Maria Piscopo

Born in New York, raised and educated in California, Maria started her business as a creative services consultant and art/photo rep twenty five years ago. She has been an instructor for creative professionals at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Laguna College of Art & Design, Brooks Institute of Photography, California State University Long Beach and the Academy Of Art in San Francisco.

Maria's new book, 5th Edition PHOTOGRAPHER'S GUIDE TO MARKETING AND SELF-PROMOTION, is published by Allworth Press. Her book, Graphic Designer's and Illustrator's Guide to Marketing and Promotion was also published by Allworth Press.

She has presented professional workshops for associations including: American Institute of Graphic Arts, American Medical Illustrators, Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications, International Association of Business Communicators, American Society of Media Photographers, Advertising Photographers of America. She has been a speaker at industry conferences since 1985 including: HOW Design Conference, Illustration Conference in Santa Fe, Golden Gate School, PhotoPlus Conference, Professional Photographers of California and Photo Marketing Association.

Maria has written magazine articles and columns for industry publications such as HOW Magazine, Applied Arts (Canada), Digital Output Magazine, Foto Forum (Mexico), Rangefinder, Step inside design, Shutterbug and Communication Arts.

She is a member of Society of Photographers and Artist's Reps and has served on the Board of Directors for the University of California at Long Beach Arts & Humanities Board, Visual Artists Association, Women In Management, Orange Coast College, Graphic Artists Guild, Women In Photography, The VICOM Conference and The PhotoPlus Conference Advisory Board and is a volunteer for CERT, Medical Reserve Corp and Project Cuddle.