Lou Lesko is an American photographer and writer. He started shooting pictures in the fashion industry when he was nineteen years old. Later he expanded his métier to include photojournalism so he could travel to splendid places on someone else’s dime. His work has been published worldwide and has been recognized as “pretty gosh darn good” by a few award bestowing associations. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s writing program, a Lowell Thomas Award winner for photojournalism, and a former editor-at-large for National Geographic Assignment.