At 13, Hugh Kretschmer was introduced to photography by his father, a photo-instrumentation engineer for NASA, from the Mercury through Apollo missions. Hugh received a BFA from Art Center College of Design, graduating with honors, and then moved to New York City to start his commercial career. His client list includes Old Spice, Penn & Teller, Sony, Honda, Yamaha, Purina, National Geographic, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Oprah, and New York Times Magazine. The International Photography Awards, American Photography, Communication Arts, PDN, Graphis, and SPD have recognized his images. His work has been exhibited in Berlin, Seoul, São Paulo, Serbia, New York, and Los Angeles. His photographs are on permanent display at the 911 Museum in New York and the archives of the Library of Congress. Hugh has also lectured and led workshops at Eddie Adams Workshop in Jeffersonville, NY, Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai, and Fotorama, Serbia. He teaches photography part-time at the Art Center College of Design, UCLA Extension, and the Los Angeles Center of Photography.
