John Burgreen is a former United States Marine and lifelong artist who was stationed on Okinawa from 1998-2000. After finishing his enlistment Mr. Burgreen graduated from Silicon Valley College in 2003 with a degree in Graphic Design. Currently he resides in Okinawa, Japan where he serves as one of two Art Director's and one of several contributing Photographers for Okinawa Living Magazine, and has served as the Director of Photography for U21 Magazine as well as Art Director for Okinawa Outdoors Magazine. In his spare time he enjoys capturing Okinawa with his photography, preferring to capture and process his images as high dynamic range images.

Mr. Burgreen's design and photography work has earned him over 20 awards from organizations such as PX3 PRIX de la Photographie Paris, The International Academy of the Visual Arts and The Missouri School of Journalism with his recent photography work taking Platinum for Magazine Feature Photography at the Annual Creativity Awards. His achievements include: "Creativity Annual" Platinum Award for Magazine Feature Photography, Gold Award for Photography (Role: Director of Photography), Silver Award for Best Magazine Cover; "Magnum Opus Awards" (Missouri School of Journalism) Gold Award for Best Feature Design, Silver Award for Best Overall Feature Design, Bronze Award for Best Cover, Honorable Mention for Best Use of Photography, Honorable Mention for Best Feature Design; "Davey Awards" (International Academy of the Visual Arts), Gold Award for Art Illustration, Gold Award for Best Magazine Cover, Silver Award for Art Illustration; "Awards for Publication Excellence" Magazine Feature Photography Award, Illustration and Typography Award, Best Magazine Spreads Award, Best Magazine Feature Photography Award, One-of-a-Kind Government Publication Award, Best Magazine and Journal Design and Layout Award for 2004, 2005, 2006, Best Design and Layout Award, Most Improved Magazine and Journal Award; "PX3 PRIX de la Photographie Paris" Second Place, Amateur Photojournalism in the Performing Arts category.