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E-pprentice is the Lucie Foundation's online mentor program and electronic apprenticeship. It's a free program that is open to the public. Mentees are selected through an online submission process. By utilizing the internet as the platform for connecting individuals worldwide, E-pprentice allows for a dynamic, web-based exchange guided by a suggested curriculum and lasting a duration of six months. This modern mentorship utilizes instant messaging and video chat program to allow critique and discussions to occur. At the end of the exchange, it is our intention for the mentee to create new work guided by the advice of a succesful and seasoned professional, and to also gain invaluable, insightful, long-term guidance and support that will be useful in enhancing their photographic careers.

2010 E-PPRENTICE CLASS OF MENTORS AND MENTEES.
Mentor		Mentee
	Andy Batt www.andybatt.com Andy Batt is a commercial photographer whose work centers around people photography - quirky lifestyle work and moody action photography of athletes and dancers. Andy graduated from the Rochester Instituted of Technology with a BFA in photography, and has been in the commercial photography world ever since.		Selina Roman www.selinaroman.com Photographer Selina Roman is best known for her sense of irony and innate respect for crumbling buildings, desolate trailer parks and trash heaps. Roman's photographs document the remnants of human lives and tell a story of temporal beauty in unwanted places. Roman finds inspiration everywhere.
	Tim Griffith www.timgriffith.com Tim Griffith has been photographing architecture and design related images for over twenty five years. Melbourne born and working from bases in San Francisco and Singapore, he travels extensively on assignments in Asia, Europe and North America for a number of the world’s leading design firms.		Jennifer Richter www.jrichterphotography.com Jennifer Richter is an artist who focuses on the compositional element of an image and the emotional response it elicits, and strives to bring greater awareness to the public through the lens of her camera.
	Patricia Heal www.triciajoyce.com www.robinricegallery.com After studying art and drama in her native England Patricia Heal turned her focus to photography that she has been doing since the early 90’s. Her favorites and inspiration have always been Richard Avedon and Sarah Moon. She currently shares a studio with her husband, fellow photographer, Anthony Cotsifas with their English bulldog, Moses Oliver Dudle.		Massimo Cristaldi www.massimocristaldi.com Massimo Cristaldi was born in Catania, Italy in 1970. His professional career started in 1994, when, after a degree in Geology, he began managing international research projects. The driving concern of his work is focused on traces that Man and time passage carve over Nature and Things, representing, in particular, effects and sings on what remains.
	Matt Hoyle www.matthoyle.com Matt Hoyle is a commercial and fine art photographer based out of New York City. Matt is known best for his portraits of rich characters and intriguing faces. Matt's style is described as hyper-real because of the unique "grade" he applies to each image -- similar to the post production treatment of a TVC or film.		Braden Summers www.bradensummers.com I have found that photography for me is about creating an image as opposed to strictly capturing one. I arrived at a location and visualize the different parts of the scene that I’m going to shoot and how I’m going to arrange them. I often like to imagine the world as a serene and surreal place, which is why my final images retain the specific quality that they do.
	Ed Kashi www.edkashi.com Ed Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are the signatures of his work. Kashi’s complex imagery has been recognized for its compelling rendering of the human condition.		Stan Raucher www.stanraucher.com I strive to create compelling photographs that provide a glimpse into aspects of the human condition. My photography documents ordinary people going about their daily lives in various countries and cultures. As individuals interact with one another and their surroundings, the poetry of the street emerges whenever situations that are unexpected, mysterious, humorous or poignant unfold.
	Ted Sabarese www.tedsabarese.com Ted’s work most often demonstrates a clean, graphic, character-driven narrative (Even if the character happens to be an inanimate object like a down-on-its-luck houseboat or a lonely set of microphones). His personal and fine art work have won wide, critical acclaim and have been exhibited in galleries in both the U.S. and abroad. This exposure compliments his many commercial advertising and editorial assignments and awards.		Lucie Goodayle www.luciegoodayle.com I have just started as a freelance photographer (not quite a year yet) and so far I dabble in fashion and editorial photography. I am hoping to get to the point one day where I can spend all my time on my personnel projects. This is creating stills that could look like they have been taken from films, using people, objects and locations to create narratives with the power of suggestion. I am mostly self taught and I feel I have so much to learn to help me express my ideas, but that continuous learning is what I love the most about photography.
	Andrew Southam www.andrewsoutham.com Andrew Southam is an Australian photographer who has lived in Sydney, Milan, New York, and now Los Angeles. He began his career photographing the Sydney Theatre Company and the Australian Ballet. His early work has given him a particular affinity for performers and artists of all kinds. He is considered to have taken some of the definitive photographs of Liv Tyler, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Kevin Spacey, and of the singer Jewel.		Luke Wooden www.lukewoodenphoto.com I find my mind swimming with so many ideas on how to express the human condition. I have been fortunate to be able to photograph many different kinds of people with my camera, everyone from LiL Wayne the #1 Hip Hop Artist last year, to kids living in the Watt's Projects in South Central Los Angeles.
	Jamey Stillings www.jameystillings.com/ Stillings’ work as a photographer spans fine art, documentary and advertising. A passionate interest in people, world cultures, social and environmental issues are guiding forces in his photography and life. For twenty-eight years, Stillings has traveled and worked professionally throughout the world for a wide range of national and international clients while continuing to pursue personal projects.		James Knight Smith www.jknightsmith.com James’ style has developed from colourful panoramic landscapes to more abstract work that portrays the sense of the moment the image was captured. This work allows the viewer to immerse themselves in the abstract forms to provide a calming and reflective space for them to enjoy the scene.
	Mike Tauber www.miketauber.com Mike shoots portraiture, documentary and location/architectural imagery for editorial and commercial clients from his base in New York City. His book Blended Nation has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday, The Tavis Smiley Radio Show and in over one hundred newspapers nationwide.		Bremen Donovan http://www.watsonblogs.org/donovan/2007/08/ I am coming to the end of a year photographing a project In Sierra Leone about which I feel very passionate, and want a relationship of critical inquiry and engagement with a professional photographer while I edit the project and prepare for my next visit to Sierra Leone in eight months time.