Marsha Black, author of The Accidental Photographer, has been an educator, traveler and photographer all of her life. She was nominated to the International Society of Photographers and won its Outstanding Achievement Award for Amateur Photography. Her work has been published in anthologies, on the ISP website and at the International Society of Photography National Conferences. She is a graduate of The New York Institute of Photography and shows her work regularly at the Bakersfield Art Association gallery, in local venues and on her website, www.visualtravels.com.