Dietmar Bührer is a master book printer. He lives and works in Berlin, Germany and is publisher of the photo magazine brennpunkt (focal point). He is coauthor of more than 40 epubli books and is a member of the German Photographic Association, DGPh. In 2011 he was honored for his work with the German Federal Cross of Merit.
Uwe Steinmüller has been taking photographs since 1973. He moved to California in 1997 and began his digital photographic career in earnest in 1999. He currently lives and works in San Jose. He has written a number of books, two of which won the prestigious German “Fotobuchpreis” award in 2004 and 2005. Uwe is the human face behind outbackphoto.com, a popular website dedicated to quality outdoor digital photography.
Mike Larson is a private estate and vineyard wedding photographer based on the Central Coast of California in the heart of wine country. He started his business in 1997 and now runs it with his wife, Rachel. They are passionate about traveling around the world, exploring new cultures, and meeting new people. Mike‘s workshops and photography clients have taken him across the globe.
Sascha Steinhoff is a journalist specializing in applied information technology. His books about scanning techniques are bestsellers in the U.S. and Germany, and his website find-a-scanservice.com is the first port of call for anyone who needs to locate and compare scan service providers all over the world.
Judith Stenneken studied photography at the Ostkreuz School of Photography in Berlin. Her graduation project Last Call, which documents the old Tempelhof airport in Berlin, won a Blurb prize, a newcomer’s prize at the International Photography Festival in Leipzig, and an honorable mention at the 2010 New York Photo Festival. The U.S. magazine Photo District News included her in their 2011 list of 30 emerging photographers. She now lives in New York.
Mat Thorne is an American photographer and designer working in coastal Maine. He is co-founder of the design company Sevenbay and has designed books and promotional materials for some of photography‘s most celebrated artists. Thorne leads courses and workshops, and lectures at Maine Media Workshops, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, and NORDphotography in Oslo. He is also cofounder of the nonprofit publisher Obscura Press.