Per Volquartz, Co-Chair

After graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1971 Per Volquartz embarked on his professional journey as a visual artist. During the years at Art Center Per Volquartz had studied under the world famous American minimalist hard edge painter, Lorser Feitelson. In 1976 he met Ansel Adams and Morley Baer in Yosemite Valley and their influence together with that of Feitelson brought him on his path in fine art photography of distilling scene content to the bare minimum, concentrating on essential elements. In contrast to many of today’s photographers Per Volquartz works with film exclusively, and prints all his own images by hand to museum standards using traditional, non-digital methods. His photographic images have appeared in major magazines in the United States, Denmark, China and Poland.

Nick Ut, Co-Chair

His full name is Ut Cong Huyh. As a famous American-Vietnamese photographer, Nick Ut joined the Associated Press in 1966. His most famous masterpiece is the “Napalm Girl”, which won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize. The girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, was saved by Nick Ut, and she credits him with her life. Since November 10th, 1997, she was appointed with a position of a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) “Goodwill Ambassador”. Both now work together for world peace.

American-Chinese musician / photographer Frank Su Huang has received international stature in the medium of photography. He graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the University of Southern California. In 1983, he premiered with a cello solo piece, “Lost Style”. This piece was recorded by New Grove Music Dictionary as the first Chinese avant-garde composition. His first photographic book, “American West” is found in both the United States Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and in the Shanghai Central Library, Shanghai, China. His solo photography exhibitions have toured major cities in both China and in the United States. Frank Su Huang is the Chairman of the International Artists Photographic Society.

Yuhong graduated from Beijing University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and New Jersey Institute Of Tech. He has served on the boards of various non-profit and charity like China AIDS Orphan Fund. He helped in creating their web sites and leading the online marketing efforts. He is the founder of Los Angeles Photographic Salon. His Photographic works were collected by Humanities and Communications College of Shanghai Normal University.