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

Marc Serota

MARC SEROTA is a contract photographer with Getty Images in Boca Raton, Florida. Serota has been in photojournalism since 1986 covering world championship events and major news stories that include the Olympics, Super Bowl and the World Series as well as Presidential debates, campaigns and elections, the Elian Gonzalez saga, Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and major disasters and hurricanes including Katrina. Serota currently shoots stylized portraits for several clients that include Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, NASCAR, the LPGA, the New York Mets and MLB.

Monica Stevenson

MONICA STEVENSON is a commercial and fine art photographer. Her commercial work focuses on jewelry, cosmetics and luxury goods. Her clients include Tiffany, Cartier, Sotheby’s, Gillette, Movado, Vogue Magazine, Crabtree and Evelyn, and Volkswagen. Her fine art photography is a large body of b&w prints with a concentration on equine photographs, reflecting her skill in capturing the historic bond between horse, man, and nature. Printed in warm sepia tone, the reference to a previous era of technology and art is accentuated. Captured in a spontaneous and unorthodox manner, these images were taken from all four corners of the globe. Monica’s commercial and fine art photographs reflect her singular vision and creativity.

Ruaridh Stewart

RUARIDH STEWART as News Director, ZUMA Press, oversees a large team of photo editors and is chief contact for ZUMA’s 2,100+ photojournalists and 100+ newspaper and agency partners worldwide. He also is Associate Picture Editor of DOUBLEtruck magazine, an award winning picture news publication, and of the multimedia portal, zReportage.com. Prior to ZUMA, he spent nine years in key newspaper positions in Asia, including Hong Kong’s largest Chinese newspaper: Apple Daily News, where he was an international assignment photographer. He is recipient of several top awards as an editor and photojournalist, including a POY for his news coverage and reportage photography.

Bruce Talamon

BRUCE TALAMON has been a contributing photographer to the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Premiere Magazine, People, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Ebony and Jet magazines. His book projects include “ Songs Of My People,” and “Committed To The Image: Contemporary Black Photographers.” He is author and designer of “Bob Marley: Spirit Dancer”, a photographic memoir of his travels with Marley in celebration of Bob's 50th birthday. He currently works in motion picture film production, creating images for marketing and publicity for Paramount Pictures, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Brothers.

Eddie Tapp

EDDIE TAPP, a gifted photographer and artist, has been a tireless photographic educator for decades. He has become prominent since the adoption of digital imaging by the advertising, portrait and publishing industries. His digital imaging seminars and workshops have been hosted around the world, and he's a regular consultant to businesses. His reputation as an authority on digital imaging workflows, color management, and Photoshop is evidenced by his association with the world's most prominent photographic manufacturers and distributors, as well as major photographic studios, corporations and government agencies who endorse his education work.

Brenda Tharp

BRENDA THARP is an award-winning travel, stock and fine art photographer, known for her use of graphic compositions and strong color. Her publication credits include National Geographic, Chronicle, Michelin, Sierra, Audubon, Pomegranate Cards, and Nature Conservancy. Getty Images, Danita Delimont Stock Photography, and Photo Researchers represent her. A highly regarded educator, Brenda is the author of Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography, Revised Edition, and conducts tours and workshops around the world.

Anna Tomczak

ANNA TOMCZAK is a fine art photographer whose work is in the collections of the Brooklyn, Harn and Norton Museums, the Museum of Florida Art, Sony Latin-America, McGraw-Hill, and other corporate and private collections. Her recent Exhibition and Monograph: Sanctuary, Anna Tomczak, Photography, was curated, and accompanied by an essay by Barbara Hitchcock. Her work is also in Georgia Review, View Camera, Camera Arts, Polaroid Manipulations, Photo Portfolio Success, Digital Photo Art, and Picturing Florida, by Fresco Publications. Her artist awards include Fl Individual Artist, Escape to Create Fellowship; Polaroid Artist Support; Loft Nota Bene, Spain; ACA Cultural Exchange at La Napoule Arts Foundation, France.

Peter Turnley

PETER TURNLEY is one of the preeminent photojournalists in the world today. His photographs have been on the cover of Newsweek Magazine 43 times. . He has covered nearly every major news event of international significance in the past thirty years. He is also a renowned workshop instructor with vast experience at teaching workshops worldwide on the photo essay. His work is often seen in the world’s most prestigious magazines: Newsweek, Harper’s, Stern, Paris Match, Geo, LIFE, National Geographic, and The London Sunday Times.

Cynthia Van Roden

CYNTHIA VAN RODEN, Hallmark’s first Photo Editor, now manages its Photography Collection and a team of photo editors, researchers and buyers. Recruited to edit over a million images she created a department and a collection that now functions as an in-house photo agency. She strategizes with Hallmark’s in-house photo studio regarding shoots for the company while keeping up-to-date on what's available in the global marketplace. She has worked at The Time/Life Picture Collection, SIPA Press, Conde Nast Traveler, Times Mirror Magazines and Fortune. She also consults with photographers on their portfolios, exhibitions, collections and rights.

Vincent Versace

VINCENT VERSACE is a recipient of the 1998 Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment and the 2001 Shellenberg Fine Art Award Vincent is host of the Epson Print Academy and among the photographers used by Epson, Lexar, Apple, Roland, Dynalite, Photoflex, Luminos, Kodak, LowePro, and Nikon to beta test their products. His work, and articles on digital photography, has appeared in almost every major photography periodical, and he is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institutions Museum of American History.

Ross Whitaker

ROSS WHITAKER is a New York-based Photographer/Director specializing in shooting commissioned photos of children and lifestyle for advertising, catalogs, books, and editorial publications. A short list of clients include American Girl, Cheerios, Kool-Aid, Quaker Oats, John Deere, Nabisco, Beechnut, Gerber, Enfamile, Dannon, Playtex, Oragel, Triaminic, GE, Fisher Price, Sesame Street, Samsung, Evenflo, Merck, and Disney. To expand, Ross formed Pimzlo Media to explore cutting edge New Media content. This year Pimzlo Media won the prestigious “Gold Muse” Award from the American Association of Museums for a Podcast series for the George Eastman House…

Ben Willmore

BEN WILLMORE has an uncanny ability to connect with users of every level and mindset; whether it’s first-timers taking their first sniff of Photoshop, or nerds and nerdettes who are on the fast track to technical illumination. His award-winning, best-selling book, “Adobe Photoshop Studio Techniques” is one of the best Photoshop books ever written. He is co-author (with Jack Davis) of bestseller, “How to Wow: Photoshop for Photographers,” and another bestseller, “Up to Speed: Photoshop CS4.” He is a regular contributor to photography and digital imaging magazines and has been inducted into the Photoshop Hall of Fame.

Edward Yee

EDWARD YEE, Vice President, Penelope Dixon & Associates, is currently involved with photographic collection management, appraisals and valuation. Working on a myriad of appraisal projects, he specializes in the valuation of negatives and large archives & estates, the largest of which was the Black Star Archive of over 300,000 photographs with a cataloguing staff of forty and an evaluation staff of seven. Presently, as a six year partner in the firm he is responsible for running the corporate headquarters in Miami, FL, serves as the CFO and data management specialist for the firm.

Dr. Richard D. Zakia

RICHARD D. ZAKIA is a retired professor from the Rochester Institute of Technology where he taught photography for 34 years. He has written several books on photography and perception. He is a contributor to the new Focal Encyclopedia of Photography and author of the 3rd edition of Perception and Imaging, Photography--A Way of Seeing.