Glenn Rand’s life has always included the pursuit of his art forms. Best known for his photography and photographic education he has also produced, taught and written about illustration and crafts. His photographs are in thirty public museums collections in the United States, Europe and Japan and he has exhibit widely. He has published and lectured extensively about photography and digital imaging ranging from commercial aesthetics to the technical fine points lighting. Glenn has authored eight books including “Teaching Photography” (2006), “Lighting for Photography”(2008), “The Portrait” (2009) and contributes regularly to various periodicals.
Glenn has taught and administered in public education, community colleges and universities since 1966. Since 2001 he has taught in the graduate program at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California. In conjunction with these academic roles and consulting he has developed and reorganized several curricula for fine art photography, commercial photography, digital imaging and allied curricula.
He received his Bachelor and Master of Arts from Purdue University with a Doctorate from the University of Cincinnati centering on the Psychology of educational spaces with post-doctoral research as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan.
His consultant clients have included the Eastman Kodak Company, Ford Motor Company, Photo Marketing Association International, the Ministry of Education of Finland as well as many other businesses and several colleges.
