Photographers

Andrew Hudson started Photo Tour Books, Inc. (then PhotoSecrets Publishing) in 1996.

Since that time he has self-published 14 books, 10 of which he also photographed and wrote.

He has won national awards for Best First Book (1998), Best Coffee-Table Book, and the Grand Prize in the National Self-Published Book Awards. Andrew lives in San Diego, California. Andrew currently has several books in development.

To self-learn photography, Andrew Hudson searched for a style of photography to emulate. He fell in love with the National Geographic Traveler work of prolific magazine photographer Bob Krist.

Bob kindly wrote the foreword to Andrew's first book in 1997 and the two have been good friends ever since. Starting in 2000, Bob and Andrew have jointly self-published three books. Bob lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Bob's latest book is PhotoSecrets 101 Tips for Travel Photographers.

Born in Switzerland, Christian has over 90 books to his credit, mainly published in Germany. Looking for a U.S. publisher, he contacted Andrew Hudson in 2000. In 2005, Andrew and Christian jointly self-published a book on Chicago. Christian lives in Bend, Oregon and Ventana, Mexico. Christian's next book will be A Photo Tour of Copper Canyon.

Ralph co-presents a National Geographic seminar on travel photography with Bob Krist. After a seminar in San Diego, when Andrew and Bob were finalizing a book for the lecture, Ralph proposed the idea of a companion book, PhotoSecrets 101 Tips for Nature Photographers. Ralph lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.