Ed Zirkle

 Ed has a fine arts degree in Photograph and Cinema from The Ohio State University.  He started his career in photography as a photojournalist and then went on to get a degree in fine arts.  Having lived all over these United States Ed learned to be a documentarian of life, seeing the world around him, not just looking at it.  While not a native of Wilmington Ed has lived in and around North Carolina over the years and enjoys the warmth and openness of the Wilmington residents.

His images have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Business Week, US Magazine, National Geographic Special Publications, AP, UPI, Better Homes and Gardens,

Women’s Magazine, Ohio Magazine and other major publications.

Though trained as a photojournalist Ed is comfortable in a commercial studio working on client products or providing portraits for family and friends.  He provides clients and families the same insight for images to their products that he sees in life outside of the studio.

Ed has taught photography at The Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College and looks forward to teaching here in Wilmington.

As a master of the black & white image with a large or small format camera and in the darkroom Ed finds color to be a fun statement of life and enjoys capturing the bold and gentle colors of the South Eastern North Carolina Coast.