HAROLD SHAPIRO is a well-known photographer and respected teacher in the New Haven area. He has been a full time professional photographer for nearly 40 years. Also, he is Photo Department Head at The Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, where he has been teaching since 1984. He taught for four years at the University of New Haven and offers special workshops at Milford Photo. For over 30 years he has been photographing for Yale University, where he has the pleasure to work with the Yale Law School, School of Music, School of Medicine, Graduate School or Arts & Sciences, School of Management among other departments. He graduated from The New England School of Photography with Honors in Color & Portraiture. He received the American Hospital Association Volunteer Award for his work playing music for patients at Yale-New Haven Hospital and the Ginger Calhoun Volunteer Service Award from SARAH – where he helped adults with Down Syndrome explore their world with photography. He also received the Arts Award, given annually by the Arts Council of New Haven and is an Associate Fellow at Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University. He has used photography & music to reach people in need and shares this with many of his students.