Biographies
HAZEL HANKIN
To commission Hazel or to request prints of her work: www.hazelhankin.com
ANDRE HERMANN
To commission Andre or to request prints of his work: www.andrehermannphoto.com
DAVID JAMES
To commission David or to request prints of his work: www.djphotoinc.com
SAM KITTNER
To commission Sam or to request prints of his work: www.kittner.com
A Washington, DC based photographer for more than 20 years, Sam Kittner's architectural, portrait,
and scene-setting photographs have appeared world-wide in publications such as Time, Newsweek,
National Geographic, Paris Match, The London Sunday Times Magazine, and People. He is
commissioned regularly by foundation, university, tourism, association and corporate clients to
photograph people and projects for communications and marketing publications.
Kittner's photographs have been recognized by the leading graphics trade publications
Communication Arts (CA) and Photo District News (PDN). His documentary and fine art prints have
been displayed at venues including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum of American History,
Washington Center for Photography, in corporate and private collections, and
in the journal Aperture.
Born in Birmingham, England, David James moved to a village in Hertfordshire, north of London,
aged 4. An MGM film crew were shooting outside the village school and David (age 9) knew at that
moment that he wanted to be a photographer in the film industry.
At age 16 he joined the Stills Department at MGM Studios (UK) working in the lab as an assistant to
many different photographers. The head portrait photographer, Dave Boulton, became his mentor
and arranged for David to go out to Israel/Cyprus as a printer on Preminger directed Exodus. This
lead to other jobs and once again it was his mentor, Dave Boulton ,who gave him his break into
shooting stills by getting him his first set job, on a Ken Annakin comedy. More films followed quickly
including Bunny Lake Is Missing, reuniting David with director Otto Preminger….of whom he was
initially terrified; the unit publicist sent the first set of David's stills to Preminger and the director
promptly tore them up. A friend of Preminger's on the set persuaded David to resubmit the same photos in a much larger format,
leading the director to put his arm around David and tell him, "these stills will be noticed….it is all about showmanship."
Since that moment David has chosen a limited collection of his personal stills "Selects" on every project and always presents
them in large format prints to the filmmakers. David went on to cover movies such as Women In Love, Fiddler on the Roof, his
first war movie was as aerial stills photographer on Battle of Britain.
The genres of Musicals and War are his favourites and also have resulted in some of his most well-known work including Dogs
of War, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and the TV mini-series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Saving Private Ryan
was an opportunity for David to honour the work of his "hero", Robert Capa and to virtually become a war photographer..without
risking his life. The latter 4 films form part of his 10 collaborations with Steven Spielberg that began with Schindler's List and
continues later this year with Spielberg's next project Lincoln. Musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, Shall We
Dance, Hairspray and Nine, Dreamgirls..in which he had his one and only credited acting role…. as a photographer in Rock of
Ages teaming him up again with Tom Cruise. Most of the films that David worked on in the UK were American productions, and
when the British industry contracted and diminished in the 1980s, he decided to relocate with his wife and 2 daughters, to
Southern California. Before leaving the UK David had an assignment for Special Photography on Ridley Scotts Legend... his
first opportunity to work with Tom Cruise. Since moving Stateside, David has worked with Tom on 6 films including MI-Ghost
Protocol. Moving to USA also coincided with huge changes in still photography and he enthusiastically embraced the
challenges of digital photography while continuing to study the ever evolving and exciting world of movie stills.
David has covered many TV mini-series and TV movies, also for the past 2 years has had the privilege of shooting the Academy
Awards behind the scenes, with exclusive access to the green room. There are more than a dozen books that feature David's
stills photography starting with Jesus Christ Superstar, including Memoirs of a Geisha, Last Samurai, Superman Returns and
the most recent- also the one of which he is most proud - the book that he both wrote and photographed for Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.David's work has featured in several international exhibitions and he has won many awards
and accolades, including the 2006 ICG/Publicists Guild Award for Excellence in Still Photography and the SOC Lifetime
Achievement Award.
His stills have been published in magazines and newspapers around the globe and are included in the archives of the
Academy's Margaret Herrick Library, and the Professional Photographers of America.
A source of great pride is that both his daughters have followed him and pursued careers in the film industry. (Deya is a senior
publicist at Warner Bros, Chia works for the SVP of Physical Production at Paramount) both have worked with and on projects
involving their father as the stills photographer.
David's other enduring passion, apart from his family and photography, is fly-fishing; perhaps 2012 will bring the trifecta of a
fishing trip with his family and his beloved Leica camera.
IVA ZIMOVA
To commission Iva or to request prints of her work: www.ivazimova.com
Iva Zimova was born in the former Czechoslovakia.
In 1982 she immigrated to Canada and studied at both the Dawson College Institute of Photography
and Concordia University. Iva contributes to the Czech NGO People in Need Foundation and exhibits
her photographs internationally. She is represented by Panos Pictures.
ALEJANDRO CARTAGENA
To commission Alejandro or to request prints of his work: www.alejandrocartagena.com
Alejandro Cartagena lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and
portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues.
Cartagena's work has been exhibited internationally and has been widely published in print media
including Domus, Wallpaper, Financial Times, Le Monde, Newsweek, Stern, PDN and The New Yorker.
His work is in several public and private collections in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and the United
States including the San Francisco MOMA, the MOCP Chicago and the Portland Museum of Art.
Cartagena won the PHOTOLUCIDA Critical Mass book Award, the Lente Latino Award in Chile, the
Salon de la Fotografia Award in Monterrey, the International Street Photography Award of the London
Photography Festival and was named one of PDN´s 30 emerging photographers.
He was a finalist in the Aperture Portfolio Award and has been nominated for the Santa Fe photography prize, The Prix Pictet
prize, the Photoespaña Descubrimientos Award and the Paul Huff Award. He has been named a FOAM TALENT in Amsterdam
for 2012.
ABIR SULTAN
To commission Abir or to request prints of his work: www.abirsultan.com
Abir Sultan was born in Israel in 1985.
He began his career as a professional photographer in the Israeli Army at the Spokesperson's
Filming Unit, where he documented several of the most significant recent historical Israeli events
such as the disengagement of the Jewish settlements from Gaza, the Second Lebanon War and
continuous fighting in Gaza. After three years in the Israeli army, Abir Sultan worked as a freelancer
for amongst others "Bluepress" photo agency and the Israeli daily "Yedioth Ahronoth. In 2009, Abir
Sultan started working at the Jerusalem based news photoagency FLASH90, who work on a daily
basis with one of the largest Israeli newspapers "Maariv". Through "Bluepress" and "Flash90",
Sultan's pictures have been published worldwide in well known newspapers and magazines
worldwide, Abir continues his work as a staff photographer for the european
pressphoto agency.
JOHN BURCHAM
To commission John or to request prints of his work: www.johnburcham.com
John's photography career started at his college newspaper while he was earning his degree in
Architecture from Virginia Tech. His passion for adventure sports led him to a successful photographic
career in the outdoor industry. Companies such as Patagonia and Mountain Hardware have sent him
to the most inhospitable and seldom visited landscapes to capture moments in exploration and
adventure.
"I want to be challenged, and I'm not afraid of a little manual labor" says Arizona based photographer
John Burcham. In Burcham's photographic niche, he often gets his wish. Whether it is schlepping in
the Arctic's sub zero temperatures or fleshing out the photographic details in the midst of grinding
chainsaws and falling trees, Burcham meshes a photojournalist sense of story with a studio
photographer's obsession for detail.
Many major clients including National Geographic, The New York Times, Popular Mechanics, The History Channel, and
American Airlines have used him for assignment work.
John lives in Flagstaff with his wife, daughter and new son Beckett.
WU HONG
To commission Wu or to request prints of his work: www.wuhongphoto.com
Wu Hong, was born in China.
As a reportage photographer based in China he covers he has been covering feature stories all over
China and neighboring countries since 2002.
Wu shoots for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) and Getty Images. Much of his work focuses
on environmental issues, social change, important events.
He is currently working on two long term photography projects: 'Tibet in
Changing' (beginning 2006) and 'North Korea' (beginning 2005).
A native to the High Desert of California André Hermann got his first taste of documentary photography
exploring abandoned houses and photographing the left behind remnants of people’s lives. After
working as an Art Director for 7 years managing a trade magazine, he relocated to San Francisco to
pursue his MFA in Photography. While earning his masters at San Francisco’s Academy of Art
University, he focused on developing and honing an eye for visual storytelling.
André currently is full-time faculty at the Academy of Art University’s school of photography where he
teaches multimedia storytelling, and documentary photography. He continues to explore and
photograph the lives of Californians through the lens of both his iPhone and traditional cameras.
Though his passion for photography developed long before the advent of the camera phone, he
spends much of his time now defending images created with mobile phone cameras as an accepted
form of photography, while challenging people’s perception of what photography still is and what it has become through how
one interacts with the printed art form in the physical world.
His work has appeared in many different publications and blogs including: New York Times Lens Blog,
APM’S nationally broadcasted radio program, “The Story,” Travel & Leisure’s travel blog, CMYK,
Snapixel, Digital Photographer, zREPORTAGE (online), and Creative Quarterly Magazines.
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Hazel Hankin is a Brooklyn native. Widely published and exhibited, her photographs are in the
permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Joy of Giving
Something Inc., and the MAK Center for Art & Architecture.
Publications include DoubleTake Magazine, The Human Condition (Graphis), Life Album of the Year
(Time-Life Books), Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs (Scalo), La Fotografía Magazine
(Artual SL, Spain), Icon (World Monuments Fund) and Hidden New York (Rivergate) and Document
Journal.
Hazel's current project, Mi Mambo, merges her twin passions for Latin dancing and photography. The
series, which documents and celebrates New York's pioneering salsa/mambo scene from the
perspective of a long-time participant, was featured in NYTimes Lens Blog
While pursuing personal projects Hazel also does assignment work for foundations, publishers, corporations and non-profit
organizations. She has taught photography at the City College of New York (CCNY-CUNY) since 1986.
HAZEL HANKIN
To commission Hazel or to request prints of her work: www.hazelhankin.com
SAM KITTNER
To commission Sam or to request prints of his work: www.kittner.com
A Washington, DC based photographer for more than 20 years, Sam Kittner's architectural, portrait,
and scene-setting photographs have appeared world-wide in publications such as Time, Newsweek,
National Geographic, Paris Match, The London Sunday Times Magazine, and People. He is
commissioned regularly by foundation, university, tourism, association and corporate clients to
photograph people and projects for communications and marketing publications.
Kittner's photographs have been recognized by the leading graphics trade publications
Communication Arts (CA) and Photo District News (PDN). His documentary and fine art prints have
been displayed at venues including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Museum of American History,
Washington Center for Photography, in corporate and private collections, and
in the journal Aperture.
Born in Birmingham, England, David James moved to a village in Hertfordshire, north of London,
aged 4. An MGM film crew were shooting outside the village school and David (age 9) knew at that
moment that he wanted to be a photographer in the film industry.
At age 16 he joined the Stills Department at MGM Studios (UK) working in the lab as an assistant to
many different photographers. The head portrait photographer, Dave Boulton, became his mentor
and arranged for David to go out to Israel/Cyprus as a printer on Preminger directed Exodus. This
lead to other jobs and once again it was his mentor, Dave Boulton ,who gave him his break into
shooting stills by getting him his first set job, on a Ken Annakin comedy. More films followed quickly
including Bunny Lake Is Missing, reuniting David with director Otto Preminger….of whom he was
initially terrified; the unit publicist sent the first set of David's stills to Preminger and the director
promptly tore them up. A friend of Preminger's on the set persuaded David to resubmit the same photos in a much larger format,
leading the director to put his arm around David and tell him, "these stills will be noticed….it is all about showmanship."
Since that moment David has chosen a limited collection of his personal stills "Selects" on every project and always presents
them in large format prints to the filmmakers. David went on to cover movies such as Women In Love, Fiddler on the Roof, his
first war movie was as aerial stills photographer on Battle of Britain.
The genres of Musicals and War are his favourites and also have resulted in some of his most well-known work including Dogs
of War, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and the TV mini-series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. Saving Private Ryan
was an opportunity for David to honour the work of his "hero", Robert Capa and to virtually become a war photographer..without
risking his life. The latter 4 films form part of his 10 collaborations with Steven Spielberg that began with Schindler's List and
continues later this year with Spielberg's next project Lincoln. Musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar, Chicago, Shall We
Dance, Hairspray and Nine, Dreamgirls..in which he had his one and only credited acting role…. as a photographer in Rock of
Ages teaming him up again with Tom Cruise. Most of the films that David worked on in the UK were American productions, and
when the British industry contracted and diminished in the 1980s, he decided to relocate with his wife and 2 daughters, to
Southern California. Before leaving the UK David had an assignment for Special Photography on Ridley Scotts Legend... his
first opportunity to work with Tom Cruise. Since moving Stateside, David has worked with Tom on 6 films including MI-Ghost
Protocol. Moving to USA also coincided with huge changes in still photography and he enthusiastically embraced the
challenges of digital photography while continuing to study the ever evolving and exciting world of movie stills.
David has covered many TV mini-series and TV movies, also for the past 2 years has had the privilege of shooting the Academy
Awards behind the scenes, with exclusive access to the green room. There are more than a dozen books that feature David's
stills photography starting with Jesus Christ Superstar, including Memoirs of a Geisha, Last Samurai, Superman Returns and
the most recent- also the one of which he is most proud - the book that he both wrote and photographed for Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.David's work has featured in several international exhibitions and he has won many awards
and accolades, including the 2006 ICG/Publicists Guild Award for Excellence in Still Photography and the SOC Lifetime
Achievement Award.
His stills have been published in magazines and newspapers around the globe and are included in the archives of the
Academy's Margaret Herrick Library, and the Professional Photographers of America.
A source of great pride is that both his daughters have followed him and pursued careers in the film industry. (Deya is a senior
publicist at Warner Bros, Chia works for the SVP of Physical Production at Paramount) both have worked with and on projects
involving their father as the stills photographer.
David's other enduring passion, apart from his family and photography, is fly-fishing; perhaps 2012 will bring the trifecta of a
fishing trip with his family and his beloved Leica camera.
IVA ZIMOVA
To commission Iva or to request prints of her work: www.ivazimova.com
Iva Zimova was born in the former Czechoslovakia.
In 1982 she immigrated to Canada and studied at both the Dawson College Institute of Photography
and Concordia University. Iva contributes to the Czech NGO People in Need Foundation and exhibits
her photographs internationally. She is represented by Panos Pictures.
ALEJANDRO CARTAGENA
To commission Alejandro or to request prints of his work: www.alejandrocartagena.com
Alejandro Cartagena lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico. His projects employ landscape and
portraiture as a means to examine social, urban and environmental issues.
Cartagena's work has been exhibited internationally and has been widely published in print media
including Domus, Wallpaper, Financial Times, Le Monde, Newsweek, Stern, PDN and The New Yorker.
His work is in several public and private collections in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, and the United
States including the San Francisco MOMA, the MOCP Chicago and the Portland Museum of Art.
Cartagena won the PHOTOLUCIDA Critical Mass book Award, the Lente Latino Award in Chile, the
Salon de la Fotografia Award in Monterrey, the International Street Photography Award of the London
Photography Festival and was named one of PDN´s 30 emerging photographers.
He was a finalist in the Aperture Portfolio Award and has been nominated for the Santa Fe photography prize, The Prix Pictet
prize, the Photoespaña Descubrimientos Award and the Paul Huff Award. He has been named a FOAM TALENT in Amsterdam
for 2012.
ABIR SULTAN
To commission Abir or to request prints of his work: www.abirsultan.com
Abir Sultan was born in Israel in 1985.
He began his career as a professional photographer in the Israeli Army at the Spokesperson's
Filming Unit, where he documented several of the most significant recent historical Israeli events
such as the disengagement of the Jewish settlements from Gaza, the Second Lebanon War and
continuous fighting in Gaza. After three years in the Israeli army, Abir Sultan worked as a freelancer
for amongst others "Bluepress" photo agency and the Israeli daily "Yedioth Ahronoth. In 2009, Abir
Sultan started working at the Jerusalem based news photoagency FLASH90, who work on a daily
basis with one of the largest Israeli newspapers "Maariv". Through "Bluepress" and "Flash90",
Sultan's pictures have been published worldwide in well known newspapers and magazines
worldwide, Abir continues his work as a staff photographer for the european
pressphoto agency.
JOHN BURCHAM
To commission John or to request prints of his work: www.johnburcham.com
John's photography career started at his college newspaper while he was earning his degree in
Architecture from Virginia Tech. His passion for adventure sports led him to a successful photographic
career in the outdoor industry. Companies such as Patagonia and Mountain Hardware have sent him
to the most inhospitable and seldom visited landscapes to capture moments in exploration and
adventure.
"I want to be challenged, and I'm not afraid of a little manual labor" says Arizona based photographer
John Burcham. In Burcham's photographic niche, he often gets his wish. Whether it is schlepping in
the Arctic's sub zero temperatures or fleshing out the photographic details in the midst of grinding
chainsaws and falling trees, Burcham meshes a photojournalist sense of story with a studio
photographer's obsession for detail.
Many major clients including National Geographic, The New York Times, Popular Mechanics, The History Channel, and
American Airlines have used him for assignment work.
John lives in Flagstaff with his wife, daughter and new son Beckett.
WU HONG
To commission Wu or to request prints of his work: www.wuhongphoto.com
Wu Hong, was born in China.
As a reportage photographer based in China he covers he has been covering feature stories all over
China and neighboring countries since 2002.
Wu shoots for the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) and Getty Images. Much of his work focuses
on environmental issues, social change, important events.
He is currently working on two long term photography projects: 'Tibet in
Changing' (beginning 2006) and 'North Korea' (beginning 2005).
A native to the High Desert of California André Hermann got his first taste of documentary photography
exploring abandoned houses and photographing the left behind remnants of people’s lives. After
working as an Art Director for 7 years managing a trade magazine, he relocated to San Francisco to
pursue his MFA in Photography. While earning his masters at San Francisco’s Academy of Art
University, he focused on developing and honing an eye for visual storytelling.
André currently is full-time faculty at the Academy of Art University’s school of photography where he
teaches multimedia storytelling, and documentary photography. He continues to explore and
photograph the lives of Californians through the lens of both his iPhone and traditional cameras.
Though his passion for photography developed long before the advent of the camera phone, he
spends much of his time now defending images created with mobile phone cameras as an accepted
form of photography, while challenging people’s perception of what photography still is and what it has become through how
one interacts with the printed art form in the physical world.
His work has appeared in many different publications and blogs including: New York Times Lens Blog,
APM’S nationally broadcasted radio program, “The Story,” Travel & Leisure’s travel blog, CMYK,
Snapixel, Digital Photographer, zREPORTAGE (online), and Creative Quarterly Magazines.
BACK ISSUE SEPTEMBER 2012
Back to
current
issue
Hazel Hankin is a Brooklyn native. Widely published and exhibited, her photographs are in the
permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Joy of Giving
Something Inc., and the MAK Center for Art & Architecture.
Publications include DoubleTake Magazine, The Human Condition (Graphis), Life Album of the Year
(Time-Life Books), Here is New York: A Democracy of Photographs (Scalo), La Fotografía Magazine
(Artual SL, Spain), Icon (World Monuments Fund) and Hidden New York (Rivergate) and Document
Journal.
Hazel's current project, Mi Mambo, merges her twin passions for Latin dancing and photography. The
series, which documents and celebrates New York's pioneering salsa/mambo scene from the
perspective of a long-time participant, was featured in NYTimes Lens Blog
While pursuing personal projects Hazel also does assignment work for foundations, publishers, corporations and non-profit
organizations. She has taught photography at the City College of New York (CCNY-CUNY) since 1986.