Semetko (first name Craig) grew up near Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication. His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Amsterdam, and on the web in the Family of Man 2 Leica Users exhibit. His photographs have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, the Turkish daily “Zaman”, The Netherlands’ weekly “Folio,” “Time Out: Edinburgh,” and the current affairs magazine, “Global Vision,” among others. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.