ELLEN STONE

Ellen has been taking photographs for the past 20 years.  Specializing in environmental portraiture, documentaryphotography and travel photography, shooting primarily in black and white. Ellen's exhibit "Travels Near & Far" included many of her travel photographs.  Ellen studied at Santa Monica College, UCLA and with Keith Carter at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop. Ellen is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Bruynbroek (pronounced Brin-brook) was born in Vilvorde, a small town on the outskirts of Brussels, Belgium.  Frank became an elementary school teacher when he graduated from college and was offered a job teaching French in Louisiana.  It was his first time out of Europe and stayed in the United States for two years. When he returned to Belgium he taught mentally handicapped kids, traveled on his motorcycle, turned into a ski instructor, shot weddings, designed light shows, became a casting director, directed commercials, sang back up for a renowned Belgian singer, was the lead in a play...then Belgium became too small. He came to California to study acting and pursue photography.  Frank is in the process of producing a book about his favorite subject, dogs and he works relentlessly for the Brittany Foundation, rescuing dogs off the streets.  He is also available to shoot the animal in your life.  Frank is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild. For Franks information contact A STUDIO GALLERY.
www.fbsite.com

RUSSELL A.OLSEN

Russell was born in Chicago, Illinois and currently resides in North Hollywood, California. His many interests include photography and the classical guitar. His interest in photography began after many failed attempts in the music business. “Photography became a release for me and was something creative I could do alone.” He has been photographing and documenting Route 66 since his first trip down the fabled highway in1996. In 2004 his book 'Route 66 Lost and Found' was published by MBI. He is currently working on Route 66 Lost and Found II, a follow up to his first book has just been released. He has traveled the entire route over a dozen times over the last few years in an effort to document the hundreds of vanishing sites along the route. He is especially fond of black and white infrared photography and enjoys the challenges that it offers. “You release the shutter, expose the film and you never really know how it will turn out. It is fun and frustrating at the same time!” Russell is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.
www.route66lostandfound.com

Irv loves trains, and specifically, Steam Locomotives.  On vacations away from his job with Amtrak, he has traveled to India, Southern Africa, South America, and Eastern Europe to see and photograph the rapidly disappearing steamers that still run in regular service.  About three years ago, super-8 sound film became unavailable, so Irv took up black and white photography.  Since then he has photographed sugar mill railroads in Cuba and the Jitong railway of Inner Mongolia, China.  They are among the handful of places in the world to view these wonderful machines of the Industrial Age still performing 'real' work on a daily basis. Irv is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

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Maura always had an interest in photography, and took her first black and white photography class while a Painting major at college.  Her interest in Art led to an appreciation of Fine Art Photography and of the black and white print.  She began an exploration of this unique art form. "I love how black and white photography refines everything down to light and shadow. It can make an emotional statement using only gradient tones from pitch black to pure white. I am amazed at it's ability to capture the essence of a subject and of a moment in time." Her favorite photographer is Edward Weston. Maura was born in Tucson, Arizona. She has studied at S.U.N.Y at Cortland, N.Y. University of Texas at Austin and at Valley College.  She has lived for many years in Valley Village, CA. She does portraiture, headshots, music photography and is also a painter. Maura is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.
www.maurabrennan.com

Carlos began his career in the arts working as an actor and model in California, New York and Europe.  His talent and vision led him behind the camera as he began working as a professional photographer for many major publications and countless celebrities. Aside from being a Producer, Director, and Singer Song Writer, Carlos is also an accomplished photographer as is apparent in his last exhibit 'Sacred Circle'. Carlos' CD "Baby Blue", is available through his website. Carlos is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.
 www.carlosreynosa.com

Sally has worked in the fields of recording, live concert, commercials, television and film music  She has written lyrics for film and recording projects, and has performed as singer on or assembled vocal choirs for hundreds of theatrical features and television scores.  She has served as Choral Director for the "Academy Awards" for fifteen years. Her voice is currently heard on the Main Title of "THE SIMPSONS". Her passionate interest in photography has grown in recent years, and she has begun work on a collection of photographs of current Hollywood film composers and the musicians who perform their music on the scoring stages of Hollywood.  She is also working on a collection of Black & White portraits, with accompanying interviews, of homeless women and children in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, to help raise funding for Transitional Housing for homeless families, through the Union Rescue Mission. Sally is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

My interest in photography began as a boy, while using a Zenit-E camera with a 50mm lens.  I bought it with the money I'd saved from my paper route and photographing my elementary school basketball team.  Today, my passion is documentary photography, primarily in black & white.  My subjects are the people on the streets around the world, the environment, discarded items left on sidewalks, anti-war rallies, even capturing my own children interacting in their world.  I use many formats but the Holga camera has become the one that I find myself using more often than any other camera. The remarkable quality from this plastic camera is something one has to experience.

From the title of my solo exhibition at A Studio Gallery, “Before us All”; I wander looking for a scene that is in front of me and everyone else.  As master photographer Garry Winogrand once said, “Anything is Photographable.” Michael is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Marc Meisenheimer fell in love with photographic images early in his life, from the time his father allowed him to use the family Brownie box camera.   When not working as a Lighting Designer and Directer for world-class festivals and jazz concerts at the Hollywood Bowl; or as a Gaffer for film, television and tv commercials, Marc can be found expanding his photography portfolio while hiking and climbing.   A long-time outdoor enthusiast, he loves to bring to the viewer dramatic and beautiful landscapes found through out the American countryside.  
Marc is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Mark Giard began his art career as a young child, indulging in drawing, sculpture and painting.  His lifelong fascination and addiction to art has carried over into his devotion to photography, the greatest art form of modern time.  Photography joins the hallowed ranks of painting and sculpture in its ability to transcend time, cultures, languages and continents to unite the common experience of mankind, and offer a glimpse into worlds only dreamed of... It opens the mind and brings us together, conveying beauty in all its myriad forms.  In ARTchitecture, the first exhibition of his work, Mark presents to the viewer the art and architecture that has touched and enriched his life, and how they intermingle to create eternal beauty for ages to come.  Mark heads the photography department at Victory Web and Graphics in Chatsworth, and is embarking into the world of fashion photography. Mark is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.
www.markgiard.com

Juliane Berry began her photography career in Los Angeles in 1995.  Trained classically in the art of black and white and outdoor photography, she is drawn to the elements of nature as her backdrop.  She began her career in fine art portraiture and mastered the art of hand painting. She paints her black and white photos by hand using oils. Juliane has an established clientele throughout the West Coast and Europe with her specialty being children’s photography.  Taking her inspiration for the outdoors to the next level, she is currently working on a series of exhibits featuring photographs taken from her travels in Europe . Juliane is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.
www.julianeberry.com

Patrick is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Joe is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Liza Hennessey Botkin was born and raised in New York City, but her photographic career began in Los Angeles in the 70s while she was working for photographers Michael Childers and Lou Stoumen, from whom she learned how to print. She is a true street photographer, shooting from the hip and taking her camera with her wherever she goes. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles and spends much of her time in malls where, for many years, she has been documenting the preoccupation many people have with shopping.
Though Ms. Botkin never studied the art of photography in an academic setting, her work is deeply influenced and defined by that of Henri Cartier-Bresson. She, too, searches for what he so aptly called “the decisive moment.”
Ms. Botkin’s work has appeared in numerous galleries throughout the United States and in several photographic magazines, including Photographers Forum, SHOTS and Leica View. Liza is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Ray traces his first jazz photos to the early 1950’s. Many of his early photographs document the birth of West Coast jazz and the artists who defined this period in jazz. Ray and his cameras had been in attendance at all but one of the Monterey Jazz festivals since it’s inception. He also attended several Nice, France jazz festivals, one of the official photographer’s for the Stars of Jazz television series, all of the Los Angeles Classic Jazz festivals, ten years of covering the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festivals, and the North Sea Jazz festivals in Holland. His photographs have appeared in over 100 jazz books, over 150 LP covers, over 100 CD covers and numerous jazz film documentaries.  In 1990, Ray founded the Jazz Photographers Association of Southern California and served as President and President, Emeritus. Ray’s photo book, “Stars of Jazz” was published in 1997 by JazzMedia, Copenhagen, Denmark. Ray had continued to be very active in both photography and his mail order rare jazz record auctions until his death in November 2002. Ray Avery-CTS Images is a charter member of the 4260 Black and White Photographers’ Guild.

Kellie Martin began photographing seven years ago while studying art as an undergraduate at Yale University.  Although most know her as an actress on such television shows as "Life Goes On" and "ER," photography is her greatest passion. Her early work includes landscapes of Central Park, NYC and portraiture.  Martin prints her own photographs and works almost exclusively in black and white, using 4x5, 2 1/4, and 35 mm formats.  Her current work focuses on the game of polo and her family ranch in Western Montana.
In 1999, Martin became the national spokesperson for AARDA after losing her sister to lupus.  She now works to raise funds and awareness for autoimmune diseases by lobbying Congress, speaking at health symposiums, and meeting with patients and their families.

 Toronto-based photographer Paul Hoeffler has been documenting jazz musicians since the mid 1950’s. His mentor, Minor White at the Rochester Institute of Technology, encouraged him to focus his photography on what he simply loved to do, that is, focus his craft on creating jazz photographs that were personal in style. Photographing legends such as Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and hundreds of others, Hoeffler also documented the historically important Newport Jazz Festivals in the mid to late 1950’s. His keen interest and deep appreciation of the jazz scene are reflected in his unique images. Paul Hoeffler is a world renowned photographer, master printer and his work is represented in numerous museums, galleries and private collections.

World renowned Danish photographer, Jan Persson, started as a newspaper photographer in 1962, but soon his remarkable photographs were published by a number of magazines, reissue record companies, and documentary films on the history of both jazz and rock music. Persson's reputation is based on his unique and high quality jazz and rock photographs from American jazz greats Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis to rock icons Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. His extensive photo archives have been continuously sought after and exhibited internationally.