Michael Heller is a Professional Photographer who resides in the Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece. A graduate of Bard College in New York and the Art Center College of Design (BFA, Photography) in Pasadena, CA, Mr. Heller has been photographing for over 35 years. During that time he has been a contributing photographer and/or a staff photographer for several newspapers and numerous publications in Los Angeles and New York City, including for over 16 years as a photographer for the Express News Group in Sag Harbor, New York. He has won numerous First Place awards from the New York Press Association, and is a three-time NYPA Photographer of the Year. In 2021 Mr. Heller retired to live in the Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece, where he became fascinated with the city's history. He has made a hobby of studying its medieval period, and the Knights of St. John the Hospitallers, and is himself a Knight re-enactor with the Rhodes Medieval Rose Association.