Meet Camera USA 2018 judge Paula Tognarelli
Camera USA 2018 opened June 1 at the Naples Art Association. This year, 218 photographers from around the country submitted images for inclusion in the show. From these, jurors Christopher Jones, Mark Sloan and Paul Tognarelli selected 75 photographs, with work coming from California (7), Colorado (1), Florida (21),Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts (3), Michigan 
(3), Minnesota (1), Mississippi (2), New York (8), North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (1), Rhode Island (1), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (2), Texas (4), Virginia (2), Washington (4), Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming (1).
Paula Tognarelli is the Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts. For the museum and its satellite spaces, she produces over 60 photography exhibitions each year. Tognarelli has enjoyed an extensive career in the world of photography and is 
well known for her professional contributions to photography projects and programs. Tognarelli has curated exhibitions nationally and internationally, and served as a juror for numerous competitions.
Tognarelli holds a Master of Science degree in Arts Administration from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. She is a graduate of the New England School of Photography and is a candidate for a Master’s in Education at Lesley University in Cambridge. Tognarelli is a regular participant in national and local portfolio reviews, 
has been a panelist and featured speaker at photography events and conferences including MacWorld and Color Connections. She has been a panelist for the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Photography Fellowships and a juror for the Marblehead, Rockport and Bedford Art Associations. She is a nominator for the Prix Pictet in Switzerland, the Robert Gardner Fellowship at Harvard University and the Kyoto Prize.
June 4, 2018.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.