Gretchen Viehmann
Head of Press & Editorial Photography
Gretchen has been the Director of Photography for both the New York Post and the New York Daily News and has been involved with BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography course since its inception in 2008, when she helped to establish industry partnerships between Falmouth and London-based photo agencies and publications, including Rex Features (now Shutterstock) where she was then chief editor.
She studied documentary film and animation at New York University, and has been photographing and illustrating since childhood. In her early years post-NYU she was the Head of Rights and Reproductions for the Museum of the City of New York, working with the archival collections of Jacob Riis, Berenice Abbott, Samuel Gottscho and Stanley Kubrick.
With a long career that has touched all sides of the photo industry, from agency to publication to photographer's advocate, Gretchen is passionate about visual storytelling and empowering the next generation of young photographers to thrive in an industry that is rapidly changing.
She studied documentary film and animation at New York University, and has been photographing and illustrating since childhood. In her early years post-NYU she was the Head of Rights and Reproductions for the Museum of the City of New York, working with the archival collections of Jacob Riis, Berenice Abbott, Samuel Gottscho and Stanley Kubrick.
With a long career that has touched all sides of the photo industry, from agency to publication to photographer's advocate, Gretchen is passionate about visual storytelling and empowering the next generation of young photographers to thrive in an industry that is rapidly changing.
