Faculty & Staff


  Michael Zide, B.A.
Instructor

Michael joined Hallmark Institute in 2004 after a successful career in commercial and wedding photography. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Michael moved to New England to Martha's Vineyard. The fine-art landscape work that he shot on the Vineyard has been featured in galleries in NYC, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston and the Vineyard. While working on the Vineyard, Michael helped to create and taught at some of the areas finest photographic workshops. His commercial clients include Polaroid, Sinar Bron, Schneider and Newsweek, to name a few. Michael has been widely published in such magazines as Today's Photographer, Photo/Design and Fine Home. Now living in Amherst, MA, he continues to freelance commercially and shoots weddings for select clients as he shares his experience with aspiring Hallmark students.

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