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Jury Joanna Ewing - Creative Director, Urban Outfitters Robert Bacall - Robert Bacall Representatives
Louisa Curtis - Consultant, Chatterbox Enterprises
Louisa Curtis is a creative consultant based in New York City. Her company "Chatterbox Enterprises" offers photographers a variety of creative consulting services- ranging from portfolio and image reviews to customized marketing packages designed to help refine their vision and target the appropriate audience. Louisa also creates, writes, and produces the highly entertaining and informative monthly "ChatterBulletin", emailed free to subscribers. Besides the regular news and events features, she showcases a number of photographers each month based on that month's theme. Louisa also includes her "ChatterCorner" interview and conversation with a photo community personality, which also appears as a monthly article for PhotoServe's Features section. Her work experience in the photo community ranges from Archive Magazine, to the Black Book, photo representatives Watson & Spierman Productions, PDN's PhotoServe and IPNStock as well as database services ADBASE and Agency Access. Besides her creative and marketing consulting, Louisa also works as an event coordinator, panel moderator and seminar speaker. She has regularly presented programs for Adorama, APA, ASMP, Miami Ad School and Photo Plus Expo. Julie Grahame - Consultant/ Curator
Born in London, England, Julie emigrated in 1992 to manage the New York office of Retna, a photo syndication agency representing 400+ photographers and collections. After 14 years she left and refocused on building websites to drive people to buy prints online. For several seasons, she was production manager and editor for online fashion magazine ZOOZOOM. aCurator.com, a full-screen photo magazine, launched in early 2010. Julie also writes a photo blog, is the rights and clearances department for the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, and works on social media with photographers. She is a member of American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) and American Photography Archive Group (APAG), a portfolio reviewer for American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and American Photographic Artist (APA), and a contributing writer for Photo District News' Emergina Photographer magazine.
Melissa Rodwell - Fashion Photographer
www.fashionphotographyblog.com A Los Angeles native, Melissa Rodwell studied photography at The Art Center College of Design, graduating in 1987. She then embarked on a globe-spanning career in fashion and entertainment photography, leading to exposure in international advertising campaigns and major publications. She has photographed ad campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Coca Cola, Honda, NBC Television and Dell Computers. Her editorial assignments have led to her being published in Harpers Bazaar, Jimon Magazine, KURV, Flaunt, Genlux, Playboy, Femina, 944 and Mademoiselle, to name a few. Within the music industry, Melissa has photographed bands for Virgin Records, Warner Brothers and Universal. Simultaneously, Melissa has pursued her abiding passion: purely artistic explorations that lace sardonic social commentary beneath the layers of entrancing imagery. Melissa Rodwell has had numerous solo exhibitions in Sydney, Australia, Los Angeles and Miami. She is currently working on a body of work that is very close to her heart. In 2008, Melissa started The Fashion Photography Blog. In a short time, her blog has acquired a large following of subscribers and readers. Melissa shares her knowledge of fashion photography and gives her readers an inside look at the coveted world of fashion photography. Melissa Rodwell lives in New York City and has a photo studio in Williamsburg. |
