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Allen Murabayashi  

Allen Murabayashi

Allen Murabayashi is CEO and founder of PhotoShelter, an online service that provides websites, sales and marketing tools for over 48,000 serious photographers worldwide. He serves on the board of directors of the Eddie Adams Workshop, the leading student and young professionals photojournalism workshop, and was a founding employee of hotjobs.com. He is an avid photographer and shoots with digital and film both in an out of the studio.
Blair  

Blair Voltz Clarke

Art consultant and curator Blair Voltz Clarke exposes the talents of contemporary artists through her private consulting business, Voltz Clarke, and through public exhibitions which she personally curates. Her work focuses on introducing international artists to the United States market. Over the past nine years she has worked with a number of East Coast galleries and enjoyed a consulting relationship with Sanford L. Smith & Associates.
Dennis  

Dennis Freedman

As the creative director of W magazine since 1993, Dennis Freedman has initiated collaborations with the most influential photographers in the world including Juergen Teller, Steven Klein, David Sims and Craig McDean. In addition he has commissioned original work from artists such as Richard Tuttle, John Baldessari, Maurizio Cattelan and Richard Prince. Under his direction W magazine has earned three ASME awards for Photography/Photo Portfolio and W continues to represent a consistent standard of excellence by receiving five nominations in 2009.
Patricia  

Patricia Lanza

Within her 20 years of experience in photography, Lanza’s career has extended from an eight-year stint as a contract photographer to a photo editor position with the National Geographic Society. Her advertising and editorial assignments have taken her to 48 countries. She is currently the Talent and Content Manager for the Annenberg Space for Photography, working under the direction of The Trustees of the Annenberg Foundation, she assists in the production of themed programming and photographic exhibitions.
Gladys  

Gladys Perint Palmer

The Fashion Book (Phaidon Press) named fashion illustrator Gladys Perint Palmer one of the most 500 most influential people in fashion since 1860. Palmer’s work has appeared in numerous books, galleries and museums—most notably, the Victoria & Albert Museum. Currently the executive director fashion at the Academy of Art University, Palmer is also working on two books: Fashion Bible from Eve to Yves and You Are Not On The List. Her website is www.gladysperintpalmer.com.
Thao  

Thao Nguyen

As Creative Artist Agency's resident Art and Culture agent, Thao Nguyen works with cultural innovators such as Rem Koolhaas, Chris Bangle, Cameron Sinclair, and Absolut. Thao's role uniquely positions her to foster connectivity within various branches of the entertainment field through the prism of art, architecture and design.

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