Graduate degree: MFA, Pratt Institute, with a major in photography.
Assisted major fashion photographers, Jean Pagliuso, Kourken Pakchanian, Patrice Casanova, Bill Conners.
Photographed extensively in Italy for fashion magazines: Italian Bazaar, Italian Vogue, Amica and others.
Returned to the US, began photographing both on and off figure for J. Crew in 1983-1997.
Traveled extensively photographing for most major catalogs and department stores in the US.
Recipient of numerous catalog awards for J. Crew photography, and most recently Catalog Age Gold Award for Hanna Andersson Holiday 2000 catalog. Click logo
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Established, own and maintain a fully equiped 3,500 sq. ft. studio in Chelsea, NYC.
Clients have included:
Avon
J. Crew
Perry Ellis Sportswear
Sigrid Olsen
Target Stores
Simplicity Patterns US
Simplicity Patterns UK
Vogue Patterns
Mc Call's Patterns
Spiegel
The Avenue
Hanna Andersson
Garnett Hill
J. Jill
L.L. Bean
Old Navy
The Gap
Girl Scouts
Hecht's
Stern's
Foley's
Rich's
Popular Club Plan
Clifford and Wills
Marks and Spencer, UK
J.C. Penney
Chadwick's of Boston
Brownstone Studio
Lew Magram
Bedford Fair/Willow Ridge
Arizona Mail Order
Stein Mart
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