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Leslie McCall

Leslie has over 30 years of creative and diverse experience in commercial, conceptual, and digital photographic instruction, as well as professional photography studio ownership and management. She has a BFA in Photography from Art Center College of Design and an MFA in Photography from the College of Art & Design at Lesley University. Leslie has operated her own commercial studio specializing in food, product, and architecture for advertising.

Clients Include: Nestle Corporation, Ralphs Grocery Stores, Albertson’s Grocery Stores, Gourmet Cuisine Foods, Allen Wertz Candy, Rite Aid, Ford Motor Company, Honda Motor Company, Ultra Wheel Corporation, Sinclaire-Ameritone Paint Corporation, Sherwin Williams Paint Company, The Walt Disney Corporation, Admiral Cruises, 1928 Jewelry Company and Individual Architects.

Leslie also managed A&I Digital Imaging in Hollywood where she became immersed in digital imaging workflow, color management, and digital printing. Her professional experience ranges from large, medium, and small format analog, to large, medium, and small digital capture, as well as all aspects of digital image workflow.

"My teaching philosophy is based upon a profound commitment to the learning process and facilitating students’ progress toward their personal and professional goals. I feel that a strong technical foundation must be balanced with conceptual exploration. I want my students to be challenged and have fun while creating compelling images.”

Jim Davis

Email:   jdavis206@occ.cccd.edu

Blade Gillissen

Blade has taught classes in basic photography, view camera, lighting, product, advanced darkroom techniques, the zone system, and alternative processes since 1998. He has a special interest in historical processes and has worked extensively with gum bichromate printing, platinum printing, and pinhole photography. He also works as a consultant, technical writer, and editor, most notably as a technical consultant for Photography, the textbook by Barbara London and John Upton. He also sits on several advisory boards. Blade is an avid collector of photographic prints and rare photographic books. Before becoming an educator, he owned and operated a commercial photography business that specialized in product, lifestyle, and portrait photography.

Agatha Ibranossian

Agatha Ibranossian began her teaching career in the spring of 2000 at Golden West Community College. She had the privilege of adding Los Angeles City College and Glendale Community College to her teaching experience before joining the Orange Coast College faculty full-time in 2006. She earned her BFA degree in Photography from Art Center College of Design in 1999 and shortly thereafter established a commercial photography business. She has photographed portraits, food, and fashion accessories for over ten years. In 2010, Agatha earned her MA degree in Educational Leadership and is currently teaching courses in professional photography, fashion, and portraiture. Agatha is currently a PhD candidate at CSU and is looking forward to continuing her teaching and learning experience.

Damian Tsutsumida 

Will Hare

Chelsea Mosher

Hiroshi Clark

Hiroshi Clark began teaching in 2016. Since then, he has taught at various institutions in Southern California. In 2004, he began making photos, and in 2007 started his undergraduate education at Art Center College of Design. Following his graduation in 2010, he worked on various photo projects, including a series about blue-collar workers and starting a zine publishing collective with his peers. He has worked as a fine art printer at A&I and as the advanced photo technician at USC.

Hiroshi’s work has been exhibited in various galleries in Los Angeles, and he received his MFA in Art from the University of California, Irvine in 2022

Richard Kraft