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Vincent Versace

Brand Ambassador Vincent Versace

Vincent Versace is an internationally recognized pioneer in the art and science of digital photography. His passion for natural light photography is manifest not only in his work but also through his role as a creative and technical leader, contributing to innovative breakthroughs across the entire digital image value chain.

Vincent is one of Nikon’s founding Nikon Ambassadors and is considered by Nikon to be “one of the top photography artists and visual storytellers of this era. ” Vincent is a recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Award in Media Arts & Entertainment, the Shellenberg fine art award, and is a member of the International Guild of Cinematographers. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History. He is the photographer of the Immediate Assistants Medical Rescue Go Team. He was commissioned by the San Francisco Presidio Trust to create a body of photographic work to permanently capture this National Park and Historic Landmark.

Vincent’s work has been highlighted in American Photo, Popular Photography, The New York Times, Shutterbug, Outdoor Photographer, Pro Digital Imaging, PDN, What Digital Camera, Petersen’s Photographic, PC Camera, Studio Design and Photography, Professional Photographer, Digital Imaging and many more.

He is the author of the best-selling books From Oz to Kansas: Almost Every Black & White Technique Known to Mankind and Welcome to Oz 2.0: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop. His book, Welcome to Oz has been selected as Shutterbug Magazine’s best how-to book of the year. Vincent was the original host of the Epson Print Academy and is a member of the Epson Stylus Pros. He is also a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens, a Calibrite Colorotti, Hoodman Elite Photographer, Benq Ambassador, an American Photo Magazine Mentor Trek, and a Master Class instructor. He has taught regularly at Photoshop World, B&H, the FBI, US Navy Combat Camera, US Coast Guard, and Maine Media Workshops.

Vincent’s passion for photography dates back more than four decades when, at the age of seven, his wedding-photographer uncle introduced him to the magic of the darkroom. Within two years, he had sold his first photo. Within ten, he had booked his first professional assignment. Today, based in Los Angeles, he divides his time between commercial and fine art photography assignments, teaching, and consulting for such suppliers as Nikon, Epson, Benq, DxO, OnOne, X-Rite, Calibrite, Adobe, Hivelight, KolariVision. Hoodman and others.

What inspired you to become a photographer/videographer?

I was seven years old, and my uncle who was a wedding photographer was stuck babysitting me. He had a job to get out, he took me into the darkroom with him and when I watched the enlarger dance of dodging and burning, then the moment he put the paper in the developer and the image materialized, that a whiff of fixer I was hooked.

What is your photography style?

Hardening of the categories causes art disease. – W. Eugene Smith

For me, the photographs I create are nothing more than the postcards of the journey of the vacation that is my life. They are also nothing less. They are the reflections of the best times of my life. They are always more for me than for anyone else. I never take a photograph and always want to be taken by the photograph. Tell the truth and see the pretty. Create images that allow the viewer to feel as if they are standing in the exact place you were when to moment took you to click the shutter.

How did you get to where you are now?

Through no fault of my own.

Why is color management important to your workflow?

If you can see it with your eye, it’s a color. It is the ownership of the color in an image that is the most important aspect of editing an image. 

What are your favorite brands you have worked with?

Nikon, Epson, Benq, Hive Light, Calibrite, Adobe, DxO NiK collection, Hoodman, Benro, Sunbounce, H&Y Filters, Rhode, Black Magic, Nisi, Helopan, Novoflex

What would you say is your greatest achievement to this day?

My greatest achievement is the one I am yet to make. Horace Mann said, “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.” I feel you should always be striving to move the needle of humanity. Who cares what you have done, what we should all care about is what we are going to do.

What is an interesting fact about yourself?

I collect matchbox toy cars and space toys from 1959-1969. I also play with them from time to time.

What is a top tip for people who aspire to do what you do?

Become a know it all. The more you know about everything, the wider and deeper your creative reach will be. Oh yeah, floss more.

EQUIPMENT TOOLKIT:

I use a Calibrite Color Checker Display Plus, a Color Checker Passport, and iOne pro II with iOne I/O to build paper profiles.

Vincent Versace

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