With over 30 years of professional photography experience, Bruce Gates has created work for numerous Fortune 500 companies; Coca-Cola, Goodyear Tire, PPG Industries, FedEx Custom Critical, Microsoft Corporation and Home Shopping Network. Bruce earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration Photography, with honors, from The Rochester Institute of Technology and has received many of the industries highest honors. Bruce created the Art Factory and has been an Industry leader since 1979. He has taught at the University of Akron as an instructor for Advertising Photography from 1981-1985 and most recently in 2004. Bruce has had his work showcased in many exhibits including: Solo Shows at the “Image Transfer Gallery” Portland Oregon, The Vox Gallery in Akron, Ohio, “ Juried Art Shows” at the Gasparilla Art Festival in Tampa, Florida and The Coconut Grove Art Festival in Miami Florida.