society of Publication Designers. His work has been profiled in many industry publications, books, podcasts and blogs, including Graphis, Communication Arts, Juxtapoz, Plastik, Vision Magazine, Beijing. His work has been selected for auction through Sotheby’s, Vienna and exhibited in galleries in Los Angeles, New York and Paris, and is on permanent exhibit at the 911 Memorial, New York City. In 2006, Hugh moved his family back to Los Angeles where he continues creating commercial and fine art photography and films; his latest projects being devoted to environmental and philanthropic endeavors. Hugh has lectured and lead workshops at Eddie Adams Workshop in Jeffersonville, NY, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai and Fotorama, Serbia. He teaches photography part-time at Art Center College of Design, UCLA Extension, and the Los Angeles Center of Photography.  

Isaiah Winters  is an editorial, lifestyle and documentary photographer based in Brooklyn, NY & Baltimore, MD. A focus on architecture, social landscapes, and analog photography assist in giving his work an evocative and temporal feel. He enjoy emphasizing certain compositional aspects or colors within his work to highlight the effects everyday light and perspective have on all of us. Isaiah is also a member of TheBmoreCreatives team based in Baltimore, MD - they work to connect local artists and creatives with each other, highlight local businesses, and showcase Baltimore’s thriving arts community!  

Sarah Tirzah  

 Barbara Wrigley McDevitt is a Southeast US – based photographer with over a decade of experience behind the camera.  She specialises in commercial and editorial food and beverage photography. Wrigley McDevitt has a passion for storytelling and her ability to find artful arrangements and angles maximizes the interplay of subject, light, environment, and textural elements in her images. She is available to work on location or remotely.

Mark Peterman is an artist who explores narrative storytelling through photographs and multimedia. His work consists of constructed realities that cross over into implied fiction. His work contains a graphic story-telling quality with a cinematic feel. Although his work embraces the post-modern world it is highly informed by history with research playing an important part in his work. A desire to be creative on a daily basis fuels his curiosity about the human experience.  He documents experiences in sketchbooks as a way of remembering his life. He refines his artistic vision by drawing on influences from music, art, and literature. He often utilize locations, props, styling and sets in my work to create a constructed reality. As his interest in narrative work has deepened, he's been studying all aspects of storytelling including screenwriting, character development, and the journey of the protagonist.  He continues to educate himself while building up new skill sets whether they apply to his current endeavors or not. Such recent activities include building miniature sets in the form of scale models, taking classes on book binding, and writing short stories that are character studies. He's  always experimenting with new concepts as an approach to solving old problems.  

Jennifer Davis is an editorial and commercial food photogrpaher who focuses on story telling. Her approach to food photography is uniquely influenced with her experience as a recipe developer, food and prop stylist. She approaches her imagery with a realistic yet stylized feel to show honest appetizing food.  

 Jonathan Thorpe is a North American photographer whose technical ability to light and direct a story rings true in the images he produces. His approach drums emotion, yet maintains a level of verisimilitude in the form of his narrative portraiture. Since switching to photography in 2008 from a profession in optometry, Jonathan shoots full-time nationally and local to his home in Washington D.C. He is currently a Tamron Image Master, Westcott Top Pro,  and Holdfast Gear Ambassador and is represented by Wonderful Machine in Philadelphia. Alongside his photography, Jonathan teaches and lectures around the world helping other photographers grow confident in their careers and forays into photography. When not shooting with clients, Jonathan enjoys building and riding his motorcycle, skating with his friends, and doing personal projects to keep his creativity sharp.