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Art Armani
Online since 1998 and president of a US ad agency, Art has been in the photo booth industry for over 11 years and was inducted into the Photo Booth Expo Hall of Fame in 2026. He also runs Armani Entertainment, his DJ and photo booth company.
Dave Stephenson
Dave founded the Photo Booth Network, one of the largest Facebook groups for booth pros at close to 15K members, and owns iSmile Pod near Reading, PA. He was also inducted into the Photo Booth Expo Hall of Fame.