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Tom LeGoff

Tom LeGoff

Founder, SOCAPA Photography Program

After graduating with a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute, Tom LeGoff moved to New York City in 1990. He has created portraits of actors, directors, musicians, and politicians. His work has been published internationa...

 Selena Salfen

Selena Salfen

Photographer & Educator · MFA Photography, School of Visual Arts

Selena earned her MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. As a professional photographer, her clients include Time Out Chicago, Chicago Magazine, Macy's, The Onion, Interscope Records and Draf...

 Sasha Phyars-Burgess

Sasha Phyars-Burgess

Photographer & Community Educator · BA Photography, Bard College

Sasha Phyars-Burgess was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian parents and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Bard College with a BA in Photography, studying with An-My Le, Tim Davis, Barbara Ess, Michael Va...

Beth Bates

Film & Alternative Process Photographer · BFA Photography, LIU Brooklyn

Beth moved to New York in 2001 and worked for iconic photographers including Mary Ellen Mark and David Levinthal at the 20x24 Studio.She later focused on photographic print methods such as wet plate collodion and photogr...

 Naomi White

Naomi White

Photo Teacher · MFA Photography, School of Visual Arts

Naomi White is an abolitionist feminist, artist, and educator, working on ideas at the intersection of political ecology and photography. White's works ask how can we shift our focus away from the current model of domina...