Meet the WPS Team

Since he first bought a used Pentax K1000 in 1989 Sean Quintilian has traveled over much of North America in search of outstanding wildlife and nature photographs. His body of work includes images from 14 U.S. National Parks and dozens of National Wildlife Refuges, with over 100 species of mammals, birds, and reptiles recorded. Sean has spent over 600 days on location over the past 17 years including 20 weeks in Yellowstone National Park alone. His work has appeared in publications, exhibits, and even a CD jacket. His fine art prints have graced the walls of many offices and homes. During the past three years, Sean has started a growing portrait and wedding business. Sean lives in Abingdon Maryland with his wife Jessica and daughter Juliana.

Vickie Gray, who has been on 7 WPS photo safaris, is a portrait and commercial photographer with a studio in Baltimore. Prior to embarking on her photography career she spent over 25 years as a legal marketer, managing the reputation, brand and external image of high-profile law firms in DC, Philadelphia, NYC and Miami as well as in Baltimore. She was named one of Baltimore’s “Top Portrait Photographers” for 2021 by Expertise.com, and one of Baltimore’s “Top Fashion Photographers” by Peerspace. To see her work, visit www.vickiegrayimages.com, or follow her on Instagram at @baltimoreportrait photographer.

Angela Maloney is a art-oriented photographer. In her first career, she was an attorney. In her second, she was a Foreign Service Officer at the US Department of State until an injury suffered serving overseas resulted in her medical retirement. Photography is her third act. Her work has been published multiple times in the United States and Europe. In addition, she has been the subject of interviews and articles. She speaks English fluently and—at least according to the State Department—speaks Spanish at a professional level as well. She is passionate about photography, viewing it as an opportunity for self-expression. Her mantra is to take photos “about” things instead of taking photos “of” things. She has served as the North America Ambassador coordinator for Nature First, a global nonprofit that promotes responsible practices in nature photography. She remains a Nature First member as well as a member of the Professional Photographers of America, American Photographic Artists, and the North American Nature Photography Association. She is a past member of the Fredericksburg Street Photography Collective. She is a cofounder of the soon-to-be-opened Responsible Photography Collective.

Nancy Kurokawa’s first introduction into photography was as an 8-year-old with a 110-film camera she saved up her allowance to buy.  She can’t say that any of the pictures she took with that camera showed any promise towards a future as a professional photographer, but she fell in love with photography.  The next defining moment in Nancy’s photography career started her sophomore year of college when she took black and white photography.  This is where Nancy learned about composition, the various ways to control the amount of light entering the camera and how to develop black and white prints.  From that moment forward, photography was always an important part of Nancy’s life.  She is always striving to showcase the beauty around her through photography.  Nancy admits when she became a mom, she ended up using the program mode on her camera more than she would like to admit, but she did take thousands of awesome snapshots of her son. When her son turned 18, Nancy decided to take her interest in photography more seriously and purchased her first full frame camera.  At the time, Nancy was blessed to be living in Hawaii and she grew as a photographer capturing the beauty of the islands.  About 4 years ago Nancy moved to the DC area and her passion for photography has continued to grow.  She purchased a Canon EOS R5 a few years ago and has quickly adapted to the benefits of mirrorless photography.  Nancy has had her photographs juried into a few local photography competitions and won Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions’ Best Landscape Image in 2020.

Hollis Clayson, PhD., one of the foremost art historians in the country, is a retired professor of art history and Bergen Evans Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University, and author of “Illuminated Paris, Essays On Art and Lighting in Belle Epoque Paris,” who provides  perspective on the compositional elements of paintings that we examine in our “It’s The Composition, Stupid,” photo safaris at the National Gallery of Art.

Over nearly four years as a full-time real estate photographer, Leo  has cultivated a devoted following among realtors and builders who exclusively request his services. Noteworthy achievements include having his work published in prestigious publications such as the Washington Post and local real estate magazines.

Eager to share his extensive expertise, Leo is  now poised to teach Real Estate photography, offering valuable insights and techniques honed through years of experience in the dynamic Real Estate imaging field.

Kent Lewis is a DC- based abstract, landscape and street photographer who has for decades photographed the streets and people of Europe, Asia, and the Western Hemisphere from Alaska to Argentina. Trained in the arts since early childhood, Kent’s images have appeared in several publications, juried and solo exhibitions. Kent has received accolades as an exceptional abstract photographer exploring the concept of aleatoric or “found” art in an amongst the mundane and detritus in our everyday world. Kent’s brings to light a unique compositional perspective with emphasis on form and texture when incorporating elements from nature or man-made infrastructure.

Mr. Lewis recently retired after 33 years as a career executive in the US Federal Government.  Mr. Lewis is a graduate of George Washington University and the American High School in Mexico City and US Army veteran with native fluency in Spanish.

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