Experience
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Graduated with Honors
Hugh Kretschmer Photography, LLC (30 years), specializing in advertising and editorial photo-illustrations, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
Instructor, Visual Arts Department, UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA
Adjunct Professor, Photography Department, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Instructor, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor, Cal State LA, Los Angeles, CA
Head of Photography Department, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Presenter and Workshop Leader, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai
Team Leader, Eddie Adams Workshops, Liberty, NY
Presenter, ASMP, Minneapolis, MN
Presenter, APA, Los Angeles, CA
Awards
Refocus Awards, (2023)
Prix De La Photographie Paris, (2022)
Pollux Awards, (2022)
International Photography Awards (2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2020)
American Photography (1993-1994, 2001-2004, 2005, 2008, 2015)
Siena Awards (2021)
Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual (1992, 1999-2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual (1991, 1994-1995, 2002)
Graphis Publications, Photo Annual (1993, 1999-2001, 2007, 2010, 2015)
One Eyeland, Best B&W Photographers Awards (2019)
Photo District News, Photo Annual (2000-2001, 2003, 2012,
Photo District News, Photo/Design Awards (1992, 1998-1999)
Photo District News, “Faces” Competition (2010)
Photo District News, PDN/Nikon Self Promotion Awards (1994, 1998)
American Photographic Artists Awards (2018)
American Photographic Artists “Off the Clock” Awards (2018, 2019)
International Motion Awards (2012)
Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual (1992, 1998-1999, 2000)
The Source, Snackable Content Awards (2019)
Studio Magazine, Awards Annual (1992)
Studio Magazine, Photo/Design Awards (1994)
Creative Review, Photography Annual (2014)
Society of Publications Designers (2000)
Auctions
Sotheby’s, Benefit Auction, Vienna, Austria (2017)
Exhibitions
“Imagine Into the Imagination," Retrospective, Hoban Museum, Seoul, South Korea (2021-22)
“Unbound 11”, Group Exhibit, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2022
“2021 Photography Prize," Group Exhibit, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2021-22)
“Portraits Without Borders," Group Exhibit, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany (2021-22)
“Arte na Quarentena,” Mostra Museu, São Paulo, Brazil (2021)
“Confections,” Group Show, Castelli Art Space, Culver City, CA (2018)
MOPLA Group Show, Los Angeles, CA (2017)
Vernissage Decalage Immediat, Galerie Sakura, Paris, France (2016)
Oddities and Entities, Solo Exhibit, Fathom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2015)
Hugh Kretschmer Photographs, Clark/Oshin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2009)
Shoot, Save, Show, 5th and Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA (2008)
Personal Visions, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL (2005)
Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers (2005)
30th Annual Benefit Auction, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY (2005)
Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers (2004, 2005)
Group Show, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2003)
Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers (2003, 2004)
Summer Show, SoHo Triad Gallery, New York, NY (2000, 2001)
Permanent Collections
911 Museum, Ground Zero, New York, NY (2003)
Library of Congress, Washington, DC (2003)
Press
“Hugh Kretschmer: Shooting From The Heart,” Graphis Journal (2023)
“Hugh Kretschmer," Wink Magazine, (2021)
“Hugh Kretschmer: The Crafting of Illusions," Plastik Magazine (2017)
“Hugh Kretschmer: At the Forefront of the World’s Photography,” Verboten Magazine (2016)
“Mr. Fantastic,” Shutterbug Magazine (2015)
“The Surreal Photographs of Hugh Kretschmer,” Juxtapoz Magazine (2015)
“All Ears,” Photo+ Magazine, article profile, Seoul, South Korea (2011)
“Hugh Kretschmer”, The F-Stop Magazine (2011)
“Q&A: Hugh Kretschmer, Los Angeles,” FeatureShoot.com (2009)
“Q&A with Hugh Kretschmer”, Graphis Photo Annual (2008)
“Profile,” Vision Magazine, Beijing, China (2004)
“Hugh Kretschmer Photo-Illusionist,” Photo Insider Magazine (2002)
“Profile,” Communication Arts Magazine (1998)
Associations
Board Member, American Photographic Artists (APA), Los Angeles Chapter
Representation
North America: https://www.sidecarww.com
References
Brandon Gannon, Director of Operations & Director of Education, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA, brandon@lacphoto.org, 323-464-0909
Alyssa Adams, Co-Founder, Eddie Adams Workshop, Sullivan County, NY, alyssaada@gmail.com.
Mirjam Evers, Executive Director, Eddie Adams Workshop, Sullivan County, NY, execdirector@eaworkshop.org, 646-263-8596
Juliette Wolf-Robin, National Executive Director, American Photographic Artists, executivedirector@apanational.com, 917-603-4756
Patti Silverstein, Director, American Photographic Artists, Los Angeles Chapter, director@apa-la.com, 323-933-1631
Additional Information
Website: https://www.hughkretschmer.net
Editions: https://www.smashart.com
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