Tom Zimberoff was born in Los Angeles, a child of the Fifties. He was raised there and in Las Vegas, Nevada. As proficient with a clarinet as with a camera, he succumbed to the lure of photography while studying music at the USC School of Performing Arts. As both a successful commercial and fine-art photographer, he developed a reputation for photographing people, keenly portraying their underlying character. And he sought interesting characters. "Portrait photography," he says, "is a predatory sport. I stalk my prey like a big-game hunter, look for a good clean shot, trying to avoid unnecessary wounds. Then I hang their heads on a wall to admire like trophies."

His photographs have appeared on the covers of TIME, FORTUNE, MONEY, PEOPLE, and numerous other magazines. Zimberoff portraits can be found in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, the Corcoran Gallery Of Art in Washington, DC, the Oakland Museum in California, the Los Angeles Public Library, the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, the Canton Art Institute in Ohio, the Performing Arts Library & Museum in San Francisco, as well as several corporate collections and university libraries. His first two portrait subjects were Marx and Lennon -- that's Groucho and John, of course.

Zimberoff has recently signed a new publishing deal with Bulfinch Press, the fine-art book division of Time Warner, for a special edition of his best-selling book, ART OF THE CHOPPER, depicting custom motorcycles and the artists who create these rolling sculptures. He is also completing a sequel for Bulfinch and has two television projects in development in conjunction with additional business opportunities. Further information about Tom’s work can be found at www.zimberoff.com.