George Jardine
Special Guest Instructor,
Former Adobe Pro Photo Evangelist
George Jardine returns to Italy after his hugely successful debut appearance as Special Guest Instructor at International Center of Photography's Venetian Light & Life: from Within 2011. George is well known for his managing role on the original development team for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and as Adobe's first Pro Photography Evangelist for Lightroom. George first joined Adobe Systems in 1993 to work with Emmy Award-winning designer/instructor, Russell Brown, to help evangelize Photoshop. George re-joined Adobe in 2003 to help manage, develop, promote, and teach Lightroom to professional photographers. As a professional photographer, George's photography appears internationally in popular magazines and on favorite internet websites. Based in Colorado, George currently teaches workshops, consults for digital photographers, and is a freelance video producer. George's critically acclaimed Adobe Lightroom Video Workshop tutorials set a new standard of excellence in digital imaging education. Visit mulita.com/blog/
Stuart Duncan Smith
Instructor
This workshop marks Stuart's fifth year as Holly's assistant instructor on Lake Como. Born and raised in the hills of Western Massachusetts, Stuart taught himself photography by experimenting in his basement darkroom. He quickly recognized the potential of digital photography, and continues to explore the creativity that it allows. He is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he paid his way through school as a stock, event, and editorial photographer. He is currently a law student at Boston University studying the intellectual property rights of photographers, writers, and inventors. Participants will find Stuart to be a wealth of information regarding their camera equipment and computer software, and he delights in helping participants to discover the beauty and adventure available in Varenna and on Lake Como. Visit stuartduncansmith.com
Monica Malpezzi Price
Director
Monica Malpezzi Price has grown up living a trans-Atlantic life between the US and Italy thanks to a bicultural family (Italian mother and American father). Some of Monica's best childhood memories throughout the years have been assisting Holly Smith Pedlosky during her Lake Como and Venice Photography Workshops. Monica has spent summers in Italy leading bike tours for the family business her entire life. In 2008, at the ripe old age of 30, Monica and her sister bought the business from their parents; Monica now manages all European Operations for the business from Faenza, Italy in north-central Italy. Other travel experiences have included France as a post-high school exchange student, India and Ghana for a semester each during university, and numerous other countries traveled (by bicycle and not).
Happily part of the family that introduced Holly to the authentic Italy and that first encouraged Holly to offer photography workshops abroad, Monica is thrilled to be directing the 2012 Lake Como Workshop. Monica has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Oregon and a M.S. in Development Management from American University in Washington DC.
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Holly Smith Pedlosky
Director Emerita,
ItalyPhotoWorkshops.org
Holly Smith Pedlosky first started teaching photography in Italy in 1985 for the Malpezzi Price family & their family business/passion of offering connections between Americans and other cultures.
Holly went on to found ItalyPhotoWorkshops, and she has taught for New York's International Center of Photography in Venice or on Lake Como every summer.
Now as Holly retires from teaching, she gratefully passes the torch to Monica Malpezzi Price, who runs the Italian end of the family business, Experience Plus.
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