GPP 2012 / Instructors

Zack Arias is an editorial music photographer based in Atlanta, GA. His specialty is niched in press and publicity photography for the music industry. As his music work continues to expand nationally, his studio in Atlanta works within a wider spectrum of the entertainment industry producing headsho...

David Burnett is a photojournalist with more than 4 decades of work covering the news, the people, and visual tempo of our age. He is co-founder of Contact Press Images,the New York based photojournalism agency, now entering its 36th year. In a recent issue of American Photo magazine Burnett was nam...

Gregory Heisler is a photographer and educator who is renowned for his technical mastery and thoughtful responsiveness.  His enthusiasm, curiosity, and drive are manifested in his hands-on approach to all aspects of the image making process. His iconic portraits and innovative visual essays hav...

Named as one of the 30 most influential photographers of the decade by Photo District News, David Hobby is the creator of Strobist.com, the world\'s most popular resource on photographic lighting. Having spent 20 years as a staff newspaper photojournalist, he now shoots editorial and commercial free...

Chris Hurtt is a San Francisco-based freelance photographer. His photography career took off when he met and started assisting world-renowned photographer Bryan Peterson. Chris is also an instructor at the (online) Perfect Picture School of Photography www.ppsop.com where his down to earth explanati...

Bobbi Lane is a commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits in studio and on location. Lane`s multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 35 years of technical experience with innovative artistic interpretation. Lane shoots primarily people for editorial, corporate, and ad...

Joe McNally is an internationally acclaimed photographer, whose career has spanned 30 years and included assignments in over 50 countries. Although the majority of his career has been spent shooting for magazines such as Time, Sports Illustrated, and National Geographic, in the mid-1990s Joe served ...

David Nightingale lives in both Blackpool, a seaside town in the North West of England, and Ganchovets, a village near to Veliko Tarnovo in central Bulgaria, with his wife Libby and seven children. He was formerly a university lecturer, but is now the full-time Creative Director of Chromasia Limite...

Louis Pang ranks amongst Asia’s top 3 wedding photographer. He has won ten Wedding & Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) awards* in USA between 2007-2011 and holds the unequal record of being the only Asian on WPPI winners list for five consecutive years. His photo "Standing Tall" ...

Martin Prihoda is a Canadian born advertising and portraiture photographer living and working in Mumbai. He is a regular contributor to Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar and Elle and maintains a growing advertising client base both in India and internationally. Known for his advanced lighting techniq...

Claire Rosen is a fashion and fine art photographer, video artist and educator. She loves big dresses, vintage taxidermy and adventures. Much of her inspiration comes from fairy tales, fables and other children’s stories. She is drawn both to beauty and darkness as it exists in life, and her i...

Steve Simon has been passionate about documenting life through photography since he began taking photographs at age 12 in his home city of Montreal. He has participated as a guest lecturer and workshop leader at various photography and arts events in Canada, the United States, and Argentina.  ...

One of Colorado's most highly regarded location corporate photographers, David Tejada is also internationally recognized for his dramatic and innovative photographic lighting techniques and graphic style. Also known for his approachable personality, David has the reputation of being a person who is ...