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Professional Photography Advisory Board
Jeffrey Burke
Jeffrey Burke is an accomplished photographer and commercial director, a former stock photography agent and a frequent speaker on the business of commercial photography. He is currently pursuing a career in photo-based fine art from his studio in South Pasadena, CA. Jeffrey is the co-founder and chairman of the PLUS Coalition, a non-profit trade association dedicated to facilitating image licensing throughout the world through the use of modern standards and practices. He is the chair of the Board of Governors of Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California, a leading school for photography and visual arts in the United States. He also serves on a number of other local boards and committees in his hometown of South Pasadena. Jeffrey was the founder and former CEO of PictureArts Corp, a stock photography company acquired by Jupitermedia in July, 2005. He is a former board member and president of PACA, the Picture Archive Council of America, the trade association for stock image companies in the US and Canada. Jeffrey received a BA in Design from UCLA, an Executive Certificate from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and an Hon. Master of Science from Brooks Institute. Bill Robbins
Bill Robbins is an educator, award winning advertising photographer and commercial film director. He is currently a faculty member and Chairman of the Advertising Concentration at Brooks Institute. Prior to coming to Brooks Institute, Bill was based in Los Angeles, California area where his studio, Bill Robbins Photography, Inc. worked with advertising clients nationally and internationally. Along with running a successful studio he was a founding board member of the Advertising Photographers of America and served as the President of the Los Angeles Chapter for two years. Bill was honored by Advertising Age with a show of his work "The Art of Advertising", and has been featured in editorial articles in Photo District News, PhotoPro, and Rangefinder Magazine. Bill's work was also featured in "American Photographers Today" a traveling show and book published by the Tokyo Designers Gakuin College. Bill received his MAOM from the University of Phoenix and his BFA from Art Center College of Design. Over the past 30 years Bill has been honored and recognized for his work by the advertising and the photography industry receiving Clio Awards, Belding Awards, New York Art Directors Show, Communication Arts Photo Annual (multiple years) and the Los Angeles Art Directors Show among others. Clients have included: Apple Computers, ABC Television, Disney Studios, United Airlines, Toyota, Nike, Miller Beer, IBM, J Walter Thompson Adv, Chiat Day Adv, McCann Erickson Adv, Gray Adv, BBDO Adv, Sports Illustrated Magazine, Family Circle Magazine, American Way Magazine. Commercials directed have included Hills Bros Coffee, Los Angles Food Bank, PacTel Cellular and Mattel. Bill's work can be seen at: www.billrobbinsstudio.com. Terry Thibeau, New Orleans-based, award-winning, commercial/advertising photographer, www.terryt.com, has one of the most respected names on the Gulf Coast. His photographic images have appeared in national magazines such as; Southern Accents, Architectural Digest and Southern Living and in numerous catalogs, calendars, brochures, websites and billboards. Clients include: Delta Airlines, Isle of Capri Casino & Resort, Caesar's Entertainment, NFL, NASA, Neal Auction Company and Pellerin Milnor.
Terry graduated from Brooks Institute in 1987 receiving a B.A. with a major in Illustration/Advertising.
Toby Threadgill
President of Threadgill Productions http://www.threadgillphotos.com/ located in Dallas Texas and Los Angeles California, Toby is a commercial photographer specializing in still and digital photography production for advertising and marketing. Toby's client list includes some of the largest corporations in the United States.
Tim Mantoani
Owner of Tim Mantoani Photography in San Diego California http://www.mantoani.com/ specializing in photography of sports personalities and author of a book on the same subject. Tim has photographed sports celebrities around the world. He is a master of innovative lighting solutions. Tim has published educational videos for photography education.
Mark Mosrie
Mark Mosrie is the owner of Mark Mosrie Photography in Nashville, TN, and specializes in editorial portraiture and food photography. He is on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee chapter of ASMP, The American Society of Media Photographers. Mark started his own photography business in Knoxville, TN, immediately after graduating from Brooks Institute of Photography in 1991. In addition to his photography, Mark has also been a faculty member for The University of Pittsburgh and Pellissippi State Technical Community College, and is currently an adjunct professor at Nashville State Community College, where he also serves on the Advisory Board. Mark also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama from Duke University.
Dan Steinhardt
Recognized as a photographic imaging industry leader, Dan Steinhardt has over two decades of business experience in photography. Steinhardt was first recognized for his photography when Scholastic Magazine awarded him the Grand Prize as the best high school photographer in North America. As Marketing Manager at Epson America of Long Beach, CA, Steinhardt's responsibilities help position Epson as a key player in the photographic industry to high-end professional and amateur photo markets. He also works in the development of new products for photographic markets.
Before joining Epson, Steinhardt was a marketing director in the Professional Division at Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester, NY and held a variety of positions at Eastman Kodak including strategic marketing director, market segment manager and professional imaging specialist. He also operated his own commercial photography studio in Chicago, IL, from 1980 to 1988 specializing in advertising photography.
Steinhardt has a bachelor's degree with honors from Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, CA. He has completed additional studies in the business schools of Harvard University, Cambridge MA, the University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.
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