Allen Birnbach

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Gender	Male
Occupation	Photographer
Location	Denver and Los Angeles, United States
Introduction	I’ve had the great fortune to work and play as a photographer for over thirty years. Originally drawn to the fine art side of the business, I moved into the commercial world to pay for my personal projects. It’s been a move I’ve never regretted, as the challenges of shooting assignments feeds back into a higher level of understanding in my own work. I’ve worked for American Airlines in London, Bristol-Myer Squibb in New Zealand, and Dii in China. I’ve photographed members of the Iceland Dance Company in bubbling mud pots outside Reykjavik and dog teams in the Iditarod race in frozen Alaska. Each experience has added to my immense love for the medium. You can see more of my work, a client list and an artist resume at www.allenbirnbach.com. Over the last five years, along with shooting assignments and several personal series, I have brought that passion of the medium to teaching photography. I’m an instructor at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles, the Panasonic Digital Photo Academy and Working with Artists. It’s because of the tremendous fun I’ve had with these venues that I’ve decided to expand the teaching to an online environment. Enjoy!