About the Gallery: Photographers

A creative dynamic and fired up photographer for print advertising, website and magazines ranging from Newsweek, Forbes, NY Magazine and Penthouse to Architectural Digest, Sotheby's and Ski racing magazines. Wick lives in Florida and is featured in Ocean Drive, Miami Living, Florida Inside Out, Boca Raton Observer, Social affairs, El Nuevo Herald, Florida Business News and Miami Dolphins Gameday Magazine.

Bilbao has been photographing "beautiful people" since the age of 18 when he covered rock bands such as Incubus, 311, Sugar Ray, and Carlos Ponce.

Matias Bilbao, 29, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, studied biology and photography at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska and is currently a freelance photographer and digital artist in Miami. The camera and a fascination with digital imaging won the young artist's dedication. But it's clear that his biology studies were not in vain - as evidenced by the subjects of his lens.

Cowboys, fashion models, boxers, rock stars, the unknown faces of many cultures - all have been caught in the passion of Bilbao's talent and have been caught in his commitment to transmit the soul of his subjects onto film.

The photographer finds time to teach his craft in both traditional and digital photography to emerging creative professionals at the Miami Ad School on Miami Beach. And, to occupy the down time in Bilbao's life, there's an exciting new project underway called "Yellowcase". This project is designed to train digital artists and professional photographers in digital imaging techniques and color management technologies, allowing the color that is produced by a computer's printer to match the monitor perfectly. The company services digital labs that are rapidly growing in popularity as well as small design firms.

Tom has been shooting fashion and beauty for over 30 years. Based for most of his career in Paris and New York, he has worked for many major magazines and clients including Anne Klein, Self, Vogue France, Depeche Mode, The Limited, Cacharel, Avon, Vogue Belezza, Arista Records, The New York TImes, Grazia, Gioia, Freundin and Cosmopolitan. He was a participant in the Festival de la Mode in Budapest. Tom also has extensive experience in the area of digital retouching and prepress production. His retouching clients include Almay and Victoria's Secret. He is currently Director of Mix Imaging, Miami and is an instructor at the Miami Ad School.

Erika Blanco loves photography and her daughter. She was born in Colombia and moved to Miami to study, where she graduated from Miami Ad School.

Erika photographs people, fashion and children. She enjoys portraiture the most, people's faces and their uniqueness.

Erika's work has appeared in Interior Design, Metropolis, Allure Beauty, Florida Kitchen and Bath. Some of her clients include Western Union Latin America, Italian Chamber of Commerce and Coverings Etc.

"Out of many, one people" is the native motto of André Chung's parents. Born of Jamaican heritage in the late '60's, an explosive and pivotal time, André was the first of his family to be born in the U.S. He has since based his life on a balance of relationships, which he now explores through his photography. His relationship with the camera started at the University of Maryland, when he began photographing his girlfriend. This relationship proved serendipitous. The girlfriend became his wife, the camera --- his career.

With 20 years of experience as a photojournalist, André started his newspaper career at the Chicago Sun-Times, and then moved on to the Baltimore Sun, where he spent over a dozen years working on stories about our most marginalized citizens and how they navigate a difficult world. His work has won many awards including the George Polk Award in 1999, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2000, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award in 2005. The Baltimore Sun nominated his work for the Pulitzer Prize on five separate occasions. A founding member of the Iris PhotoCollective, André now works on the stories that are close to his heart.

Derek is a Miami native. For 30 years he's shot many assignments for local, national and international ad campaigns.

Carolina del Rivero, born in Mexico City, began her career at Centro de Estudios en Ciencias de la Comunicacion graduating with an Advertising degree in 2001. She continued her career graduating from the Miami Ad School's Fashion Photography and Editorial Design Program. Pursuing her passion for the fashion industry Carolina has made her focus "Shoes", an object of every woman's adoration, making a statement with her own style. In 2006 Carolina created a collection of Art about Fruits and Vegetables that began as a school project. The collection is being part of Art Fusion Gallery's selected group of artists since July of 2007.

Carolina has participated with some organizations like Make a Wish Foundation for kids with terminal diseases, The Raw Beauty Project for women with different disabilities, The Victory School for Children with Autism and recently with The Sabrina Cohen Foundation for the Stem Cell Research donating her art.

Clients include Ritz Carlton South Beach, Jaguar Restaurant, Talula Restaurant, Mari-Nalli Restaurant, Ariston Restaurant, Base World, Luis Morais Jewelry, Conde Nast Traveler, Art Center South Florida, Triton Productions, ICS International, Melory John Talent Group, The Webster Temporary, Update Magazine, Next Model Management, Elite Models, Michelle Pommier Model Management, Contempo Model Management Mexico, Irene Marie Models, MC2 Model Management.

Award-winning Miami Herald photographer Al Diaz, 49, has covered breaking news stories throughout the United States, Latin America and Caribbean for The Miami Herald. Among his other works: Photographing four U.S. Presidents, the U.S. invasion of Panama, numerous natural disasters in the United States and Latin America, civil unrest throughout the hemisphere, the coup attempt of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the 40th and 50th anniversaries of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and D-Day in France, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, several Super Bowls and NCAA National Championship Bowl games, the Miami Heat's NBA playoffs and two Florida Marlins World Series Championship teams.

He was part of The Herald news team that won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for coverage of Hurricane Andrew. That year, he was also awarded a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for portraits of needy families during the holidays.

A first generation Cuban American, he and his wife, Cindy Seip-Diaz, and their adopted children, Angelika, James and several pets, make their home in Coral Gables.

Ginny Dixon has spent the last 20 years working as a photojournalist for national magazines and newspapers. She is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach where she earned a bachelors degree in photojournalism and was a member of two Pulitzer Prize winning staffs at the Los Angeles Times.

In 1996 she returned to her home state of Florida and opened a freelance photography business and began teaching. Her work since then has covered many subjects all of which share common elements of reaction, resonance and reflection.

Her images of the PGA and LPGA won her the International Network of Golf Photographer of the Year in 1999. She also had the privilege of working with former President Jimmy Carter in Durban South Africa photographing his Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build where 100 houses were built in one week.

Her most recent projects are Uncensored Life: Raw Beauty, a series of portraits of women with disabilities and the One in Seven Project, depicting the scars of breast cancer survivors as beautiful. Both shows opened in the Miami Design District. She also is a yearly contributor to "The Waiting" by fotomission.org, an annual exhibition of children awaiting adoption presented at the Miami Children's Museum during November, National Child Adoption Month. In addition she is the Assistant Director of Photography at Miami Ad School on South Beach.

At the age of seven when most boys clung to their bat and ball Manolo Doreste laid his down and picked up a camera and film. He began to record the world from his unique point of view. His unmatched perspective and ability to see more than meets the eye has been recorded for the pages of Vogue en Espanol, Time, OceanDrive, Popular Photography and Photographer Magazine. On most days, Manolo can be found at any dog park with Devo and Diesel or on his never ending quest to find the best Pizza in Miami.

Josh Gaddy grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina where he had first experience with a camera, taking pictures for his high school yearbook. Josh went on to study Photojournalism at UNC-CH, and was immediately hired by an advertising agency following graduation. It was then that he realized his passion for commercial photography.

The Miami Ad School on South Beach was the perfect place to continue his education in fashion and commercial photography. Since graduation Josh has photographed and collaborated on various projects including a recent high-end lighting and furniture catalogue, a celebrity promotional project, and photography for several of South Beach's top model agencies.

David's celebrity work is represented by StarMax Inc. He has been published domestically in The Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Globe, Harper's Bazaar, In Touch, and InStyle magazine to name a few. Celebrities include Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hugh Grant, Nicole Kidman, to name a few.

Alfredo was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1974. He is an acclaimed lifestyle photographer with a clientele that includes Fairmont Turnberry Hotel, Maria Elena Headpieces and Carpaccio Restaurant Bal Harbour. Alfredo's photography has been published in magazines such as "In Style" as well as industry publications. He has exhibited in Miami and abroad and, as a result, some of his work is now part of private collections.

Alfredo lives in South Florida with his wife, Jenny, and his two boys Ariel Leeor and Benjamin Rafael. He also teaches at the Miami Ad School.

Simon has worked with People Magazine, In Style Magazine, Chef Magazine, L'Oreal and Starbucks, just to name a few.

To learn and see more of his work, visit his website.

Jan Hice is an artist and businesswoman who photographs and writes intuitively. She first began taking pictures after watching her dad who seemed to always have a camera in his hand. Growing up in Florida inspired her love for nature. After completing her undergraduate and graduate studies in international business, she developed a successful sales career with a global company. Jan's business travels to the Caribbean and Latin America along with her vacations provided an opportunity to photograph beautiful and diverse locales.

Her most unforgettable trip yet, however, has been the journey into her own creativity and passion for photography as she realized her dream of creating an inspirational photo-book. Jan's 'dream' book, Soul Work: Excerpts From My Journey, was published in 2008. It combines photography with personal reflections and aims to inspire readers to pursue their passion. Jan is currently developing a second book and pursuing additional training to further cultivate her passion.

"Coming from a Talented Family of Professional Artists, gave me the wonderful opportunity to explore many Art Forms, Master some of them, and in general, be really, really good at them."

Born to a Graphic Design Professor and a Textile Designer, Andrea's life has always been surrounded with Art & Creativity at an early age. Her biggest passions are Photography and Fashion Design/Illustration.

After graduating from High School with Art Honors IV, she went to College to pursue her dreams. There, she was instructed by Top Professionals in the Fashion Biz in Miami, NY and Europe, which helped her master in these fields. Because of her outstanding Creativity & Talent, Andrea won 1st Prize at The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, FL., who awarded her with a scholarship. Some of her work has been published in Miami Magazines.

Recipient of 2 gold and 1 silver ADDY awards. Corporate clients include AT&T and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Publications included Ocean Drive Magazine and Las Olas Magazine.

Renowned photographer Sid Hoeltzell opened his studio in Miami's Wynwood Design District in 1990, a 2500 square foot studio/gallery/loft. His company specializes in commercial advertising assignment utilizing large and medium film format, fully HI-RES digital capture and large format fine-art printing. Sid has been commissioned for over 230 works for six ships of the line for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and hotels.

A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in Manhattan, he subsequently became Adjunct Professor in Photography. Sid has garnered numerous awards in advertising and editorial photography, including an International Silver Clio and eight Addy's-most recently a Gold Addy Award for Editorial Photography. He has photographed some of Miami's most respected art collectors surrounded by their personal art collections Richard and Ruth Shack, Robert Miller, Myrna and Sheldon Paley, and Marvin and Ruth Sackner). In addition to managing the studio and serving an impressive list of national and international advertising clients, Sid continues to expand his body of fine art photography. He is currently working on a documentary series on the Florida Everglades.

Under threat of persecution, Haitian-born Carl Philippe Juste and his politically active family were forced to flee their homeland in 1965. Settling in Miami's Haitian community, Carl flourished academically and won a scholarship to the University of Miami. Although he intended to be an engineer, Carl could not ignore the photographic inner voice that had spoken to him as a child. Though he did not want to disappoint his parents, Carl had a clear relationship to the visual world. He pursued photojournalism vigorously, and since 1991 has served his community through his work at the Miami Herald. His long-term projects include "Lost in America", a comprehensive piece on the INS, and "Haiti: A Nation in Turmoil", an ongoing professional and personal project documenting the struggles of Haitians in the U.S. and abroad. Carl has received numerous awards for his work from Pictures of the Year, Society for News Design, Best of Photojournalism and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

Jay Kravetz has been a South Florida based celebrity photographer for over 30 years. He has an AA degree in photography and a BA in photojournalism, and teaches digital photography. His model portfolios, portraits, headshots, fashion and glamour work is used by his clients to secure contracts with modeling agencies and for work in the theatrical, movie and television field.

Jay is represented nationally and internationally by PR Photos, a leading independent photographic press agency. He has shot production stills for music videos, feature films, independent films, television series, theatre productions, and film festivals. His photos from the sets of the movie Cease Fire and television series Miami Vice have won numerous awards. Jay has also won a Florida Press Association award for his work as a photojournalist.

• Palm Beach Daily News.
• Country Music Digest.
• Entre Nous Magazine.
• Jet Magazine.
• Maxim.
• Music City News.
• People.
• Us.
• Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission's Focus on Film Newsletter.
• Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel.
• International Photo News Entertainment Syndicate.
• New Times Broward/Palm Beach.
• Palm Beach Illustrated.
• Palm Beach Post.
• Palm Beach Society Magazine.
• Palm Beach Times Magazine.
• Seabreeze Publications.
• South Florida Entertainment Guide.
• South Florida Newspaper Network.
• Suncoast Magazine.
• VIVE Magazine.

Magic. Everyone has something. My goal, as a photographer, is to reveal the magic inside every subject - a person, a place, a thing. Whether it's obvious or hidden, i will reveal it, and hopefully tell a compelling story in doing so. In a culture so obsessed with, and consumed by IMAGE, I prefer to dig a little deeper and provoke IMAGINATION.

Maria Lankina is one of today's strongest emerging photographers. Having burst onto the scene in 2006, she's already been hailed by critics for her vibrant passion and unique artistic sensibility. Lankina's photographs evoke a wide range of emotions and blur the line between the commercial and the artistic. Forward, rebellious, and fiery, there is little separating the artist from her craft. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Lankina traveled extensively around the world-from Egypt to the Phiippines, to England, Hawaii, New York, and back. The lead in her own cutting - edge rock band, an actress ins several films, a modern dancer, and a fashion styling student at St. Martins, this former model's creative vision knows no bounds. Most recently Maria Lankina has studied art direction at the award winning Miami Ad School and has applied her talents wholly to the art of photography and art direction. She lives and works in Miami Beach, travelling frequently to New York and Europe for work, and loving always her 12 year old daughter Angelika, the other passion in her life. There is magic everywhere - sometimes it's hidden, sometimes it's obvious, whenever possible Maria captures, if not creates it.

Whether it's chasing down assignments or his toddling daughter, New York City and Los Angeles-based photographer and writer Jackson Lynch is constantly on the go. "I've been fortunate to spend a big chunk of my life documenting amazing moments with people I'd probably never meet if it weren't for a camera and pen. I feel awfully blessed to be able to do this." Lynch's client list includes WIRED, The Washington Post, Outside, Men's Journal, Popular Science, Harper Collins, Syren Modern Dance Theatre, Waterwell, City Lights Theatre and Every Child Counts.

Alain Martinez is a Miami based lifestyle photographer who specializes in portraiture and fine art. His ability to connect with his clients on a personal level has allowed him to capture relaxed portraits during life-changing moments of people around the world. Alain has been the recipient of several awards and merits at an international level, however, his biggest reward comes from seeing the satisfaction his work brings to families worldwide. With an outgoing personality, a modern eye, and keen attention to detail creating a family heirloom is always his main objective. His crazy to some, impossible to others but to Alain, who lives by his motto, NOTHING IS EVER IMPOSSIBLE.

Pablo Martínez Monsivaís is the son of a migrant laborer and the first of his siblings to be born in the United States. He grew up in Chicago's Mexican-American community of Little Village, where he was immersed in its particular immigrant experience. After graduating with a degree in photography from Columbia College, he began his career as a summer intern for his hometown newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times. At the end of the 13 week internship, at the young age of 24, the paper hired him as a staff photographer. There he worked on many local stories and covered everything from parades to politics, from food, fashion and fires, to sports.

Since the fall of 1998, Pablo has been a staff photographer for the Associated Press' Washington Bureau, where he primarily covers the office of The President and the administration. In 1999 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for team coverage of the impeachment during the Clinton Administration. Pablo has received awards from World Press Photo, The White House News Photographers and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Zayra Mo is a Puerto Rican artist, photographer and a reporter who has being living in Miami for seven years now. She started in the arts since she was a child. Today she combines her abilities in dance, photography, text, video and design to express her playful and concerned thoughts as life's metaphor.

Mo took her first photograph when she was 17 years old and her first solo exhibition was "D Mannequin" on 2005 in Miami. Her art has been exhibited in cities such as Miami, New York and Antwerp (Belgium). Besides art, Mo is graduated with a Magna Cum Laude from the University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras) with a degree in journalism, and a Master Degree in Investigative Journalism from Florida International University. Mo has worked with many media outlets: University Radio where she was recognized with many awards from National Hispanic Association, Overseas Press Club, etc., newspapers as Sun Sentinel, magazines as Florida Trend and Shape, and the news and photo agencies EFE News Services and European Press Photo.

During the last four years Mo is one of the respected multimedia reporters of the Latin entertainment. Famous stars like Ricky Martin, Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Juanes, Paulina Rubio and Enrique Iglesias are some of the artists who Mo captured in a photography their spirit and their story in an article. In 2009, Mo founded the boutique agency ZU Photos Agency to give photo and media services around United States and Puerto Rico.

Born and raised in Venezuela is a Miami based photographer who specializes in Interiors, Architecture and Product and Commercial Photography. His work has been published in Elle Décor, New York Times, O Magazine, Florida Design, Miami Herald: Home & Decor, Inside Out, Miami: Condo Living, Complot Magazine and Intereurs Magazine.

David I. Muir is a Jamaican photographer living in South Florida, USA. Photography is one of David’s greatest passions, but he has a special love for candid portraiture. David began falling in love with photography in the early 1980s when he would take his father’s camera to school and capture images of campus life in Kingston, Jamaica. Elements of this early style are still evident in David’s candid and inspirational images. As David’s fervor for the art of photography has grown, he has consistently sharpened his skills and experimented with different styles to create images that evoke passion and rouse conversation. It’s no wonder David's work enjoys the admiration of many and his photographs have appeared in various media, juried art contests and featured in fine art exhibitions. Couple David’s innate ability to connect with people with his brand of photography and what he has is a winning combination which serves him well in his photography business.

A contemporary fine artist working in mixed media, as well as traditional painting techniques, Ross Munro also specializes in Commissioned Art works produced from his studio in San Francisco. His contemporary murals and large paintings are found in many Collections of note, including the Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts. Ross' Contemporary Photography evolves around water images and the human figure. These artistic nudes represent a crossover between high realism and abstract human figure in Fine Art. Ross Munro is currently a member of The American Society of Portrait Artists ASOPA.

Joshua Prezant is a Miami-based Photographer specializing in Portraiture, Documentary, Editorial and Travel, and Photojournalism. Since 1997 he has documented the sights, sounds and people of South Florida, from local folks like Missy Elliot and Pitbull to people passing through like Lloyd Banks and Jamie Foxx. Has camera, will travel: Joshua is available for editorial, corporate and advertising work. His work takes him everywhere from Tampa, Orlando and the Florida Keys, to Morocco, Poland, Thailand and countries in the Middle East. Initially trained as a photojournalist working at the Miami Herald with some of the best photographers and photo editors in the industry, Joshua has mastered "Making Pictures" and not just taking them. He works quickly and efficiently and he makes pictures that not only tell a story, but are also visually interesting for the viewer. Whatever your photo needs are, Joshua is your guy. From branding your product for a national advertising campaign to in-depth Associated Press, Rolling Stone, News Week, New York Post Returning, The Miami Herald.

Jeffery began his visual journey as a painter but now uses the camera and film as a brush and palette. He uses his eye to seek out images that are profound and do not perpetrate stereotypes.

Jeffery's work has appeared in many editorial magazines like Men's Journal, Rolling Stone, Reader's Digest and Fortune. His fine art photography has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Smithsonian, and the Corcoran Museum. A World Press award winner, he has also received honors from Pictures of the Year and the Communication Art Annual.

Kornell, a graduate of the Fort Lauderdale Arts Institute, has worked for the Jamaica Gleaner and the Jamaica Herald. He also won the Jamaica Press Association's 1998 and 1999 Sports Photography Award. He now lives in Miami and is pursuing a career in fashion photography.

Sam I Am Photography is based in Miami, Florida and specializes in on-location, story-telling photojournalistic portraits. With 7 years experience in the fashion and commercial world, Samantha Scott decided to focus on what she believed to be her true calling, capturing moments. "As a mother, I understand just how important it is to document each stage of your child's life. You blink and it is gone." Samantha believes that the best images are captured when your child is doing what they love. It may be chasing bubbles, climbing a tree, playing make believe, or just hanging onto you because they need a little warming up to the camera. It won't take long, children, even the shy ones, are magically drawn to her. She truly is a kid at heart. Her photos let you hold onto images of your children as they engage in the world around them.

Samantha's work has been published in national magazines such as Ocean Drive, Nikki Style, Florida International, Lincoln Rd, Visavis, Aventura Magazine, Laesha (israel), Key Biscayne Magazine, as well as Salon City. In addition to her portrait work, she also shoots commercial work and has recently added high profiled commerical assignments for Huggies to her resume.

Samantha believes that giving back is so important. "I do what I love, and still have time to play princess with my beautiful daughter, Ziah." She regularly participates in charity work as well as donates free sessions for silent auctions and other charitable events. The Miami Heart Gallery is her favorite. " It is such a gift to be a part of The Heart Gallery, knowing that my photograph can make a huge difference in a child's life." All they need is love...

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith has been creating bold, graphic portraits of famous celebrities, athletes and executives for advertising, magazines and corporations for the past 30 years. Smith's photographs of famous and infamous faces of the noteworthy and notorious have graced the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines.

His first magazine photograph appeared in LIFE Magazine when Smith was a 20-year-old journalism student at the University of Missouri. Five years later, Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography for his photographs of the Los Angeles Olympic Games. He was again a finalist for the Pulitzer for his photographs of Haiti in Turmoil. His photograph of Greg Louganis hitting his head on the diving board at the Seoul Olympics won first place in both World Press Photo and the Pictures of the Year competition and he was named as one of American PHOTO magazine's New Faces in Photography.

The Creative Coalition's Tim Daly, Dana Delany, Alfre Woodard, Matthew Modine, Kerry Washington and Barry Levinson took Smith's book 'Art & Soul' to Congress and the White House to lobby successfully for increased funding for the Arts. Smith has been featured on the cover of the Photo District News Portraiture Issue and the Communication Arts Photography Annual. His work appears in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Time, Forbes, New York Times Magazine and British GQ. His corporate clients include Sony, Kraft, Nabisco and NBC.

Smith is a Sony Artisan of Imagery and has appeared on Fine Living Channel teaching a Little League Mom how to become a Big League Sports Photographer. He is President of Editorial Photographers, an organization of over 2,000 of the top magazine photographers and newspaper photojournalists from around the world and frequently a speaker at photography seminars and to photo students at colleges, universities and art institute's around the country.

He lives in Miami Beach with his wife Fazia Ali.

There's a reason why clients such as Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks call Matthew Jordan Smith time and time again. Thew know about the Matthew Jordan Smith experience (MJSEXP). In the past 20 years, Matthew has worked with celebrity clientele including Jennifer Connelly, Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Jammie Foxx and Mandy more. Top beauty clients including Pantene, L'Oreal, Revlon and Olay are also just a few of Matthew's long term clientele. Matthew creates an environment where the subjects instantly feel comfortable in in showing their true selves. The result? Beautiful, clean, iconic images that stand apart.

Officially sponsored by Kodak, Microsoft and Sony, Matthew is also a guest judge on the international sensation America's Next Top Model. In addition to photographing numerous magazine covers, Matthew has been interviewed by many publications, including In Style and Essence, he has also appeared on the Tyra banks show, E! Entertainment and Good Day New York.

In 2001, Matthew published his first book Sepia Dreams. Sepia Dream's is a stunning collection of 50 African-American icons including images of Gregory Hines, Tyra Banks, Samuel Jackson and Vanessa Williams. Matthew not only photographed his subject but also conducted candid interviews in which they shared their journeys towards reaching their dreams.

Matthew's second book Lost & Found was sanctioned by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and sponsored by Microsoft. This powerful collection features families who have endured the terrifying abduction of children. Matthew is currently working on his third book.

Matthew is highly sought out for speaking engagements around the world and is a guest speaker at many prestigious photography schools. He sits on the board of both Kids With a Cause Europe and APA/LA. A native of New York City, Matthew resides in Los Angeles.

While attending medical school at the University of Miami he realized that his passion for photography was a calling in life. Subsequently, he decided to gain some additional training at the renowned Miami Ad School and pursue photography as a full time career.

During that transitional time in his life, he read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, fell completely in love with architecture, and found his calling in photography. Matt believes that every photograph should tell a story and that architectural photographs are no exception. Lighting, composition, and exposure are the elements that blend together to tell your audience something meaningful about your space.

If you are looking for a photographer who is just as passionate about architecture and interior design as you are, look no further.

As the Director of Photography at the Miami Ad School, Strawser extends the creative and technical artistry of photography to students from around the world. Over the past several decades, Mr. Strawser has developed a reputation as a fashion and commercial photographer, photojournalist, and his fine art images are featured in many collections.

Strawser's company Portfolio Studios continues to create and sell imagery. He is launching an internet-based stock photo company, SISIonline.com (Special Interest Stock Images). Starting in 2006, Strawser will be leading group photo-tours around the world, including some photo adventures crossing the U.S. in a completely renovated 1977 vintage Airstream! Just completed a critically acclaimed show "Raw Beauty" featuring women with disabilities.

A native of Dallas, Texas, Heather Talbert grew up with a passion for exploring art and creativity. After recievng her degree in advertising at Texas Tech University, she followed her love for photography and moved to attend Miami Ad School's fashion photography program. Constantly inspired by theculture and art around her, she loves seeking new opportunities to work in this dynamic environment.

Noelle received her Bachelor of Arts in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001, and studied photography at the Speos Photography Institute in Paris, France. She is currently pursuing a Masters in African New World Studies from Florida International University.

Her clients include the Miami Herald, BET, DHL, Comcel, and Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art. She has lived, worked, and studied in Miami, Austin, Paris, and Kauai, and has exhibited work in Miami, Paris, Philadelphia, and Puerto Rico.

Trainor has been a staff photographer for the Miami Herald for 25 years. His awards include the Inter American Press Association, University of Missouri's Pictures of The Year Competition, The Atlanta Seminar on Photo Journalism, and the Society of Professional Journalist Sigma Delta Chi. Trainor was apart of The Herald news team that won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for coverage of Hurricane Andrew. Throughout his career Trainor photographed four US Presidents, several professional athletes, World Series, Super Bowls and NBA Championships.

Clarence Williams was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. After attending several colleges, he graduated with BA in Mass Communications from Temple University. He interned at the Philadelphia Tribune, the oldest Black newspaper in the US, and the York Daily Record. His first staff position was with the Times Community Newspapers, in Reston, VA. Clarence then went on to become an intern in the METPRO trainee program run by the Los Angeles Times and the former Times Mirror Corp. Upon completion of the two year program he was hired by the Times where he worked until 2003. During his tenure he won several awards including a Pulitzer Prize, a RFK and the NABJ Journalist of the Year. He is one of the founding members of the IRIS Photocollective. In addition to being the Photojournalist in Residence at The University of Southern Mississippi, he also operates a small non-profit photo school/workshop in West Philadelphia. He resides in New Orleans and Philadelphia.

“Photography comes naturally to me. My mother was an artist and my father was a photographer for 40 years so I was always around creativity. I grew up in the comfort of darkrooms and studios, and some of my first toys were wooden cameras. Initially, I wasn't terribly interested in photography and didn't pay much attention to it but, 15 years ago I fell deeply in love with the medium and I haven't looked back.
At age 19, I moved to Europe to see the world and explore where my photography could take me. With $700 in cash and a backpack of ambition I jumped on a UK-bound plane. In Amsterdam, I quickly made friends with Rudolph Becker, a Fashion Photographer, who showed me the ins and outs of the business and after a few months - I was hooked. I knocked on modeling agency doors until I was hired as a test photographer and the rest, as they say - is history.
I have had the pleasure of working with professional entities including Fashion T.V., Elite Model Management, Runways The Talent Group, ADT, The U.S. Dept. of Navy, SiTV, Mercedes Benz, Victoria's Secret, Warner Bros., The Friars Club, Venue Magazine and The Versace House, among many others.
I created Red1 Studios with the knowledge of what it takes to be creative; internally and externally. It's the perfect place to develop your creative genius and explore & execute your photographic visions.
I crave meeting and working with new creative professionals everyday, to exchange new ideas, new concepts and exciting new images, both in the studio and on location.
I look forward to meeting and working with you, and hope that you'll make Red1 Studios your production choice for your next project.