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	General Information Become A Member Announcements Staff Job Openings Contact & Hours Directions General Information Class Schedule Workshops Certificate & BFA Program Faculty General Information Call for Entries Schedule PCNW Bin Sales Publications Past Exhibitions Our Collection To Exhibit General Information Black and White Darkroom Color Darkroom Digital Lab Services & Supplies Price List Organizations Competitions Galleries and Exhibitions Commercial Sites Tips and Techniques Member & Student Sites Faculty & Staff Sites Photo Agencies Other Resources Link to Us Link Request		Staff Executive Director Annie Van Avery avanavery@pcnw.org Gallery Director Ann Pallesen apallesen@pcnw.org Education Director Ray Pfortner rpfortner@pcnw.org Registrar Erin Sweeny esweeny@pcnw.org Membership Coordinator Jenny Riffle jriffle@pcnw.org Student & Alumni Outreach Coordinator Chris Williams chris@pcnw.org Bookkeeper Julianne Jaz jjaz@pcnw.org Facilities Manager Juan Aguilera jaguilera@pcnw.org Facilities Assistant Hart Boyd hboyd@pcnw.org Front Desk Jennifer Brendicke jbrendicke@pcnw.org Erika Ramberg eramberg@pcnw.org Erik Braziunas ebraziunas@pcnw.org Juan Aguilera, Facilities Manager jaguilera@pcnw.org Juan G. Aguilera is the Facilities Manager at PCNW. He is an Industrial Designer from the University Autonoma Metropolitana in Mexico City . With a pre-press specialty, he has been involved in digital publishing since the darkroom days. A self proclaimed color nut, he believes color is an independent language, with a specific grammar, spelling and intonation. Juan is a teacher at heart, having taught geometry and design with students ranging from middle school to adults, he currently teaches Photoshop, color correction, camera raw and digital photography workflow in the Northwest. He is a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) and has attended several Photoshop World events. Hart Boyd, Facilities Assistant and Front Desk Staff hboyd@pcnw.org Hart began studying photography at fifteen with black and white classes. Since that time he has studied color analog and digital photography at Evergreen State College, where he received his BA. In addition, Hart has participated in a year-long internship as the "Commercial Photography Lab Technician/ Manager". At PCNW Hart has been able to apply all of his experiences toward maintaining and improving both the wet and digital labs. His fascination with photography has always been the translation of light to construct a two-dimensional image. Website: www.hartboyd.com Erik Braziunas, Front Desk ebraziunas@pcnw.org Erik Braziunas received his BA from The Evergreen State College in 2007. He has been studying photography for a decade. In High School Erik managed the Black and White lab for a year while his teacher was overseas. Since then he has worked with numerous different photographic formats and processes to produce fine-art, documentary, and commercial photography. Through PCNW classes he gained knowledge of advanced Black and White and digital techniques. Website: www.bphoto.biz Jennifer Brendicke, Front Desk jbrendicke@pcnw.org Jennifer Brendicke began working at the Photo Center as a volunteer, and in September 2007 became a member of the Front Desk Staff. She has studied at PCNW since January 2006, and is currently enrolled in the Certificate Program which she hopes to complete in the Spring of 2009. Julianne Jaz, Bookkeeper jjaz@pcnw.org Julianne Jaz joined PCNW as the bookkeeper in July 2006. She has 30 years experience in wrestling numbers to the ground along with a deep appreciation of the arts. Although a fiber artist by persuasion, she has also pursued photography as both a personal and professional interest, and spent nearly a decade representing commercial photographers and illustrators throughout the NW and nationally as a co-owner of Jaz & Jaz, The Artist's Representative. Ann Pallesen, Gallery Director apallesen@pcnw.org © Ann Pallesen, Untitled, 2004 Ann Pallesen is the PCNW Gallery Director, a position she has held since 1996. She received her BFA from Colorado State University, Ft. Collins in 1993. Pallesen has curated and installed over 150 exhibitions including the work of Julie Blackmon, Camille Seaman, Elliott Erwitt, Graciela Iturbide, Chris Jordan, Mary Ellen Mark, Ken Rosenthal & Hiroshi Watanabe. She has coordinated dozens of lectures with artists and curators, and regularly appears at portfolio review events, on panel discussions and has served as a juror for several non-PCNW exhibitions. She is an active photographer herself and is represented by Benham Gallery in Seattle. Ray Pfortner, Director of Education rpfortner@pcnw.org Ray has been with PCNW since 2005, first as faculty and, since September 2007, as Director of Education. He is responsible for coordinating faculty and curriculum, and for developing the quarterly course program. He has worked in photography for over 30 years as photographer, educator, photo editor, stock agent, and consultant. His specialties are business practices, publishing, and marketing. His photography focuses on nature and environmental issues and has been widely published and exhibited. Ray received the 2006 North American Nature Photography AssociationÕs Recognition Award and its 2003 Fellow Award. Jenny Riffle, Membership Coordinator jriffle@pcnw.org © Jenny Riffle, Goodbye, 2004 Jenny Riffle received her BA in Photography from Bard College, NY in 2001. She was an intern at Centro Fotografico Alverez Bravo in Oaxaca, México and then worked at Max Protetch Gallery in NYC for two years before moving back to her home state of Washington. She has been involved with the Photographic Center Northwest since March 2004. As well as being on staff at PCNW Jenny has been a teaching assistant in several classes there and continues to work on and exhibit her own photography projects. Website: www.jennyriffle.com Erin Sweeny, Registrar esweeny@pcnw.org Erin joined the PCNW staff in June 2006, and currently coordinates registration for classes and workshops at the center. She has also been involved in a partnership between PCNW and the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center, assisting in a grant-funded photography program for middle and high school students who have recently immigrated to the country and are strengthening their literacy skills through the arts. As an artist immersed in the PCNW community, Erin continues to develop and exhibit her own work as a documentary and fine art photographer. Website: www.erinsweeny.com Annie Van Avery, Executive Director avanavery@pcnw.org Annie Van Avery comes to PCNW from New York City with an extensive background in the photographic arts. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art. Her leadership experience includes the founding of the Center for Photographic Studies where she served as the Executive Director in additional to working as an Education Director for an arts council and Associate Director of Admission for one of the nation's top ranked arts colleges. She has connections with a number of artistic communities nationwide where she has been an active exhibiting photographer, educator, and arts administrator. Website: www.annievanavery.com Chris Williams, Student and Alumni Outreach Coordinator chris@pcnw.org Chris Williams graduated from The Evergreen State College with an emphasis in film and photography in 1997. He found the Photo Center NW in 1999 and has been here ever since. Chris has been a freelance photographer while pursuing his certificate at the Photo Center. His current projects focus on the transition of twenty/thirty some things into adulthood, images drawn from classic novels and film, and a visual diary of his life. Website: www.chriswilliamsphoto.com