Judy Ann Hoffman grew up in Anaheim, CA and has fond memories of her camera-toting relatives from far away visiting on their way Disneyland. When she received her first camera, a Kodak Instamatic (with four full power flashes in one cool flash cube) as a gift from her parents for her eighth birthday, she began toting a camera, too. Without further ado she was out photographing the bunnies in the backyard, her brother’s snake and the neighbor’s tree house. Her first photo montage: San Juan Capistrano Mission was presented to her third grade class at Benito Juarez Elementary School on a Bell and Howell TeleSonic Slide Projector when bell bottoms and Nehru jackets were first in style.
Years later, while working as an elementary school teacher in Southern California, Ms. Hoffman discovered the power of images as a learning tool. This led to many photographic adventures across Southern California capturing photographs of weekly vocabulary words for her students. As her eye and skill developed, she was asked to manage and photograph the image galleries for her school website. This led to archival and documentary work for educational institutions including The Eugene Weiner Institute for Experiential Learning in Israel, Morocco, Greece and Turkey. Recent photographic projects include location work for Michael Saul Productions, Tone Quest Inc., and McGinnty Music. In addition, Ms. Hoffman leads digital photography workshops for children several afternoons a week in Los Angeles.
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