After studying fine art at the U. of New Mexico, Todd taught photography and art in the US and abroad for several years, exploring and enhancing his digital artistic processes and learning how to haggle in the Middle East. Once he was stateside again, he freelanced for several Chicago advertising agencies, eventually working full time as an art director at Cramer Krasselt. Often providing in-house photography for the agency’s campaigns, it didn’t take long before he started taking on commissioned projects full time.

Crediting his ad agency years for his ability to collaborate so closely with other creative thinkers, Todd is always looking for a good creative challenge with other artists. In 2010, he completed a several-year personal project, “Owl Scouts: Lost in the Woods,” a narrative series depicting the challenges of life through the misadventures of a boy and girl. He completed the series between commissioned projects – planning, designing, producing, and retouching the series, with an acute attention to detail, and with over a dozen other artists helping to bring his vision of the scouts’ world to life. When speaking about the series at the Annenberg Space for Photography this spring, Todd emphasized how important collaboration is to him, noting that the energy he gets from working with other artists is what fuels his work.

Commercially, Todd’s clientele have ranged from numerous pharmaceutical giants (who must go unnamed) to major food brands (such as MARS and Wrigley), and also include publications/publishers in the editorial world (Popular Science, Time Out, W.W. Norton & Co., Akashic). With a language and legs of its own, Todd’s work finds its way around the globe and back – bringing new clients and fans from unexpected places. From obscure Russian crime novel art to major campaigns for leading ad agencies (DDB Chicago, Fallon, Abelson Taylor, BBDO, to name just a few), Todd’s unique visual aesthetic speaks strongly to any audience.

Todd is usually in Chicago, though he travels frequently to Los Angeles and New York for personal and commissioned work. His current personal project is set in outer space.

www.baxterphoto.com/

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Put quite simply, Tara Donne photographs the things she loves: food, kids, friends, and beautiful locations. She was raised in the countryside but currently resides in a stylish little apartment with lots of natural light and a fancy stove in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Trained as a fine art photographer, Tara started her career as a photo editor at Martha Stewart, Real Simple, and domino. Upon being recognized in PDN’s 30 Photographers to Watch in 2006, she went back to her roots as an image-maker and entered the commercial photography world full time. In addition to PDN’s 30, she was also featured in Communication Arts' Fresh Column in 2008 and in American Photography 28 (2012).

Tara has a true vision that is fresh, honest, and relevant. She is a creative collaborator, working repeatedly with top creative talent in both the commercial and editorial arenas. She especially loves to create images that feel as though they have a story outside of the frame. Her favorite moments are the ones in between.

Some of Tara’s clients include:
Babycakes NYC, BCBS, Bon Appétit, Buy Buy Baby, Country Inns&Suites, Food Network, FutureBrand, Hill Holliday, JWT, Landor, Lean Cuisine, Martha Stewart Living, Nestle, New York Life, Olson, O Magazine, Parents, Real Simple, Saatchi X, Telegraph UK, Travel + Leisure, Wallace Church, Wendy’s, and 3.1 Phillip Lim KIDS

Tara has published books with Chronicle Books, Clarkson Potter, Doubleday Books, HarperCollins, Rodale, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, and Ten Speed Press.

www.taradonne.com

With decades of experience undertaking commissions for clients including National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, Stern Magazine, Gore Tex and Hermès, Tim Flach’s technical expertise and uniquely innovative approach to photographing animals has positioned him at the forefront of his field, helping to define this arena of photography as we know it. In his internationally acclaimed personal projects Equus, Dogs Gods and More Than Human, he has demonstrated an unparalleled understanding of how we read and respond to images of the natural world that continues to inform all areas of his practice. Possessing an enduring ability to challenge, surprise and provoke, Flach’s work provides a unique glimpse into the extraordinary nature and complexity of our relationship with animals.

Flach was born in London in 1958 and studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. His work is represented in London by Osborne Samuel Gallery, regularly exhibited in international solo and group exhibitions, and held in the permanent collections of Miami Modern Art Museum and Citadel, Berlin. He has received numerous awards from the leading photographic organizations and publications including The International Photography Awards (Professional Photographer of the Year, Fine Art); D&AD (Silver); Creative Review Photography Annual (Best in Book); Communication Arts Photography Annual (Best in Book); Art Director’s Club, and 3 Gold Cannes Lions. He has been on the board of awards including Wildlife Photographer of the Year, D&AD, and Hasselblad Masters, and invited to lecture at universities worldwide.

Flach’s latest book More Than Human will be published by Abrams in October 2012 and the accompanying exhibition will be on display at Osborne Samuel Gallery in December 2012. He lives in London with his wife and their son.

www.timflach.com

Mitch Jenkins is an internationally esteemed photographer. He is widely known for his Big Head portraits and multi component entertainment posters. His clients include, A&E Network, Starz, Sky TV, Channel 5. He also works with major brands including Sony, Mastercard, Umbro, Toyota, Mercedes, O2, Vodafone, 3G Network. He has recently finished directing his second film; collaborating with the writer Alan Moore, Lex records and The Creators Project, this will be premiered in New York in October. His first art book Unearthing, another collaboration with Alan Moore will be published in November.

www.mitchjenkins.com

Brandon grew up in Texas and managed to escape the Lone Star State without ever competing in a beauty pageant. He did, however, sprout a mullet at the tender age of 7.

Prior to photography, Brandon worked on the ad agency side, giving him an appreciation for the commercial process and fostering more collaborative relationships with clients.

Brandon's love for creating characters and crafting stories is an extension of his playful energy and southern charm, both of which help capture the subtle quirks and imperfections commonly found in his work.

He's thankful to have worked on campaigns for Chase Bank, JetBlue Airlines, Nike Bauer, Only Vegas, Sinusense, and Smirnoff Vodka among others. And while his work's been featured globally, mom still hangs his first ad on her refrigerator door.

www.brandonjernigan.com

Simon Norfolk is a landscape photographer whose work over the last ten years has been themed around a probing and stretching of the meaning of the word 'battlefield' in all its forms. As such, he has photographed in some of the world's worst war-zones and refugee crises, but is equally at home photographing supercomputers used to design military systems or test launches of nuclear missiles. His work has been widely recognized: he has won Le Prix Dialogue at Les Rencontres d'Arles in 2005; The Infinity Prize from The International Center of Photography in 2004; the Foreign Press Club of America Award in 2003: and he was winner of the European Publishing Award, 2002. In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize now known as the Deutsche Böurse Prize. He has produced four monographs of his work including Afghanistan: Chronotopia (2002), which was published in five languages; For most of it I have no words (1998) about the landscapes of genocide and 'Bleed' (2005) about the war in Bosnia. The most recent is Burke+Norfolk; Photographs from the War in Afghanistan (2011).

He has work held in major collections such as The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Getty in Los Angeles and the collection of Tate Modern.

He has been described by one critic as “the leading documentary photographer of our time. Passionate, intelligent and political; there is no one working in photography that has his vision or his clarity.”

www.simonnorfolk.com

Dirk is a London based commercial photographer who developed his art during the years he worked in the film and documentary fields.  The transition from moving image to still imagery has been complimented by his innovative use of lighting and film techniques-giving his photography distinctive cinematic look and feel. He has an instinctive ability to take on the director role with his talent, giving them the confidence needed to maximize their physical abilities. His commercial portfolio showcases both his studio and location imagery and it is his ability to relate to subject matter and design light that gives Dirk’s photography such a distinct style.

  His personal work is characterized by a latent energy that has a cinematic feel to it and has lead to commissions from Adidas, British Film Institute, English National Ballet, Faustino, Ford, HBO, JUICE, Kinetica, Lexus, Reebok, Sony Playstation, Specsavers, Sunday Times Magazine, Under Armour, and 125 Magazine.

  In 2009 Dirk was recognized as a Hasselblad Master. His imagery has been selected by both Communication Arts and The AOP Awards, and he most recently was awarded honorable mention for the Photography Masters Cup in the Sport Category.

www.dirkrees.com

Antony Burchett, as he is known to his Mum, but Trigger to everyone else, is a London based car photographer who knows all the national car studios intimately. He started as a studio assistant, learning the nuances of how studios operate and from here progressed from a photographic assistant to one of the leading young car photographers in the UK, as reflected in his portfolio.

His clients include Jaguar, Range Rover, Rolls Royce, Bentley, JCB, Kia, Cadillac and Sealine.

www.triggershoots.com