Member Bios
Jen Fawkes, APSA, MPSA, SPSA
I am an amateur, club photographer from Melbourne, Australia. I've been a member of PSA for 10 years now and am involved as an author and instructor for several programs in the on-line education program here at PSA. This includes Image Evaluation and Image Critique. I am also involved in my local camera club running special interest groups on Street Photography and Portfolios. I have qualifications in photojournalism from the New York Institute of Photography. My primary passion is for photojournalism, documentary and street photography, but I also dabble in creative portraiture and I love to travel.
Group Administrator
Zhicai Ren
Zhicai Ren MPSA AFIAP
Ren Zhicai, from Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China. Since his amateur self-study of photography in the late 1980s, he has regarded photography as his only passion for forty years. Always adhere to independent documentary creation, using a narrow perspective to record the beauty of the times and life.
Deeply cultivating photography competitions, remarkable achievements have been made: a total of 35 titled works have won awards or been exhibited in competitions at the provincial and municipal levels in China; In internationally recognized PSA events, it has set a record of 884 titles, 3340 selections, and won 21 PSA gold medals.
With outstanding artistic achievements and extensive international influence, according to PSA rules, the representative of the Shanghai division of the Three Continents International Photography Tour is responsible for the selection of the US division.
Currently, it is:
Member of Hainan Photographers Association
Member of China Photographers Association
Member of the American Society of Photographers Honored with MPSA
Member of the International Federation of Photographic Arts awarded AFIAP
Top Ten "New Stars" of Hainan Photographers Association in 2007
2022 PSA China International Photography Top Ten.
Rui Zhang
I come from Urumqi, Xinjiang, China, which is the farthest city from the ocean in the world. My photography journey began in 2016. That year, I rode through one of China's top ten most beautiful highways, the Duku Highway. In order to record this beautiful journey, I purchased my first camera, the Nikon D750. Now, I am using a Nikon Z6 camera. I have been focusing on photography in my spare time, mainly shooting beautiful scenery and portraits. I have participated in several photography associations in China and participated in some photography competitions and exhibitions.
Gary Walter, QPSA
Gary Walter, PPSA AFIAP
Gary explored film photography from the late 1960s, but joined the digital revolution in 2003 and has never looked back. Although lighthouses are a common theme in Gary's photography, he also explores the rest of the world through the digital lens. He is most interested in travel, landscape and portrait photography.
Gary is a member of the Delaware Photographic Society and the Photographic Society of America.
He has had images accepted at the National Lighthouse Museum, Longwood Gardens, Mt. Cuba Center, PNC Bank of Delaware, Tower Hill School and the Wilmington News Journal. His images have been accepted in national and international photography competitions earning him PPSA and AFIAP distinctions.
Albert Wickous
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Lisa Cirincione, PPSA, AFIAP
I am from Pittsburgh, PA, born and raised, and recently have relocated to State College, PA, with my husband. I've been into photography since high school and in college spent most of my free time in the darkroom. I still have a few of those film cameras in my collection. I tried my first digital camera in 1996, and now have a few more of those in my collection too.
In the past 10-15 years, I have tried to step up my photographic knowledge by taking classes, going on photo workshops and attending expos and conferences. I'm excited about learning from fellow photographers in the digital dialogue.
I travel for my job, so I am very lucky to be in a different place each week. I enjoy learning about the country and the world through my photographic adventures.
I am a member of the New Kensington Camera Club and the State College Photo Club. My instagram is lisac.photography.