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Virginia Digital Photo Safaris - This workshop, operated by members Jack Nevitt and Alan DeFelice, has grown to become one of the very best local operations. Trips to Washington area and other east coast locations are held regularly throughout the year.

Acclaim Images - Offers original royalty free stock photography direct from the photographer, instant access, photo requests, light boxes, prints, clipart, and bulk discounts. Affiliate program is in the works, and we will soon be selling Rights Managed photography.

Foto Search Stock Photography - Foto Search Stock Photos allows users to search from more than fifty quality stock photography vendors at one site. They can also find clipart pictures, royalty-free illustrations, royalty-free motion stock video clips, royalty free vector maps, and background clip art imagery. Foto Search Stock Photos is the #1 stock photography portal as measured by Alexa.com.

Nature Photographers - Galleries of professional nature photographers. Excellent images with tips and techniques along with critiques of all images.

LeRoy DeJolie - Growing up on the Navajo Reservation, surrounded by cerulean skies and swirling vermilion sands, LeRoy was ensconced in the poetic beauty and solitude that his culture offered. [..] LeRoy's exquisite images of his homeland are captured using his 4 X 5 Wista DX2 Wood Field camera and his reconstructed 4 X 10 Deardorf camera.

Adamus' Photo Galleries - Landscape photographer based in Corvallis, Oregon. His site features galleries of his landscape photos from Oregon and around the US.

Will Clay Photography - Will Clay specializes in large and intimate views of the American landscape in all seasons. Emphasis on national parks, monuments, forests, seashores, lake shores, historic parks and national wildlife refuges; state parks; rural agricultural scenics. He has been published in Arizona Highways, Backpacker, Country, Modern Maturity, Natural History, Odyssey, Orion, Outside, Popular Photography, Sierra, Texas Highways, Time, Wilderness Society.

Andre Gallant Photography - Andre grew up in New Brunswick, and developed a love for art and music early in his life. However, since 1988, photography has been his profession and passion. Specializing in Travel Photography, andre photographs extensively in Europe, the Caribbean as well and North and South America. His work has been published in Canadian in flight, Canadian Living, elm Street, En Route, Gardening Life and Photo Life.

John Shaw Photography - JOHN SHAW has been a professional nature photographer since the early 1970s, after teaching several years at the college level. Since becoming a professional photographer John has published in all the major markets that use natural history photography. A partial listing of magazine credits includes: Airone, American Photographer, Audubon, National Wildlife, Country Journal, Defenders of Wildlife, Birders World, Equinox, International Wildlife, National Geographic, Natural History, Nikon World, Omni, Outdoor Photographer, Ranger Rick, Popular Photography, Nature's Best, Sierra, and Smithsonian. He is the author of six books on field photography.

http://www.langephoto.com/ (Best viewed with Internet Explorer)
George Lange began his photographic career shooting German puppet theaters and French fashion designers in New York. Lange has photographed everything from Nobel laureates to Hollywood celebrities. His web site contains a fabulous portfolio that is a self-loading slide show. His subject areas are: Cinema, Television, Music, Advertising, Corporate, Chefs and Covers.

http://www.georgecontorakes.com/
George Contorakes is a commercial photographer working out of Miami, Florida. George received his 1st camera at 12 years of age and has been shooting ever since. He started his career as a studio and product photographer establishing his studio in 1980 in Miami. He now travels the world shooting people and product on location. Recent adventures have taken him to Russia, Africa, Mexico, Costa Rica, Canada, and the U.S. His web site navigation takes you through: lifestyle, resort, kids, portraits, tear sheets, and what's new.

http://www.glendakapsalis.com/nature.html
Glenda Hawley Kapsalis divides her time between Fine Art and Documentary photography, choosing to work both in color and black and white. She spends part of each year in Mexico and a larger part in Greece. Home is Evanston, Illinois. She is deeply involved in exploring the loss of connection to the land brought on by urbanization and agribusiness, its implications for our lives, and the ways in which we are reaching out to regain our reverence for and interdependence on the earth. Her documentation of this issue takes her to remote villages of Greece, rural areas of Mexico, and the heartland of the United States.

http://www.michaelbermanphotography.com/ (Site Requires Flash 5 Plug-in)
Michael Berman Photography is a partnership between Michael and Jan Berman. Michael is the photographer, Photoshop expert, lifelong sailor, and lover of things nautical. Jan, a reluctant sailor, but devoted dog lover, takes care of client contact and sales, works as our photo stylist and coordinates photo shoots for Michael and his assistants. They specialize in marine, commercial and travel photography. Their assignments have taken them to from the Caribbean to the factory floor. You'll love Michael's portfolio of digital manipulation and collage!

http://www.jameystillings.com/ (Best viewed with Internet Explorer)
A passionate interest in people, world cultures and travel are guiding forces in Jamey's photography - and in his life. He approaches professional and personal work with similar sensitivities to celebrate the human spirit, find magic moments of light and expression, and create a sense of harmony, simplicity and balance within each image. In 1998, Jamey moved his studio and home to Santa Fe. Bicycle touring, mountain biking, hiking and skiing keep him fit (and help burn the chocolate off).

http://www.terryparkerphoto.com/Canadian photographer Terry Parker has spent the past 10 years traveling throughout northern Canada specializing in wildlife and eco-tourism. In 1990 he visited McNeil River Bear Sanctuary where his love for bears and photography convinced him to become a wildlife photographer. His first break would be as a staff photographer for a raft and canoe company traveling remote northern rivers documenting the trips for slide shows and brochures. His work has been featured in the National Geographic, Natural History, Canadian Geographic, Ranger Rick, as well as other publications. Your can order limited edition prints, calendars, postcards and greeting cards directly from his web site or visit his Gallery in Fernie, British Columbia. Terry offers spring, summer and fall workshops and photo tours in his native country of Canada during 2002.

http://www.richardcorman.com/StudioFinaledited.htm Richard Corman photography documents the human spirit. Whether photographing celebrities or champions of sport, he takes a penetrating look into the eyes of his subject. As a portrait photographer, he works with a thrilling breadth of subjects: athletes, actors, writers & musicians. From advertising campaigns to magazine editorials, from the Hollywood Hills to the Olympic Arena, Corman's range of work appeals to a wide audience.

http://www.luxlightphotography.com Christy Karpinski was born and raised in Arizona. She has lived in Tucson for the last 13 years where in 1997 she received her B.A. in Women's Studies from the University of Arizona. Christy's B&W photography focuses on a search for identity and place; where the inside of a person touches the outside world. Much of Christy's work over the last ten years has focused on a documentary style approach to making portraits of children. Her web site gallery features: “Invisible Portfolio”, “Elmer’s Barn Series”, “Signs of Belief Series”, “Portraits” and “New Work”.

http://sunnyphotography.com/ Sunny S. Unal attended the Savannah College of Art and Design with a master study in photography, and completed his studies at the Brooks Institute of Photography. College increased his knowledge and desire to merge photography with computer digital technology. He likes to blur the lines between art, advertising, photography, illustration and design. His advertising web site gallery features: “People”, “Still Life”, “Arcadian Dreams”, “Channel Islands”, “the Burning Man”.

http://www.nikolaskoenig.com/ (Flash plug-in required)
Since moving to New York City in 1995 from Germany, Nikolas Koenig (33) has done work for several top architecture and design magazines. His studies are best described as calming, whether he is capturing a Frank Lloyd Wright home embedded in trees or extracting the flavor of a modern room. Koenig works subconsciously, using a 4 x 5 Sinar to make art objects of dwelling spaces. Back home in Frankfurt, his father was an art director who got him interested in the visual world. Koenig studied photography in Munich, becoming interested in fashion. His client list includes: Travel & Leisure magazine, Ian Schrager Hotels, Peter Marino Architects, and French Vogue. Nikolas was selected as one of PDN's emerging photographers to watch.

http://www.alomaphoto.com/ (Flash plug-in required)
Lilyan Aloma is a fine art and commercial photographer. Lilyan's ability to communicate with children has brought about the development of her own visual literacy curriculum. In addition to her Fine Art and commercial work, she teaches children ages 9 to 13 in private schools in New York City. Her web site includes landscapes, hand-painted portraits, documentary, studio, and symbols & signage works.

http://www.katebellis.com/
Kate Bellis, a documentary British photographer, has spent much of her career chronicling disappearing ways of life in Britain and in the world's poorer countries. She has most recently been documenting the rural lives of two farming families in Salisbury, England, through the lens of her Leica Rangefinder. Kate Bellis has published a book entitled: "On The Edge", a compelling photo-documentary of hill farming families in crisis. Her photography was also included in an article entitled: "Uphill Struggles", written by Michael Simmons, on farming communities still reeling from the foot and mouth crisis.

http://www.rjaphoto.com/
Rodney Jay Atienza is a photojournalist based in Philadelphia. Rodney's style is personal, candid and unobtrusive. His work has included documentation of homelessness, disabilities issues, and struggles for justice within various Philadelphia communities and various areas of the world. Rodney has displayed his work in numerous exhibits, magazines and calendars.

http://www.stevefoote.net/ Stephen G. Foote currently makes his home in Stamford, Connecticut, where he works as a writer and photographer. Stephen has a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and has been an active photographer for over 30 years. He has traveled extensively in the US, Europe and the Caribbean. The color photographs on this web site are representative of his most recent explorations in digital photography. The photographs on this website are usually described as “photo montages” – also referred to as “collages” or “composites” – the technique whereby several different photographs are melded together to create a new image. His works have been published in national and international photographic magazines, and has been exhibited frequently.

http://www.chaldakov.com/ Nick Chaldakov is a freelance photographer from Bulgaria with a unique perspective. Nick attempts to find the abstract appearance in ordinary things, and believes any object may turn out to be a masterpiece. Lights and shapes are constantly stimulating his imagination, and his work shows a zest for life and an ability to capture the very spirit of his subjects. Nick’s ability to make a great image out of an “average” subject, through abstract impressionism, sets him apart as a master in this field of the medium. Nick’s works have been exhibited worldwide, and featured in various art and photo publications. He is sponsoring a workshop in his homeland in October 2002.

http://www.williamneill.com/ William Neill has produced stunning images of the American Landscape for over 20 years.
He is a long-time resident of Yosemite National Park, and is a landscape photographer concerned with conveying the deep, spiritual beauty he sees and feels in Nature. From his extensive travels to India and the Himalayas, he developed a body of images that includes portraits, architecture and religious sites. Neill’s award-winning photographs have been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, and posters. Galleries and museums across the nation exhibit his limited-edition prints. In 1995, the Sierra Club awarded him the very prestigious Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography.

http://www.naturalight.it/ Luciano Gaudenzio, is an Italian wildlife photographer and member of A.F.N.I. (Italian Wildlife Photographers Association). He hopes that through his photography that he can help other people gain appreciation of the area near his home in the north of Italy, in a region called Friuli Venezia Giulia (near Venice). He does a wonderful job capturing the intimate beauty of the wildlife and plants in the region and at the same time respects and protects them. He uses a Nikon F5 loaded with Fuji Velvia rated at 40 ASA, and a Nikon F90X loaded with Fuji Provia 100F. He uses a polarizer, ND graduated filter and A2 warming filter. Click the Wallpaper link and download free wallpaper wildlife images to enhance your computer desktop.

http://www.westernechoes.com/ Jerry Olson is a North Dakota Native, and has been a B&W landscape photographer and artist for the past 35 years. He attended the University of North Dakota in preparation for his training at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Professional Arts. He has been a photographer and graphic artist at the University of North Dakota for the past 30 years. Some images are composites and are made by combining many parts of different landscapes. All photographs are printed digitally using archival inks on high quality matte photo paper. Jerry is owned by two cats, Scooter and Thumper.

http://www.ernsthaasstudio.com/index2.html (flash plug-in required)
Ernst Haas (1921-1986), acclaimed as one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of this century, was born in Austria in 1921. Haas's first color essay was on New York, the city he would ultimately make his home. When the editors of LIFE magazine saw it, they gave it an unheard-of layout of 24 pages and called it "Magic Images of a City". Essays on Paris and Venice followed. This web site provides a chronology of Ernst Haas' life. During his life, his work was shown in more than thirty solo exhibitions in the United States, in Europe, in Japan and in South America. Almost every year of his photographic life, he was awarded an honor.

www.peteturner.com
Pete Turner runs an advertising studio at Carnegie Hall in New York City. His editorial photo essays have been published in Esquire, Look, and Sports Illustrated, among others. Africa has been a constant place of inspiration and renewal for him. His photographs have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the United States, are in permanent collections of major museums, and have been used on numerous jazz album covers. Turner has received over 300 awards from various design groups and photography associations. His work is included in numerous books, which include his collection from numerous adventures in Africa. Turner continues to pursue his personal conceptual work as well.

http://www.seankernan.com/
Sean Kernan runs a commercial photography studio in Stony Creek, Connecticut. Seventy to percent of his work is still life, and a fair amount of his time is spent shooting on location. Kernan's corporate clients include: New York Stock Exchange, Tropicana, IBM Credit Corporation, and The Ramada Inn. Sean continues to do self-motivated projects to keep his creative juices flowing. He did an in-depth series in Alabama and West Virginia penitentiaries. He has been working on a portrait project inspired by the 19th-century Mexican painter Hermenegildo Bustos. In Mexico, Rome, and Cuba, Kernan set up studios and shot portraits of people who interested him. He also offers week-long photography workshops in various cities around the country.

www.barryseidman.com
Barry Seidman is a commercial photographer. He was educated at Pratt Institute. After several years as an ad agency art director, he turned to full time photography. Among his clients are AT&T, Panasonic, Miller Beer, Heublein, Coca Cola, Lipton, Lorrilard, RJR-Nabisco, etc. His work has contributed to numerous award winning national as well as regional campaigns. As for his personal work, Barry recently held a one-man fine arts show in New York City, and has contributed to numerous group shows. Barry Seidman is a native New Yorker.

http://www.leenthijsse.com
Dutch photographer Leen Thijsse started his career by working for a still-life photographer from London for two years. After freelancing with other photographers for three years he started a studio in Amsterdam. Leen's work has been inspired by the Dutch Master painters, and he has received numerous awards. His list of clients includes IBM, MCI, Corning, Phillips, BMW, Mercedes, and many more. Leen resides in both Amsterdam and Miami, Florida.

www.garyauerbach.com/
Dr. Gary Auerbach's specializes in large format platinum portraiture. His
camera of choice is a Wisner 11x14 technical field camera. His collection
includes native Americans, whose own cultural permanence is threatened,
celebrity and general portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and some 4x5
polaroid transfers. His list of worldwide exhibitions is impressive. His
works are also contained in various museum collections.

www.Joelmeyerowitz.com/
Joel Meyerowitz, an internationally known photographer, has published
eleven books of color photographs as well as a book on the history of
street photography. He has had one-man exhibitions in The Museum of
Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art, The Boston Museum of Fine Art, and at many other locations
both here and abroad. His work is held extensively in museums and private
collections. You can read essays and interviews by and about the
photographer, see photographs from all periods of his nearly 40 years of
work on this web site. He is currently working on the World Trade Center
Archive Project. Many of the photographs on this web site are available
for sale.

www.charlescramer.com/
Charles Cramer, is a brilliant landscape photographer. In 1997, Cramer
began using a new digital process that involves scanning the transparency,
using Photoshop as a digital darkroom, and writing the final image to
chromogenic photographic paper at very high resolution with red, green,
and blue lasers. These new advances allow Charles Cramer to realize his
lyrical landscape images at their strongest and most compelling.
Photographs by Charles Cramer are available through fine photographic
galleries throughout the West. He has also taught various photography
classes for the Ansel Adams Gallery Workshops. Cramer's landscape works
have been published by the National Geographic, Sierra Club, and the
Yosemite Association. He has written for Photo Techniques Magazine, and
was profiled in the March/April 1995 View Camera Magazine. His most recent
work stems from his fascination with the color, mood, and spirit of the
Southwest.

www.grantmaiden.co.nz/
Grant Maiden is a commercial photographer based in Wellington, New
Zealand. He creates contemporary and stunning photographic imagery for
advertising, editorial and visual communications industries. His portfolio
includes portrait, fashion, still life, and exhibition photography. His
client list includes such names as: Toyota, New Line Cinema, Galactic
Clothing and others.

www.photo.net/ The site is constantly changing and viewers are encouraged to rate frequently posted pictures in order for the photography community to select the best of the best as they are posted. There is much to be gained by regularly tuning in on this site as forums on various topics arise every day and are followed in depth with later postings. As you can imagine this is a gigantic website which encourages the sales of equipment, both new and used and also hosts a section for stolen equipment. A person may easily spend hours here, lurking among the countless electronic pages finding answers to questions that are either complex or basic.

www.indivisible.org/home.htm
Indivisible: Stories of American Community is an exploration of community life in America by some of this country’s most accomplished photographers, radio producers, and folklorists. Here are the stories of twelve communities where people are coming together to make their small piece of the world a better place to live.
Indivisible is a national documentary project exploring community life in America today. Through photographs and recorded voices, Indivisible focuses on the real-life stories of struggle and change in twelve communities—from Delray Beach, Florida, to Ithaca, New York; from the North Pacific Coast of Alaska to Chicago’s Southwest side; from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Yaak Valley, Montana. The photographs were made by highly regarded photographers whose work has been exhibited in and collected by many of the premiere museums in the United States and abroad. Indivisible is a project of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, and is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.

http://www.leemannphotography.com/
Lee Mann is known as the Pacific Northwest's premier nature photographer.
He has spent the past thirty years as a freelance photographer capturing nature and offering his high-quality photographic prints for sale. Additionally, he offers more affordable limited edition prints through his Gallery and on his web site. He currently markets 96 posters and 196 note cards throughout the North American and Europe. Five percent of his sales are donated to conservation organizations. He hopes his photographs remind us all to treat the earth, our only home, a little more gently.

http://www.bipinchandra.co.uk/
Bipinchandra is a freelance photographer based in England. His photographic collection features a cross-section of images reflecting diverse vision covering the Indian sub-continent and other destinations. Bipinchandra works primarily with natural light, and his photographs consist of commissioned works for publishers including Heinemann, Oxford, University Press and Evans Brothers, and personal projects. Bipinchandra has also written feature articles for Professional Photographer magazine. His website marks another series of photographic adventures.

www.ionzupcu.ro
Ion Zupcu was born and raised in Romania, but has been living in New York since 1991. Ion photographs still lifes are created with subdued lighting giving them a romantic character.

www.chipforelli.com
Chip Forelli ’s creates simple and evocative images of black and white landscapes and colorful still lifes. Chip’s black and white images are impressive for their tonal range,composition and their ability to capture the passage of time.

www.christineaustin.com/version.1.0/index.htm
Christine Austin grew up in Sarasota, Florida and graduated in May 1999 from Ringling School of Art with B.F.A.in Photography. She currently resides in New York and is pursing a career in the photo industry. Christine specializes in concept driven,stylized portraiture photography. She has a talent for capturing the personality of her subjects by creating a mood with location, wardrobe and lighting. Her other interests lie in landscape photography, digital fine art and printmaking.

www.modricker.com
Darren Modricker is a commercial photographer working out of New York City. Darren ’s online portfolio has 10 spreads and his stock catalog contains 500+photographs searchable via keywords.

http://www.bardagjyphoto.com/ Paul Bardagjy is a commercial photographer who works out of his studio in Austin, Texas. His clients include many of the country’s leading design and architecture firms, as well as the magazines that cover them.

http://www.klumphotography.com/ Mattias Klum was born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1968. He is a full-time freelance photographer specializing in natural history and cultural subjects.

http://www.billschwab.com/ Bill Schwab was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1959. Bill chooses to take photographs of natural and urban landscapes during inclement weather and challenging lighting situations which gives his photographs a unique quality.

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