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This section contains boigraphies of FOTOfusion presenters that will be present this year.

Elliott Erwitt

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Diane Farris

DIANE FARRIS is a photographer/writer who works in series and book forms. Her current project is Writing on Water. Her Sandhill Crane work has recently been shown with Jill Metcoff’s work at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago and at Nebraska’s Stuhr Museum. Her work is in many private and public collections, including Princeton University, Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts, the Harn Museum of Art, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Jacksonville Art Museum, the Polaroid Collection and the Florida Atlantic University Computer Center. She has written and/or illustrated In Dolphin Time, Type Tales and New Vegetarian Classics.

Donna Ferrato

DONNA FERRATO is internationally respected for her documentary photography. Among her many awards are the W. Eugene Smith Grant, the Robert F Kennedy Award for Humanistic Photography, Kodak Crystal Eagle Award and the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. Her book, “Living with the Enemy” (Aperture), has been reprinted 4 times and sold more than 40,000 copies. Donna is recognized as one of the pre-eminent forces in the fight against the oppression of women and works worldwide on projects as diverse as Bruce Springsteen, Guns 'N Roses, and human sexuality.

Ramiro Fernandez

RAMIRO FERNANDEZ, Consulting Fotofusion Director.

Ramiro was a Time Inc photo editor and researcher for 25 years with such titles as: People, People en Español, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated. Collector, lecturer and historian of Cuban Photography, he published I WAS CUBA, (Chronicle), a best selling book featuring part of his photography collection of Cuba, 1860- 1970. He is currently also a consultant to the ICP International Center of Photography bookstore in New York and also serves as a MoMA education department volunteer. He is currently working on his second book based on his collection.

Beth Filler

BETH FILLER, Managing Picture Editor of People, has been with the magazine since 1986. While at People, she oversaw the photography for People’s 25th anniversary edition, and helped establish the photo department at WHO, the magazine’s Australian edition in Sydney. She started her career at Rolling Stone magazine as Assistant Photo Editor where she coordinated Annie Leibovitz’s photo shoots. She also was the Photo Editor for Entertainment Tonight magazine, a Simon & Schuster startup that never launched.

Maura Foley

MAURA FOLEY is a picture editor at The New York Times working on The Metropolitan section. Previously she was Picture Editor of People Magazine managing a staff of 24 photo editors and worked on the 3 largest selling People magazine issues to date-- September 11, Princess Diana’s death and the death of John F. Kennedy Jr. Her career began at Duomo Photography, the sports photo agency and was an editor on “A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces,” and a co–curator of an exhibit of Sports Illustrated photographs for the Newseum, N.Y. She served as a judge for the Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography and Time Inc.’s Eisey and Luce Awards.

Ruth Fremson

RUTH FREMSON, a staff photographer for The New York Times has received three Pulitzer prizes and awards from the National Press Photographers Association, The White House News Photographers Association and the New York Press Photographers Association. She has covered the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, presidential campaigns, the Olympics, conflicts in Iraq, the Middle East and Kosovo. Her projects are as varied as malnutrition, the environmental effects of gold mining, palliative care, the challenges facing American teenagers applying for college, and life along the Yellow River in China.

Rick Friedman

RICK FRIEDMAN, a photojournalist for over three decades, travels the world for numerous publications, corporations, advertising assignments, film and television productions. His work appears in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News, The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Discover and other publications. He has produced over 75 book and magazine covers. Currently the President of the Boston Press Photographers Association, he has won awards from the American Society of Media Photographers, the National Press Photographers Association, and the Boston Press Photographers Association.

Harrison Funk

HARRISON FUNK is renowned for his innovative and documentary approach to photographing musicians. Over two decades his work has been used in marketing, merchandising and promotion of music’s icons. Known for images of Michael Jackson during the highlight of his career, he produced the program book and on-stage/on-air visuals recently seen at his Memorial Service. Beginning in news and sports he moved to fashion, entertainment and advertising in still photography and as director of music videos and film. He was Creative Director of Outwest Records and of London-based Blink Magazine. Sony, Motown, EMI, Warner Records and LIFE; TIME, People, EW, and Rolling Stone have featured his work.

Laurence Gartel

LAURENCE GARTEL is considered the "Father" of the Digital Art medium for over 34-years. He has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, Norton Museum of Art, and in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History, Bibliothque Nationale, and most recently the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London. Gartel is also the subject of two monographs: Laurence M. Gartel: A Cybernetic Romance" Introduction written by Nam June Paik, and "GARTEL: Arte e Tecnologia". Dozens of publications include Mr. Gartel as a major figure of the "Art of the Digital Age" shifting the course of discipline.

Lydia Goetze

LYDIA GOETZE is a master teacher and landscape photographer who works primarily in the contemplative genre in both color and black and white.  She is interested in integrating new discoveries about visual perception from psychology, biology, and painting into her photographic work.  Her work is in private collections and in the Addison Gallery of American Art.  She teaches workshops in various venues.

Tim Grey

Tim Grey is regarded as one of the top educators in digital photography and imaging, offering clear guidance on complex subjects through his writing and speaking. He loves learning as much as he possibly can about digital imaging, and he loves sharing that information even more. Tim has written more than a dozen books on digital imaging for photographers, including the best-selling Photoshop CS4 Workflow and Color Confidence. He has also had hundreds of articles published in Digital Photo Pro, Outdoor Photographer, and PC Photo, among others. He publishes the Digital Darkroom Questions email newsletter, as well as the Digital Darkroom Quarterly print newsletter. Tim is a member of the Photoshop World Dream Team of Instructors.

Kim Hubbard

KIM HUBBARD is the photography editor for Audubon Magazine. During her tenure, Audubon has been honored by American Photography, Communication Arts, PDN, SPD, and the Art Director’s Club, among others, and was a finalist for the ASME General Excellence honor in 2007. She has also served as a judge for Pictures of the Year and Communication Arts, and has led an Audubon photo expedition to Costa Rica and Panama. She has previously worked for Discover magazine and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as both photo editor and photographer. She contributed time as a volunteer photo editor for the “Here Is New York” documentary photo project after 9/11.

John Isaac

JOHN ISAAC, an award winning photojournalist and documentary photographer, has photographed in more than 100 countries. Retired from the United Nations after 30 years, he pursues his humanitarian concerns. Instead of documenting strife, carnage and starvation, he points his camera at more aesthetic subjects these days – scenics and wildlife. A native of India, his latest book is “The Vale of Kashmir.” Among many awards are Best Outdoor Photograph from Graphis magazine, 1993 PMA Photographer of the Year, Kodak International Professional Showcase Award, thirteen Nikon International Photo prizes from 1977-1996, and in 2000 the International Photographic Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award. His coverage of Ethiopian famine from 1984-88 won a POY award from the NPPA/Missouri School of Journalism.

Adam Jones

ADAM JONES is well known for his artistic nature images and travel imagery. A prolific stock photographer, he is represented worldwide by Getty Images, Corbis, Visuals Unlimited, Photo Researchers, and Danita Delimont Stock Photography. His publication credits include: National Geographic Books, LIFE magazine, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon, Sierra Club, Disney, People Magazine, Hallmark Cards, and countless textbooks. His images are featured in 8 coffee table books, including his popular instructional book: The Step-by-Step Photography Workshop. His latest book is Kentucky Simply Beautiful.

Shelly Katz

For more than a quarter of a century, award winning photographer Shelly Katz has worked in the world of editorial photography on assignments for such publications as TIME, LIFE, FORTUNE, PEOPLE WEEKLY, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED and PARADE - and for commercial accounts that include Apple Computer, AT&T, BellSouth, General Motors, IBM, Mobil Oil and U.S. Steel - just to name a few.

He has photographed every major presidential candidate since 1959 and other major news stories such as the 56-days of the Branch Davidian compound siege in Waco, Texas, that led to his TIME Magazine cover photo of the explosion.

Katz also is a veteran of several Day in the Life projects, both as a photographer and editor; has served as Chairman of Electronics Projects for the National Press Photographers Association - including as the Director of Photography for the NPPA Electronic Photojournalism Workshops. He was also called upon to serve as a special photography advisor to the U.S. astronauts at the request of NASA - and for his digital ink-jet printing mastery, EPSON calls upon him to demonstrate their products at trade shows and photo workshops.

Throughout the world, in museums, the Smithsonian Institute, and private collections, his images are preserved, displayed and admired.

Daile Kaplan

DAILE KAPLAN is vice president and director of photographs at Swann Galleries, New York's oldest specialty auction house, where she is also an auctioneer. She is a photograph specialist on P.B.S.'s nationally acclaimed TV “Antiques Roadshow”, and also appeared on The History Channel and The Discovery Channel, among others. She has written extensively about the convergence of photography and popular culture and is a prominent collector of 3-dimensional artifacts adorned with photographic images, she coined the term "pop photographica" to describe these unique works. She is on the board of directors of the Appraisers Association of America, editor of their newsletter and is a member of the Authors Guild and Art Table.

Lewis Kemper

LEWIS KEMPER specializes in nature and wildlife photography using digital and 4x5 cameras. He is one of Canon’s Explorers of Light. He has contributed to Photoshop books including Photoshop for Nature Photographers and 50 Fast Photoshop Techniques and is the Creator of the Photoshop training DVD series “the Photographer’s Toolbox for Photoshop”. He is a contributing editor to Outdoor Photographer, PC Photo and NANPA Currents magazines. His current book “Capturing the Light” is available at >www.LewisKemper.com

Julie Adair King

JULIE ADAIR KING is the best-selling author of Digital Photography For Dummies and many other digital photography and imaging books. Her most recent titles include a popular series of "For Dummies" guidebooks to Nikon and Canon digital SLR cameras. Other recent works include “Digital Photo Projects For Dummies”, “Digital Photography Before & After Makeovers,” and “Julie King’s Everyday Photoshop For Photography.” In addition to writing, Julie teaches digital photography and digital retouching workshops and is the author/producer of the instructional DVD Adobe Photoshop Elements for the Family Photographer.

Douglas Kirkland

DOUGLAS KIRKLAND’s career began at Look and Life Magazines in the 60’s and 70’s “golden age” of photojournalism. He has worked on the set of over 100 motion pictures and his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas, are known worldwide. His books include “Light Years”, “Legends”, “Body Stories”, “An Evening With Marilyn”, James Cameron’s Titanic”, “Freeze Frame,” “Coco Chanel and “Three Weeks”. He has received numerous awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American S.O.C. and one from CAPIC in his native Toronto, Canada, and a Lucie for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography.

Julieanne Kost

JULIEANNE KOST, Senior Digital Imaging Evangelist, joined Adobe in 1992 learning her craft through hands-on experience. Spanning digital imaging and illustration, her role includes customer education, product development, and market research. She is a frequent contributor to publications, a speaker at many conferences and tradeshows, and a teacher at photography workshops and fine art schools worldwide. A passionate photographer, she combines her background in psychology in creating artwork, seen in several shows and published in several magazines. She is the author behind Window Seat – The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking and the founder of jkost.com.

Stella Kramer

STELLA KRAMER Pulitzer Prize-winning photo editor and consultant. Stella has worked with such top publications as The New York Times, Newsweek and People magazine. Through lecturers and seminars about the world of editorial photography; group and individual portfolio and website reviews; Ms. Kramer has shared her expertise with audiences around the country.

Evan Jane Kriss

EVAN JANE KRISS became Photo Editor of The Washington Post Magazine in 2006 after 12 years as a picture editor at The New York Times Magazine, working on covers to special issues, as editor of The Way We Lived Now section and The Lives They Lived annual.  She started her career at TIME Magazine where she spent 11 years, mainly in the photo department as assistant to the photo editor, as photo researcher and editor and as photo contest editor for Time's domestic and international editions.