Waldemar Bussiahn is a full time photography lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, South Africa.  He has been lecturing for nineteen years and has taught subjects such as Photographic Physics and Chemistry I, Photographic Techniques I and II, Theory of Photography II, III and IV and Applied Photography I, II, III and IV.

He currently teaches Visual Communication III, Theory of Photography III and IV and is in charge of the B Tech Degree students who are in their fourth year of study. Waldemar has also co-supervised Master students.  He is currently busy with his PhD studies, looking at the therapeutic effects of landscape photography.

Des Crawley is an Emeritus Professor of the University of Western Sydney, Adjunct Professor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University and is currently Professor and Director, Centre for Creative Exchange at James Cook University. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers and was Foundation President of the PIEA in Australia.  He has been involved in photo education at a national and international level for 40 years. He was Dean of Faculty for 27 years where he provided leadership in curriculum development and innovation.

Andrew Davidhazy is Chair of the Imaging and Photographic Technology Department at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. He has over 30 years of experience and while specializing in scientific and technical aspects of photography he is almost equally active in the application of technical imaging concepts to aesthetic purposes. He has lectured and exhibited widely and his writings have been published in numerous books, articles and journals. He is a recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching at RIT and is a Fellow of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and the International Society for Optical Engineering.

Bill Gratton-  MAC Group - National Manager of Educational Markets. As their liaison to the photo education community, Bill is responsible for overseeing their educational support program, MAC-On-Campus. Bill visits and presents at nearly 200 schools per year. Bill¹s experience as a working professional, along with his commitment and understanding of the photo educational community makes him an excellent resource.

Robert Hirsch is an artist, curator, educator, historian and author of Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Seizing the Light: A Cultural History of Photography, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment Ideas, Materials, and Processes, and Exploring Color Photography: From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio.  A German edition of Light and Lens, Mit der Kamera sehen: Konzeptionelle Fotografie im digitalen Zeitalter, has just been released.

Hirsch has been a contributing writer for Afterimage, Buffalo Spree, CEPA Journal, Contact Sheet, Digital Camera, exposure, The Encyclopedia of 19^th Photography, The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Fotophile, FY, History of Photography, The Photo Review, Photovision, and World Book Encyclopedia.  Hirsch’s visual work has been widely exhibited.  His next one-person show is scheduled at the Rockefeller Arts Center - Art Gallery, SUNY Fredonia.  Hirsch heads Light Research, a consulting firm providing professional services to the photographic arts field.  He is the former Executive Director and Chief Curator of CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY and has curated numerous solo and group exhibitions.  Currently, he serves on National Advisory Boards of CEPA and Freestyle Photographic, among others.

Ian Kent-Robinson is a lecturer in Photography, at Wiltshire College in Salisbury, UK.  He originally trained as a photographer and film cameraman, and worked in these areas for several years before taking up lecturing, first in Film & TV Production and later in Photography.  He lectures on the BA(Hons) Photography course at Wiltshire College, Salisbury.

Ian has been the National Organizer for Photography courses in the UK for the Open College of the Arts, an Examiner for City & Guilds Photography courses and a writer and editor of exam questions.  Throughout his career Ian has recorded voiceovers for training and entertainment programs, and for five years was the 'station voice' and a regular broadcaster for Spire FM, the independent local radio station for the city of Salisbury.

He regularly gives lectures and talks on Photography to organizations in the UK and internationally and also practices as a freelance Photographer, concentrating on people, still-life and landscapes.  He has held an number of exhibitions and has had several papers published.

Ken Lassiter:  Upon graduation from VA Tech in 1957 with a BS in Civil Engineering, Ken joined Kodak in Rochester, NY. After 3 years as an engineer, Ken became a technical editor for engineering and scientific applications of photography. Ken worked in Kodak publications for 25 years, the last ten as Director of Kodak Publications. Next Ken was appointed Director of Photo Trade Relations and Director of Photo Education. In these roles he worked with photographic organizations and colleges and high schools teaching photography programs. In 1993, Ken retired and was appointed Senior Consultant and assigned to develop and manage the Photo Imaging Education Association by PMA. In 2007, after 50 years in the photo business, Ken retired and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by PMA and Honorary Membership by PIEA.

David Litschel is a noted educator, photographer, author, and consultant to industry and education. He is the Provost at Brooks Institute with campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. Prior to taking his current administrative role, he was a faculty member at Brooks Institute for over 15 years. A practicing architectural and travel photographer, he taught courses in subjects including architectural photography, photographic fundamentals, lighting, and web site development. He is the co-author of two books on photography, Black and White Photography published by Delmar a division of Thompson Learning, Inc., now in its second edition, and Digital Photographic Capture published by Focal Press in 2005. He has been active in many professional organizations, including serving as President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA). He is an Advisory Council Participant, PLUS Advisory Council, Picture Licensing Universal System. David is a member of the Advisory Board for Photographer’s Forum magazine, and has served on the Board of Directors of Photoaccess.com, in Seattle, Washington. David earned the Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Colorado where he was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.

Fern Logan: After 20 years of working as a photographer and graphic designer in New York City, Fern Logan brought her experience to academe in 1990. She is currently an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University in the Department of Cinema & Photography. Ms. Logan completed her graduate work in Chicago at The School of the Art Institute. Her photography has been shown and published regularly in this country and abroad. Her work has been exhibited twice at The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Her digital imagery was awarded an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in 1998 and again in 2001. Also in 2001, the Southern Illinois University Press published a book of her

portraits entitled The Artist Portrait Series. You can find her work published in several collections one of which is Committed to the Image, the exhibition catalog published by the Brooklyn Museum.

Brian Matsumoto has a bachelor of science degree in photography from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, IL.  Brian has been a professional markets representative of the camera division of Canon USA for nine years. Prior to this he spent twelve years with Calumet Photographic, Inc. in technical sales and marketing. Matsumoto has worked in professional wedding and portrait photography, public relations photography, and commercial photography.

Lynette Zeeng is an experienced commercial photographer and educator.  Her work has been published internationally and she is the recipient of numerous wards. She is Education Development Co-ordinator and lecturer at Swinburne University.  Lynette teaches photography to students from a wide range of design disciplines including communication design, film and television and multimedia. Lynette is involved in extensive research related to web-based learning and its use in higher education. Her work in this area has been presented at education conferences both in Australia and overseas.  She has received two teaching awards for her endeavours.  She obtained a Master of Arts (Visual Communication) from RMIT University and is undertaking a PHD at Melbourne University exploring the intrinsic beauty of the one-off Image.

Nancy McGirr covered the wars in Central America as a Reuters staffphotographer during the turbulent 80’s and is currently with Black Star. Herwork has appeared in Life, Time, Newsweek, NYT, Stern, L.A. Times and Boston Globe Magazines to mention a few. In 1991 she founded Fotokids/Guatemala and in 2000, Guaruma Honduras. Both of these organizations use photography to reach at risk children affected by poverty and violent conflict.

McGirr has been an invited speaker in NAFOTO, Sao Paolo, Harvard University, Sao Paolo, Boston, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Konica GalleryTokyo, Photographers Gallery London, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin etc.

She has received numerous awards for her photography and her educational programs. McGirr continues to lead Fotokids and Guaruma and has given workshops in Tinduf Algiers, Granada, Spain and Adelaide Australia. The two projects have appeared in media and exhibited throughout the world in over12 countries and she has given interviews to Foreign Correspondent Australia, CNN, BBC, Channel 4 U.K., Dutch, German and Austrian Public

Television, Bravo, Discovery, NY Times, Washington Post, Sunday Telegraph,The Independent, Reuters etc.

John Sexton was born in 1953, and resides in Carmel Valley, California.  Respected as a photographer, master printmaker, author, and workshop instructor, he is best known for his luminous, quiet, black and white photographs of the natural environment.  John’s most recent book is Recollections: Three Decades of Photographs, an award-winning retrospective volume, published in late 2006 by Ventana Editions.  He is Director of the John Sexton Photography Workshops program, and teaches numerous photography workshops each year for other programs in the United States and abroad.  His lectures for photographic and professional organizations, colleges and universities, discuss the aesthetic and technical aspects of fine black and white photography.  He has presented lectures for, among others, George Eastman House, Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Boston University, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Photographic Arts, and the Seattle Art Museum.   A recipient of the 2005 North American Nature Photography Association Lifetime Achievement Award, John is a consultant to Eastman Kodak Company and other photographic manufacturers.  He worked as both Technical and Photographic Assistant, and then Technical Consultant, to Ansel Adams from 1979 to 1984.  He continues to serve as Photographic Special Projects Consultant to The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. John’s photographs are included in permanent collections, exhibitions, and publications throughout the world.  His work has been featured on the CBS Sunday Morning show, and on the MacNeil Lehrer News Hour.  Bank of America, General Motors, and Eastman Kodak Company have used his photographs in national advertising campaigns.  Sexton’s photographs have been featured in numerous periodicals including: Time, Life, American Photo, Backpacker, Photo Techniques, Darkroom Photography, LensWork Quarterly, View Camera, Black and White, Zoom, Outdoor Photographer, Outside, TWA Ambassador, Southern Accents and Popular Photography.

Michaela Beckers Stolle:   Product Manager ProPhoto, Epson European Marketing Department

Michaela Stolle, née Beckers, was born 1973 in Cologne, Germany.  In 1998, with a diploma thesis in photographic chemistry at the Agfa GmbH, she finished her studies at the Cologne University of Applied Science with a degree in Photoengineering (Dipl.-Ing. FH).  From 1999 till 2001 she worked for Epson Germany in the newly founded Prographics team, from 2000 as assistant product manager.  Mid 2001 she moved to the Epson European Headquarter as Application Speacialist for Photography and Fine Art within the European Prographics Team covering the EMEAR region. Since 2004 she is European Product Manager for ProPhoto Products.  She is also a member of the DGPh (German Society for Photography.)