William Gullette has a Master of Arts degree with an emphasis in Graphics from San Diego State
University and originally became interested in making photographs as studies for paintings. This
interest subsequently led to a successful career as a professional photographer in the San Diego
area for over thirty years. He has worked in many areas of photography including fashion, food,
product, theater, architecture, portraiture, and gardens. Gullette began his editorial photography
work with San Diego Magazine. He has been a contributing photographer to San Diego
Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine since 1980 and has been shooting the bulk of the garden
stories published by the magazine for the last six years.
Gullette has also enjoyed a distinguished teaching career as a Professor of Photography and Art at
Palomar College since 1982. He teaches across the curriculum, from elementary black and white
photography to advanced courses in portraiture and commercial photography. In 2003 he received
an Outstanding Instructor Award from the Student Showcase at the Del Mar Fair to honor a
history of award winning students.
While on sabbatical in the fall of 2003, Gullette returned to his first love painting, where he
researched the relationship between photography and painting. Last summer one of his paintings
was accepted into the Fine Arts Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair.
PRESIDENTS CORNER by Mike McMahon
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