2012 Hall of Fame: Mike Graff - Answering Print's 911 Call

"I started photographing real estate listings," Graff recalls. "I would shoot pictures of houses that sold and print postcards on Kodak postcard paper. Then, I'd sell them to the listing agents, who would give the postcards to the new homeowners as gifts. I had a nice little business going."

Graff took that love of pictures to Rochester Institute of Technology, where he initially majored in accounting and minored in photography. He began to fall asleep in accounting classes, and didn't measure up to his classmates on the photography end. His parents insisted that Graff stay and find another academic interest. Fortunately, his college roommate was enrolled in the printing program and convinced him to give it a shot.