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Clifford Lester is a retired professor of photography at Cypress College and a student of the Jewish experience. Inspired by his mother, Ursula Lowenbach Foster, a Holocaust survivor, Clifford has followed in her footsteps of embracing life. To honor her brother, Ernst, who was killed in Auschwitz, Ursula showed everyone around her that life was something to be grateful for, something to celebrate...

A great  picture is worth a thousand words. They tell stories. They evoke emotions. As a photographer and filmmaker, Darrell goal is to move people - mentally, physically, emotionally. To engage them to ask more questions, click on a link or jump into action. If his work doesn't move you, then he didn't do his job, but if it does, let's talk and see how we can change the world.  Photog...

Paul Spinelli started photographing NFL football games in 1981. From 1983-85, He also photographed NCAA and USFL (United States Football League) football games. In 1986, Paul became the NFL lead photographer covering the New York Jets and many NFL Office events in New York City. In 1987, Paul was hired by Dave Boss as the  NFL Director of Photographic Services . During my 16 year career as an NFL ...

Founded in Nov 2016, Park City UT’s Uncharted Supply Co’s mission is to provide high-quality, intuitive gear to help people navigate emergencies big and small.  Uncharted’s first product, The Seventy2 Survival System, reimagined the personal preparedness space and launched an industry.  Christian Schauf  is an entrepreneur, adventurer, and the founder and CEO of Uncharted Supply Co, a manufacturer...

Matthew is a professional photographer, entrepreneur and self-described “lover of things old and appreciator of things new.” His style is inspired by story and portraiture, aiming for both timeless and fresh imagery. With an easy-going personal approach, he creates a natural feel for his clients.  As a portrait and commercial photographer, he’s traveled the country to shoot noted athletes like Sha...

Dr. Jerry Moore is an archaeologist, writer, editor, and professor of Emeritus in anthropology at California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA. Moore has conducted archaeological research in Peru, Mexico, and southern California. Moore's principal expertise is on the prehistoric architecture and cultural landscapes in the Andes. He has written the books, "Architecture and Pow...

Kevin Reece started his photography in New York and then he moved to L.A. in 1986 and have been working here ever since. He mostly cover pro and college sports teams here in L.A. His photos may been on the cover of Sports Illustrated on a Wheaties box and on Good Morning America. Kevin has had 3 one man photo shows in galleries here in Los Angeles. At this time have a book on  blurb.com  by the na...

Andrew Hancock holds a degree in journalism from Texas A&M University and is an alumnus of the Eddie Adams Workshop (2006). With a belief in diverse clients and diverse interests, he embraces new media and technology with vigor and is comfortable shooting stills or video to accomplish any visual need required from an assignment or project. Hancock began his career in photojournalism and brings...

Vincent Versace  is an American photographer and a Nikon Ambassador. He is a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. At age seven, Vincent was introduced to photography and the darkroom by his uncle, a wedding photographer. Vincent saved...

Zack Knudsen started his career in theatre after college. For 6 years he worked in HR in Dollywood. Yes, HR! Not your normal path to become a professional photographer. He found great mentors who showed him photography. He did photography for the HR department at Dollywood. That certainly fueled his fire to pursue a career in photography. Zack found himself in his HR manager office and quitting hi...

Lee Dumond is a YouTube personality and woodworker. Lee hosts the Busted Knuckle Woodworks YouTube channel. He also does custom woodworking, cabinetry, and build handmade indoor and outdoor furniture in Austin, Texas, USA. he posts build videos, gives tips and tricks, tool reviews, and has lots of fun. Not bad for guy who's worked all over the US in some unbelievable fields, software engineer,...

Mark Cornelison was a photojournalist for 30+ years before switching gears to vintage photography. Mark always took pride of his photojournalist training in that news photographers have to go into every situation and make a photo. They can't say it was too dark, or too rainy, or other excuses. Just make a good photo. Mark still hold onto that feeling as he has moved more into the vintage photo...

Forty years after the dramatic 1985 collapse of the Rajneeshpuram commune in Oregon. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh movement persists in a decentralized form, primarily through the OSHO International Meditation Resort in Pune, India, and numerous centers worldwide. Sonja Ulrich lived in the cult from age 12 to 17 years old. Sonja has been a professor at California State University, Dominguez Hills for 10...

The Enriquez Sisters! The ladies from Whittier Susie, Jeanine and Antoinette. I'd had brothers growing up and the world of sisters is very foreign to me. They had two older half brothers from their mother's previous marriage. Susie would be the middle child, Jeanine the tom boy and Antoinette was the baby of the family. A grow up in a middle class family in Southern California, working father and...

Originally from the U.K., Simon Bruty now lives in Washington D.C. During his career, Simon has traveled extensively to work on large sporting events such as World Cup Soccer, Super Bowls, and the Olympics. His feature stories are as diverse as golfers in Greenland, soccer in Zambia, and badminton in Indonesia. Somewhere along the way Simon learned how to make people sit still and has created port...

Lori Grace Bailey is a professional photographer who also enjoys chasing extreme weather and extraordinary skies. Lori was featured on CBS Sunday Morning in 2024 in a story about the science of lightning. Her work has appeared in major publications and television outlets including the 2022 Issue 3 of Cosmopolitan Magazine as well as the March/June 2021 issue of Backpacker Magazine.  Her work has b...

Dr. William Franklin is an energetic, experienced, and accomplished professional with a proven record of intuitive and insightful leadership that fosters inclusion, team building, fiscal accountability, and dynamic problem-solving. He has been acknowledged throughout his career as a collaborative, transformative, and inspirational leader with a reputation for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion...

OC Rover owner Gerry Barragan is one of a kind. He was raised around an automotive shop. He was working at an early age under his father's tutelage. As his father moved to from shop to shop Gerry followed and picked up more work as he got older. At just 14 years old he was working along side seasoned automotive mechanics. First working on British cars, then Jaguars and later Land Rover. We tal...

OC Rover owner Gerry Barragan is one of a kind. He was raised around an automotive shop. He was working at an early age under his father's tutelage. As his father moved to from shop to shop Gerry followed and picked up more work as he got older. At just 14 years old he was working along side seasoned automotive mechanics. First working on British cars, then Jaguars and later Land Rover. We tal...

Tamara Inoue is in her 10th year at the helm of the UC Irvine women’s basketball program in 2025-26.   After taking over a team that had two winning seasons in 15 years, Inoue brought a renewed energy and mindset that paid off immediately. In her first year with her own recruits, the Anteaters had the second best turnaround in all of NCAA Division I. Since then, they have won a Big West tournament...

Eric Francis is a photographer with over 30 years of experience capturing the truth, emotion, and story behind every image. His work is defined by intention—not trends—and grounded in a timeless style that never distracts from the subject. From editorial and event photography to portraits and marketing campaigns, Eric’s images are powerful in their simplicity and precise in their storytelling. Eri...

John Miessner was born in Germany 1937, raised in the northwest part of the country. John was the middle of 5 children. His father was a naval officer during the World War II. His mother could care of the home, moving the children a couple times for safety. He would listen to the Führer Adolf Hitler on the radio two or three times a week. As a young boy he hoped his country would win the war and h...

Battleship IOWA is home to thousands of artifacts.  From the ship herself to a chair from NAGATO – the last Japanese battleship, from physical objects to digital images, all of these artifacts must be cataloged and stored. Dave Way is the ship’s historian and curator. His job is find and present the collection. He is walking encyclopedias who can spout amazing episodes from the ship’s storied past...

Dr. Ken Seligson is a anthropological archaeologist studying human-environment relationships in the northern Maya lowlands of the Yucatan Peninsula. Specifically, his research has focused on understanding changing resource management practices related to the production of burnt lime in the hilly Puuc region of the Yucatan. Ken is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology a...

Anthony Neste was born in Manhattan, NY. His mother would take him to board way shows and his father would take him to Yankess games. Later Anthony would go to college for photography. He spent over 25 years photographing for Sports Illustrated and later with HBO. He was the unit photographer for The Sopranos for two year. Making some fanatic portraits of the cast during that short time. The last...