Jerry Burchfield
Professor of Photography & Gallery Director
Education
M.F.A. - Cal State Fullerton
M.A. - Cal State Fullerton
B.A. - Cal State Fullerton

   Jerry Burchfield is an artist, curator, author and educator. Since 1987, he has been a Professor of Photography and the Gallery Director at Cypress College. From 1973 to 1987, Burchfield was the co-owner of BC Space Gallery, a custom photographic lab, studio and pioneering alternative gallery space dedicated to showing contemporary photography.
   Jerry is the author of three books on Photography and has produced several exhibition catalogues. His work has been in over 450 exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and Japan
Recognitions
He has received numerous awards including...
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Named "Outstanding Individual Artist" by Arts Orange County in 2001

Mark Chamberlain
Professor of Photography
  
   Mark Chamberlain is founder/operator of BC Space Gallery & Photographic Art Services. Along with presenting innovative and uncompromising exhibitions on issues of the day, BC provides artist resources for both photographic needs as well as high quality printing; primarily for gallery & museum display.
In addition to being an Artist, author, educator, ardent environmentalist, and self-proclaimed “arteologist,” Mark has used a variety of tools and tactics to address issues of the day.
   His own artwork ranges from intimate black and white photographs of his hometown Dubuque, Iowa, to the 636-foot long Tell photographic mural, to video and performance pieces..

Robert Johnson
Professor of Photography & Department Chair
Education
M.F.A. - Cal State Fullerton
M.A. - Cal State Fullerton
B.A. - California Lutheran University

   Mr. Johnson is an artist, educator, and the Photography Department Chair. He introduced Digital Imaging into the Photography Department and currently teaches this technology and its relationship to all areas in the larger field of photography.
As a former darkroom assistant to Ansel Adams at the Yosemite Workshops and custom printer for other photographers, he earned a national reputation for printing both color and black/white images.
   Mr. Johnson has owned his own business in Commercial / Illustrative photography since 1978. His personal work has been widely exhibited at galleries and universities throughout the country, including:
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
The Friends of Photography
Susan Spiritus GalleryContact Information

Laurie Hartman
Professor of Photography
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology

   After graduating from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Photographic Illustration, Laurie Hartman moved to New York City where she worked in advertising photography for six years. Since relocating to Orange County in 1989, she has operated a successful commercial studio specializing in food, product, and still-life photography for advertising, corporate and editorial clients such as : Carl's Jr Restaurants, El Pollo Loco Restaurants, Marie Callenders, Gloria Jeans Coffees and Bon Appetit Magazine. Laurie has previously taught at Santa Monica College and currently teaches Photo 101 at Cypress College

Michael LaNoue
Professor of Photography

   Michael is currently teaching at Cypress and at Santa Ana College. I have also taught at Saddleback College. As an educator, I have been involved with photography for over twenty years. I enjoy teaching beginning and advanced students both the fundamentals of photography, as well as the finer points of visual communication. As a photographer, I have freelanced in portraiture and have worked as a senior and yearbook photographer with Sanford Studios.
   My personal work has been exhibited at many galleries and has been published in Photographer’s Forum. I thoroughly enjoy the impressionistic qualities of B&W infrared film and have used this film almost exclusively in landscapes for over 25 years. My love for wilderness has led me to photograph the beauty in the landscape before it disappears from our urban/suburban world. In addition, I have enjoyed working with various alternative processes, including but not limited to applied color, toning, and split toning. Currently, I am exploring the creative possibilities of digital photography.

Clifford Lester
Professor of Photography

   Dedicated towards helping students reach their career goals, Clifford Lester, a successful commercial photographer, brings his real life work experience into the classroom at Cypress, where he teachesIntroduction to Photography and Portraiture and Lighting
   Educated at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA, Clifford’s career includes the ownership of a commercial studio, where he has specialized in the photography of food, products and people for over 17 years.
   Volunteering his talents as well, Clifford’s images of children appear on donation cards in retail stores nationwide, helping to raise millions of dollars in support of ‘Food For All’s campaign against hunger.

Clayton Spada
Professor of Photography

   Clayton Spada has over 20 years of formal training and practical experience with digital techniques related to applications in digital signal processing, still- and motion-based imaging, desktop publishing and the visual arts, with an extensive background of consulting and commissioned projects for the publishing, motion picture and television industries.
  His photographic and digital works have been published in annuals, periodicals and textbooks, featured in cable and network television spots aired in the United States and abroad, and are held in a number of private individual collections in the United States, Britain, Germany and the People's Republic of China.