Ellen Shershow is a commercial and fine arts photographer based in Oakland, California. She is widely considered the San Francisco Bay Area’s top pet photographer.

She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and her Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been published and exhibited nationally. She has been profiled on NPR’s Marketplace, La Magazine and Slate, and spoke at Today at Apple as part of Apple’s photo lab. She was a resident artist at the Light Grey Art Lab Iceland Program in 2017-2019 and had a studio lab residency at Oakland Pro Arts in 2017.

Ellen previously served as President of the SF CameraWork Board of Directors. Prior to that, she served as the chair of the SF Camerawork Benefit Auction where she raised over $100,000 for this important Bay Area institution. She also served as President of the Board of Directors at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, helping to support emerging artists and provide expertise and contacts to promote their work.