Frank Van Riper is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist and author whose work has been published internationally. In 1992, Van Riper became photography columnist of the Washington Post, where his column, “Talking Photography,” appeared in the Camera Works section of Washingtonpost.com and is now available worldwide. A popular teacher and lecturer, Van Riper has lectured and/or taught in the Smithsonian Resident Associate Program, the Maine Photographic Workshops, the University of Maine at Machias and at other colleges and universities in the mid-Atlantic.