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Meet the LSP Team

Photography School in London


 

Antonio Leanza MA - LSP Founder & CEO

Antonio has been an active photographer for three decades. An artist, coach and teacher, he has developed
a unique educational philosophy centered on the Creative Process and the Transformational Learning Experience. 
 
Antonio taught Photography and Digital Imaging at The School of Media of LCC (The University of The Arts London)
for more then ten years and for Ilford Film throughout England. He has trained and coached people from all over the
world to the highly professional standards of National Geographic and he is currently developing new educational
projects on the subjects of Image Making and Creative Development.  www.antonioleanza.com

 

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Luciana Franzolin MA - LSP COO

Luciana was born in Brazil from Italian origins and started a successful career in photography in 1996.
Very passionate about life, people and communication, she has been working in a wide range of environments
and assignments and completed her MA in Photojournalism at the University of Westminster in 2009.
 
Her work has been published in several books and magazines, online publications and has been exhibited in
Brazil and London. www.LucianaFranzolin.co.uk

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Debbie Castro
 MA - LSP Director of Training - Professional Photographer

Debbie has been a professional photographer in London since 2005 and completed her Masters in Photojournalism
at the University of Wenstminster
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From Lady Gaga to Michelin star chefs, she has been working with some of the most prestigious names in portrait

and food photography. With documentary photography as her core passion, Debbie has been selected for solo

exhibitions at the PhotoIreland’s festival two years in a row and continues to develop her own photo-essay’s mainly

focusing on social issues.

 

An Associate member of The Royal Photographic Society, she runs her own Wedding and Portrait photography

business and is now eager to share her knowledge and passion for photography with us at LSP.

www.debbiecastro.com  www.bonitaphotography.org

 

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Holger Pooten
MA - LSP Senior Trainer - Professional Photographer - Digital Artist

Holger Pooten achieved his post-graduate degree in photography before he moved to London in 2001, where he since
works as an advertising and editorial photographer. He has gained an outstanding experience being on assignment in 
various fields of photography and shoting international advertising campaigns for companies like Adidas, Nike, Intel,
Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, Virgin and other international brands.
 
Holger has also won some prestigious photographic awards and his work has been exhibited in several single and group
shows worldwide. His main focus is a creative and conceptual approach to photography which reflects in his personal as
well as in his commissioned work. www.holgerpooten.com

 

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Daniel Lane
 MA - LSP Senior Trainer - Professional Photographer

Daniel Lane has been a professional photographer since 1999. He holds a BA in Photography and a Masters with
Distinction in Photojournalism.
 
His freelance documentary work has lead him to shoot photostories in many different countries, from hospitals in
Madagascar to gold miners in Laos to ultimately win the London Fringe Photography Award in 2009.
 
Alongside the documentary assignments, Daniel also enjoys working in the studio, where he produces high end
advertising photography for large International Brands such as Valentino, Patrick Cox and Boots to name a few. 
Before going freelance in 2003 he was appointed Head of Photography for Apolónia, a dual language food, drink
and lifestyle magazine in Portugal. He is now teaching in our evening and weekend workshops and in Food and
Product Photography for the Professional Training Program at the London School of Photography. www.dl-web.net  

Kit Ryall

 
Kit Ryall MA - LSP Trainer - Professional Photographer

After completing her masters in Photojournalism in 2009, Kit went on to assist award-winning artist Broomberg
and Chanarin, where she worked on numerous commercial photography and art projects including the Krakow
Photomonth Festival 2011 and the official promo video for Massive Attack's single "Saturday Come Slow".
 
Since then Kit has developed a broad knowledge of the professional picture industry, working as a professional and
picture editor on editorial projects for clients such us Save the Children and the Imperial War Museum, as well as
commercial photography and branding for the Royal Bank of Scotland and the international low firm Freshfields.
 
Alongside this, she spends time on long-term documentary photography projects, combining practical photography
with her interest in photographic theory. Kit is now eager to share her knowledge and passion for photography with
us at LSP. www.KitRyall.com
 
 

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Andrea Verganti
MA - LSP Trainer - Professional Photographer

Andrea completed his Masters in Photojournalism in 2009 and has since been working for NGOs in the UK and
abroad taking pictures for their portfolio and editing their visual material. Additionally, he has been working on
assignments and commissions for local institutions and the public sector.
 
Andrea has gathered experience facilitating workshops and classes while working on a wide range of themes
for different organizations, which has led him to develop effective training methods and to value the precious 
contribution the students can bring to each session.
 
His interest lies in a humanistic approach to photography, he enjoys working on collaborative projects exploring
social aspects and promoting social change. He is curious to investigate the possibilities offered by experimenting
with different media using photographs as a platform to further discussion. www.andreaverganti.com
 

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Bettina von Kameke
 MA - LSP Trainer - Professional Photographer

Bettina graduated at Central St Martin School of Art & Design and began a remarkable and fascinating journey in
Documentary Photography in 2001. Her work investigates enclosed communities, their life, rituals and their identities.
From sailing with 31 Burmese merchants from England to South Africa, to an Enclosed Order of Benedictine Nuns
Convent, to travelling with the famous Circus Humberto through the Czech Republic. In 2008 Bettina was invited to
an artist’s residency at
Christ Church College in Oxford to produce 101 Portraits representative of the Christ Church
Community. Her latest and truly outstanding work explores a community of male prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
 
"In my work I question and explore the interior and exterior conditions, means and forces, which make a communal
life sustainable. An enclosed community is generally based on shared religious, commercial or traditional values.

The camera either still or moving creates a distance but at the same time allow me to enter the subjects’ intimacy/
privacy. The camera functions as an interface between myself and the world outside and becomes my second skin".

www.vonkameke.com

 
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