About the Photographers

     Jason Clark is a Graphic Designer, Photographer. A native Mobilian, Clark attended the University of South Alabama, graduating in 2006 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and Photography.   Clark works as Preparator and Registrar for Space 301 in Downtown Mobile. His position enables him to meet and experience the work of many contemporary artists; from local to International. He is also part owner of Creopix, a graphic design and photography firm based in Mobile and on the web at www.creopix.net.   Clark has participated in many photography exhibitions ranging from student shows to solo exhibitions. He has shown work on campus at the University of South Alabama, OffDauph Gallery, the Mobile Arts Council Skinny Gallery, Space 301 and Gulf Art Space.

     Lesa Jones was born in Demopolis, Alabama, but has called Mobile home since 1987. She received a Bachelors degree from the University of South Alabama, and a M.B.A. degree from Spring Hill College.   Photography has always been a passion, but has been pursued more adamantly since undergoing eye surgeries to correct vision problems that had rendered her legally blind.   Jones has won awards and recognition in various photography contests, been published in “Flamingo”, the in flight magazine for Air Namibia, exhibited her collection of images from Bayou La Batre in the Skinny Gallery of the Mobile Arts Council, self published a book entitled “Pulse Of The Bayou”, and has had her work included as demonstration in instructional photography videos. To see more of Lesa's work, visit her website www.avantgardeimaging.com.

     Jeff and Meggan Haller started Keyhole Photo in Mobile, Alabama, with more than 15 years of professional photography experience working as staff photographers at daily newspapers. Meggan studied photojournalism at the University of Florida, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in journalism and Bachelor of Arts in English. Jeff graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Journalism, and then recently earned a Master of Arts degree in Photography from Ohio University's renowned School of Visual Communication. He teaches photojournalism at the University of South Alabama. Their careers included positions at the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington, the Longmont Daily Times-Call in Colorado and the Gillette News-Record in Wyoming. Their experience at newspapers has exposed them to a variety of situations, covering everything from professional sports to presidential visits to regular everyday people doing everyday things. Their jobs were to tell the story of events as they happened, through their photographs. In 2007 Jeff launched a solo exhibition of his work from a documentary photo project on a small town in rural Nebraska. Somewhere in the Middle of America: Life in a Prairie Town captures the essence of everyday life in the Red Cloud, Nebraska, the town featured prominently in Willa Cather's classic novels of the pioneer experience. The show opened at the Red Cloud Opera House and then traveled to the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and the Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. The work is scheduled to be shown in November 2009 at the Mobile Arts Council.

     L. Craig Roberts has been a resident of Mobile for 34 years, and a practicing architect with his own firm since 1979.  His work has been featured in local and national publications and on television shows that have aired nationally. Robert’s photography is featured on his firm’s website and he placed in local photography competitions.  His lectures on Mobile’s history and Historic Districts feature his photography as well.   Roberts has served on the Board of Directors of Mobile AIDS Support Services (now South Alabama CARES).  During his tenure, he served one year as President.

     A native Mobilian, David Trimmier has made intermittent forays into photography since his childhood.  He was Chief Photographer for LAGNIAPPE during its first six years and has worked in the field of editorial photography as well (although he decidedly disavows the label "photojournalist"). He has served as a jurist for several art & photographic competitions and as mentor for several gifted students of photography. His exhibitions on the theme of "Apparitions" will be presented to venues throughout the South during the coming year. He has accumulated numerous local & regional awards.   His days are spent as a respiratory therapy supervisor at the University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital. Avocations include road cycling, swimming, underwater cave exploration and musical endeavors.   He has been an active supporter of South Alabama CARES for some while and dedicates this small series to his art teacher/brother Benjamin Trimmier, whose love is unconditional and eternal.

     The cover art for the Look Up Mobile contest was produced by local artist Michael Mastro. Educated at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Los Angeles, and studying photography under Richard Marx, Michael began his career as a graphic designer. He freelanced for advertising agencies such as BDA/BBDO, and design firms like Direct Drive Design, producing projects for clients including Coca-Cola, Major League Baseball, Nike, and Anheuser Busch. After 20 years in Atlanta, Michael returned to Mobile. His work is featured in the RSA Tower, in private collections and local galleries. For more see his web site, www.michaelmastro.com