Born:
1960  -Santa Monica, CA

Education:
1984  -BFA, Art Center College of Design, Graduated with Honors

Awards:
1991  -Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual
1992  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Studio Magazine, Awards Annual
        -Photo District News, Photo/Design Awards
        -Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual
1993  -American Photography
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
        -I.D. Magazine, Design Annual
        -How Magazine, Design Annual
1994  -Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual
        -American Photography
        -Studio Magazine, Photo/Design Awards
        -Photo District News, PDN/Nikon Self Promotion Awards
1995  -Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual
1998    -Photo District News, Photo Design Awards
        -Photo District News, PDN/Nikon Self Promotion Awards
        -Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual
1999  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
        -Photo District News, Photo/Design Awards
        -Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual
2000  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
        -Photo District News, Photo Annual
        -Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual
        -Gold Award, Photo Illustrations Series, Society of Publications Designers
2001  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
        -American Photography
        -Photo District News, Photo Annual
2002  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual
        -American Photography
2003  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -American Photography
        -Photo District News, Photo Annual
        -International Photography Awards
2004  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -American Photography
2005  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -American Photography
        -International Photography Awards
2007  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
2008  -American Photography
2009  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
2010  -Communication Arts Magazine, Photography Annual
        -Graphis Publications, Photo Annual
        -Photo District News, “Faces” Competition
2012  -International Motion Awards

Articles:
1994  -Focus On Self Promotion, Photo District News
1998  -Profile, Communication Arts Magazine
2002  -Hugh Kretschmer Photo-Illusionist, Photo Insider  Magazine
2004  -Profile, Vision Magazine, Beijing, China
2008  -Q&A with Hugh Kretschmer, Graphis Photo Annual
2011  -Photo+ Magazine, “All Ears” article profile, Seoul, South Korea

Blogs: -http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/photographer-hugh-kretschmer.php
       -http://www.smashboxstudios.com/yello/2009/11/dig-it-la-photographer-hugh-kretschmer/
       -http://www.thefstopmag.com/?p=1281
       -http://www.featureshoot.com/?s=hugh+kretschmer

Exhibits/Donations:
2000   -Summer Show, SoHo Triad Gallery, New York, NY
2001   -Summer Show, SoHo Triad Gallery, New York, NY
2003   -Group Show, 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
          -Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of
          -Publication Designers
2004   -Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers
2005   -Personal Visions, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL
          -Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers
2008   -Shoot, Save, Show, 5th and Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA
          -30th Benefit Auction, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
          -Photography and Illustration Auction, Society of Publication Designers
2009   -Hugh Kretschmer Photographs, Clark/Oshin Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA

Associations:
         -American Photographic Artists, Member
         -Outside the Lens, Trustee