Rolando Gomez

In 1994 the Dept. of Defense selected Rolando Gomez as one of the "Top Five" military combat photographers worldwide. He later transitioned to fashion, glamour and beauty photography plus authored five how-to photography books. His largest tear sheet was a cover story for Parade magazine, circulation 32 million printed copies.

Gomez has traveled on assignment to 45 countries as a photographer and photojournalist and is a 2016, 2017, and 2018 Quora Top Writer. For almost two decades he’s taught over 800 photography workshops worldwide, lectured at major universities and attended major photo industry events as a guest speaker.

As a combat photographer, the Desert Storm veteran spent 26 months documenting the Latin America Drug War during the Pablo Escobar era. As a photojournalist he covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Olympics, the Presidential Inauguration, Joint Task Force Full Accounting in Vietnam, the signing of the Peace Accords in El Salvador, Uphold Democracy in Haiti, 50th Anniversary of D-Day in France, 50th Anniversary of VE-Day in England, Northern Watch in Turkey, and the Rwandan refugee crisis in Africa.

After leaving the Army in 1995, the former Staff Sgt. became the Chief of Multimedia for the Air Force News Agency where he oversaw the photos plus streaming media for the Internet television and radio programs of the U.S. Air Force website. Gomez earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication, Electronic Media, summa cum laude, from the University of Texas, and is trained as a mediator in conflict resolution.

He’s worked with and photographed many dignitaries including presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, vice-presidents Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, Sect. of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman Joints Chief of Staff Gen. Colin Powell, Sect. of the Army Togo West, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Gordon Sullivan, and former NATO commander Gen. George Joulwan plus many foreign leaders and dignitaries. He was Gen. Joulwan’s personal photographer for four years.

Partial credits include Parade (cover story), Newsweek, People, New York Times, Playboy, Rangefinder (cover story), Maxim, Sports Illustrated, St. Martin's Press, NBA, Amherst Media, Studio Photography, Digital Imaging, Peterson's 4-Wheel Drive, Stars & Stripes, Army Times, Airman, Soldiers, San Antonio Express News, Evan Williams Bourbon, AOL/Time Warner, PMA Daily, Leica World News, Shutterbug, Photo Media, D-Pixx (cover story), Zoom NL, Photographie, PROFIFTOTO, fotoMAGAZIN, FOTO-VIDEO DIGITAAL, Camera Magazine, and many nationwide newspapers.