Denise Ierardi

Denise Ierardi is a seasoned professional in photo retouching and marketing, currently serving as a Senior Image Editor at Bloomingdale's since April 2019. As the Owner and Creative Lead of 451imaging LTD since 2001, Denise specializes in high-end Photoshop retouching for beauty, fashion editorial, and advertising imagery. Previous experience includes roles as a Retouching Specialist at Box and Quad/Graphics, where work involved retouching for top fashion photographs and editorial content for Conde Nast Publications, respectively. Early in the career, Denise honed skills as a Retouching Prepress Specialist at Applied Graphics Technologies, focusing on image color correction and magazine layout for Newsweek. Denise holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from SUNY New Paltz, earned between 1984 and 1988.