David Litschel's Bio

David Litschel is a travel photographer, noted educator, author, and consultant to industry and education. He is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Brooks Institute with campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. Prior to taking his current administrative role, he was a faculty member at Brooks Institute of Photography for over 15 years. He is the co-author of two books on photography, Black and White Photography published by Delmar a division of Thompson Learning, Inc., now in its second edition, and Digital Photographic Capture published by Focal Press in 2005. He has been active in many professional organizations, including: serving as President and a member of the Board of Directors of the Photo Imaging Education Association (PIEA); member Advisory Council Participant, PLUS Advisory Council, Picture Licensing Universal System; member Board of Directors Photo Access Corp.; and Advisory Board Member, Photographer’s Forum Magazine. David earned the Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Michigan and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Colorado where he was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.

• American places
• American People

• Lake Como
• Venice

• Animals
• People