Pro InstructorsNew York
Pro Instructors of New York
Anastasia Caulfield
HIGHLIGHTS
-New York-based multimedia artist, creative director, and educator specializing in photography, videography, and visual storytelling.
-Recent MFA graduate from the School of Visual Arts
-Work has been showcased in Times Square by ZAAZ and screened at the 2024 SVA Alumni Film & Animation Festival, where her short film Root Note was nominated.
-Founder of Digital Media by Anastasia Caulfield Visuals, she has directed media strategies for fashion brands, including projects for New York Fashion Week and the EJE Fashion Show in Washington, DC.
Kay Kenny
HIGHLIGHTS
- Over 25 years teaching photography at NYU as well as other institutions, including ICP
- Received an Excellence in Teaching Award from NYU
- Exhibits her fine art photography nationally and internationally as well as featured in
several books on photographic practices
- Specializes in long exposure rural night photography using both film and digital cameras
- MFA from Syracuse University. Background in printmaking and graphic design prior to
graduate degree in photography.
- Awards include 4 NJSCA grants as well as the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award from the
Griffin Museum of Photography
Melanie Gonzalez
HIGHLIGHTS
-Instructor, Studio lighting + Digital Portrait class with NYC Parks Department
-Technical Associate, Photography Department, The Cooper Union School for The Advancement of Art and Architecture
-Instructor, Digital Photography, Studio Lighting class with senior citizens at Serviam Gardens, a senior residential home in the Bronx
Whitney Browne
HIGHLIGHTS
- Emphasis in movement and portrait photography
- Founder of Light Language Workshops, independent online photography workshops and workshare community
- Expert in manual, strobe, and natural light photography
- Works photographing the performing arts in NYC for the last 14 years
- Educator for The School at Jacob's Pillow for 8 years
- Has spent the last decade developing her own experimental movement photography methods
- Shoots and prints color and black + white darkroom film photography
- Works and manages Caravaglia photo studio in Union Square, Manhattan
Adam Stoltman
HIGHLIGHTS
- Has photographed eleven Olympic Games
- At The New York Times, was one of a team of four editors who developed, produced and edited visual coverage at The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
• Former deputy picture editor for feature photography at Sports Illustrated
- Has photographed long term feature stories on cultural figures and artists, including Maya Lin, and Leonard Bernstein.
- Recently completed a year long photo documentation project of Asian American communities nationwide which was exhibited in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office building in Washington, D.C.
Alissa Everett
HIGHLIGHTS
- Specializes in photojournalism, documentary and travel photography
- Editorial clients include the Sunday Times of London, Economist, NBC Dateline News, AP, the San Francisco Chronicle, Traveler Overseas and Islands Magazine
- Traveled to Darfur in March - April 2006, and has held numerous exhibits to raise awareness and funding for the Friends of the World Food Programme
- Served with the Peace Corps for 2 years in Senegal, West Africa
Bruce Katz
HIGHLIGHTS
- Architectural and Interior Design phototgrapher with a natural-lighting style
- Teaches at the International Center of Photography
- On the Board of Directors of ASMP.
- Clients: Architectural Digest Magazine, Landscape Architecture Magazine, New York Magazine, Elle Decor
Interiors Magazine, Historic Preservation Magazine, Simon and Schuster, Random House, Luceplan, Harman International, Velux America
Dan Komoda
HIGHLIGHTS
- Freelance Photographer and Video Producer
- Specializes in head shots, portraits, beauty, fine art, food, corporate events and retouching.
- Over 20-years experience as a videographer, editor and motion graphics artist.
- Has done video and or photography work for clients such as Gillette, BMS, The Institute for Advanced Study, HP, Pfizer, HudsonMod and FedEx.
- Photography for the cookbook, “Cooking with Trader Joes: Lighten Up!”
David H. Wells
HIGHLIGHTS
-Freelance photographer/video maker
-Affiliated with Aurora Photos
-Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Philadelphia Inquirer
-Worked on assignment for such magazines as Fortune, Life, National Geographic, Newsweek, The Sunday New York Times, Time, etc.
-Two Fulbright fellowships, a grant from Nikon/N.P.P.A., a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
David Mark Erickson
HIGHLIGHTS
- Photographer and Photojournalist with years of international experience
- Wildlife Safari and Travel Guide
- Loves teaching and sharing the craft of photography
George Schaub
HIGHLIGHTS
- Chief Editorial Advisor at Digital Photo Academy
-Authored over 20 books on photography
-Editor at Large at Shutterbug magazine
-Associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City
-Member of the Technical Committee of the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), worldwide organization of photo reporters & editors.
Jill Enfield
HIGHLIGHTS
-Upcoming solo Exhibition at Ellis Island of "The New Americans" of portraits of recent immigrants
-Travel workshops in over 20 different world destination across all continents except Australia and Antarctica
-Author of 2 photo books
-Teaches around the world including Parson's in NYC, Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport and Rhode Island School of Design, (RISD), in Rhode Island
Johnny Milano
HIGHLIGHTS
- Photographs have appeared in New York Observer and The Agora National.
- Photography for album covers, merchandise, music festivals and fliers.
- Attending Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
John Reuter
HIGHLIGHTS
-20X24 Holdings, LLC-Executive Director, owner of 20 X 24 Polaroid camera, one of 5 in the world
-International Center of Photography, Maine Media Workshops, Santa Fe Workshops annual workshop leader
-Palm Beach Photographic Center Instructor and Lecturer, Adobe Software
-Polaroid Corporation Artistic and Technical Director from 2000 to 2008
Karim Shamsi-Basha
HIGHLIGHTS
-award-winning photographer and writer
-published in National Geographic Traveler, Sports Illustrated, People, Time, Southern Living, Coastal Living, Portico, The New York Times, The Washington Post
-has published three coffee-table books: The Beauty Box, Shelter from the Storm and Home Sweet Home Alabama
Rafael Infante
HIGHLIGHTS
- Utilizes bold colors and interesting perspectives to add Surrealism wonder to his imagary
- Portrait Photographer in New York City
- Attended School of Visual Arts (SVA) and Pratt Institute
Rick Gerrity
HIGHLIGHTS
-Travel assignments through the US and Canada
-Celebrity shoots including the likes of Paul Newman, Sylvester Stallone
-Commercial clients include BMW, Panasonic, IBM, Sony, Tamron, Oleg Cassini, Ford, Chevy, Traveling Moms, USO
-Photos published world-wide including U.S. credits Popular Photography, (including cover), Shutterbug, Pro Photo Daily, TakeGreatPictures, Indy Car Magazine
-Also teaches for Unique University and is a Panasonic Luminary
Steven Greaves
HIGHLIGHTS
-Documentary, architectural, commercial and travel photographer
-Published books on Hawaii, New York and Florida
-Travel publication credits DK Travel Books, History Channel, Insight Travel Guides, Lonely Planet, Men's Journal, National Geographic, New York Times
-Other respected publication credits include Fortune, Guardian, Time and others
-Embedded with French Foreign Legion in Afghanistan- 2010