Background
Monte H. Gerlach was born on January 1, 1950 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States.
Monte H. Gerlach was born on January 1, 1950 in Hastings, Nebraska, United States.
Monte Gerlach studied at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (Bachelor of Arts, 1972), and at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (Master of Science in Photography, 1975).
A photography instructor at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York (since 1978), he held the same position at Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, from 1976 to 1979. He was an assistant photographer for Playboy magazine in Chicago (1975-1976).
Monte Gerlach has also made a children's film, Becoming Me, for educational television in Lincoln, Nebraska.