Bio-medical photographer to exhibit work at Bradley

Peoria, Illinois . . . March 31, 2006 . . . The work of Bradley alumnus and bio-medical photographer Michael Peres will be exhibited in the 3rd floor gallery of the Cullom-Davis Library at Bradley University starting April 7. In addition, Peres will discuss his work at two events on April 7 on campus. The exhibit and presentations are sponsored by the Friends of Cullom-Davis Library.

Peres will discuss his work at 7:30 a.m. on April 7 in the Wyckoff Room of the Library. A light breakfast will be available. He also will give a presentation and discussion of his work that evening at 7:30 in the Wyckoff Room. Both events are open to the public. Donations will be accepted for the breakfast.

Peres is the chairman of the Biomedical Photographic Communications Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology, a position he has held since 1989. As a professor in the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, he specializes in photographing with microscopes, photomacrography as well as bio-medical photography. He has authored numerous publications, presented more than 100 oral papers and conducted more than 35 imaging workshops all over the US and in locations such as Sweden, Canada, Tanzania, the Netherlands, Germany, and Australia. These workshops have included topics such as digital imaging using the light microscope and the production of QuickTime VR movies.

He has been a member of the Bio-Communications Association for 27 years and a member of the Ophthalmic Photographer's Society. He is the Chair of the Lennart Nilsson Award Nominating Committee, Co-Coordinators of the annual RIT Big Shot project, and manages the Images from Science project. In April 2003, he was one of the RIT Eisenhart outstanding faculty award recipients. Peres holds a Master's Degree in Instructional Technology from RIT, and a B.A. from Bradley. He is a registered biological photographer.