Hallmark Institute of Photography’s Class of 2007 Includes Graduates from Philippines
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Hallmark Institute of Photography will hold its thirty-second commencement ceremony for the Class of 2007 on June 22, 2007 at the grounds of the Institute’s Administrative Office Building located at 241 Millers Falls Road in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
One hundred and ninety-one (191) talented professionals (122 females and 70 males) are expected to grace the stage and receive Certificates of Completion. Graduates represent forty-one (41) of the United States from Massachusetts to Alaska plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. Graduates also represent Russia, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. The graduates range in ages from 18-53 and hold educational backgrounds from high school diplomas and GED equivalencies to Masters degrees.
Lois Greenfield, world-renowned photographer and keynote speaker, plans to inspire and motivate the graduates as she officially welcomes them into the photographic industry as professionals. Her unique approach to photographing the human form in motion has radically redefined the genre, and influenced a generation of young photographers.
Other special guests speaking at the ceremony for the Class of 2007 will be Scott Hersh, Director of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and Jan Lederman, President of MAC Group. Kirsten Snow (Class of 1985) will speak as the Alumni Representative, while Kate Drew Miller (Class of 2007), of Williamstown, MA, has been selected to deliver the Prelude and Todd Cooper Barnes (Class of 2007) of San Juan Capistrano, CA, will speak as Class Representative.
Hallmark Institute of Photography was established in 1975 with the sole mission to provide an accelerated academic path to a career in professional photography. Their unique ten-month residence program was designed to equip the motivated student with all of the tools that he or she will need to successfully launch a career in the highly competitive imaging marketplace.
The ten-month resident program approaches learning with a hands-on technique, quickly building from beginning to advanced photographic skills. Committed staff and faculty prepare an individual to handle photographic assignments of great diversity in a professional manner, including portraiture, catalog and advertising illustration, aerial and location, studio and environmental product, group and candid, industrial, photojournalism and digital capture, manipulation and restoration. With a well-rounded curriculum emphasizing the technical, artistic and business aspects of photography and imaging, Hallmark graduates are ready to secure meaningful employment with established photographers or to begin plans for successful photographic businesses of their own.
For more information, visit hallmark.edu.
