Richard
Falco, President & Creative Director.
For the past twenty-five years he has worked as a photographer
and journalist in New York. He has had assignments on four
continents in over thirty-five countries and has worked for
many major magazines, including: Life Magazine, Newsweek,
Geo, Time, New York Times, US News & World Report, to
name a few. His images regularly appear in books and periodicals
around the world. There are two published books of Mr. Falco’s
work. The first book is entitled, Medics: A Documentation
of Paramedics in the Harlem Community. The second, To Bear
Witness/ September 11, was published August 2002. Mr. Falco
also has twenty years of teaching experience. He has taught
and lectured at a number of universities, schools and institutions;
notably, The New School for Social Research, Santa Fe Photographic
Workshops, the School of Visual Arts in New York, State University
of New York at Purchase College, Sacred Heart University,
and the Art Workshop at the State University of New York.
Joe
Alicastro, Associate Director/Senior Producer. A 30-year veteran producer
for NBC News, Alicastro was a Special Events Producer for
the network's extensive political coverage from 2003 through
2007. Before that he served as the NBC Rome Bureau Chief,
traveling extensively around the globe covering breaking news,
including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the
Soviet Union, the Gulf War and the Liberation of Kuwait. A
winner of three News and Documentary Emmy Awards, he is currently
teaching Broadcast Journalism at the New York Film Academy
in a joint venture with NBC News. Mr. Alicastro will be working
with us as we begin to develop multi-media projects.
Deborah
Krikun, Director of New Media and Online Services.
Ms. Krikun has been teaching the Digital Arts for over ten
years to many diverse industries. Her former professional
experience was working for film/media studios as Technical
Director/Designer in 2D/3D animation, visual effects and motion
graphics in Los Angeles. She is presently an Associate Professor
of Digital Arts at the State University of New York/Peekskill
and Faculty Advisor for New Media Group. Ms. Krikun's career
as an educator augments her skills to develop effective instructional
technology utilizing New Media for community service and educational
practices.
Les
Stone. During the last two decades, Mr. Stone has
chronicled the human cost of conflict in Irag, Afghanistan,
Israel, Kosovo, Liberia, Cambodia, and Haiti, among other
war zones. He is the winner of several World Press Photo Awards
and Picture of the Year Awards. Mr. Stone has covered stories
often ignored by the mainstream media. His work has appeared
in the pages of National Geographic, Time, Life, Newsweek,
Stern, Fortune and many others. He has been involved in a
number of book projects: The Palestine and the Arab-Israeli
Conflict (Bedford Books), Haiti: Dangerous Crossroads (South
End Press) and A Day in the Life of the United States Armed
Forces (HarperCollins).
Lisa
Maxwell. Ms. Maxwell is an art director & creative
director. She is the winner of three Effie Awards. Over the
last 25 years, she has worked at many of New York's premier
advertising agencies, such as Young and Rubicam, Backer &
Spielvogel, McCann Erickson and Euro RSCG. Her clients include:
General Foods, Oil of Olay, Helene Curtis, and Coca Cola to
name a few. She continues consulting in advertising and has
expanded her capabilities from conventional consumer print
and television advertising to the web. Well versed in the
usage of QuarkXpress, Adobe's Photoshop, InDesign, and other
applications for web design; she brings a wealth of perspective
and experience to her teaching. Ms. Maxwell is presently a
computer graphics instructor with the Art Workshop at the
State University of New York and has taught at New Horizons
Computer Learning Center and the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Ron
Amato. Mr. Amato has
worked as a photographer for more than twenty years. His photographs
have appeared in many magazines. He is featured in two books
published by Rizzoli focusing on human form & the body.
Mr. Amato recently completed two documentaries, the first
on: the Traditional Wrestling Tournaments of Kirkpinar in
Turkey, and another entitled, 'Marriage - A Human Right.'
In addition to his work as a photographer, Mr. Amato is a
multimedia specialist working on productions for Lincoln Center,
the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and several Broadway and Off-Broadway
productions. He also teaches photography at the Fashion Institute
of Technology and Long Island University.
Scott
Nobles is a graduate from the Rochester Institute
of Technology. A photographer, photo-illustrator and educator,
Mr. Nobles, also works with New York City’s Department
of Records as a technology specialist & archivist. He
is responsible for the digital scanning, restoration and archiving
of historic images. Other clients include: General Electric,
British Telecom, Alcoa, Chronicle Books & St. Martins
Press. Mr. Nobles specializes in high-end retouching and post-production
for catalogues and photographers, as well as, design, advertising
and PR agencies. He was recently chosen as a winner of the
PIX Digital Imaging Awards for 2006. Mr. Nobles presently
teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Vision
Project also relies on a cadre of experts who contribute on
a freelance basis, as well as, a dedicated core of volunteers
and students.
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