Lifetouch

Lifetouch Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryProfessional Photography
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
FounderBruce Reinecker and Eldon Rothgeb
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Todd Marshall, General Manager[1]
ParentShutterfly
Websitelifetouch.com
The sculpture, Generations, was created for the 70th anniversary of Lifetouch by sculptor Nicholas Legeros.

Lifetouch Inc. is an American-based photography company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.[2] Its Canadian operations is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the company also has facilities in Nevada, Indiana, and Ohio.[3]

It was founded as National School Studios (NSS) in 1936 by Eldon Rothgeb and R. Bruce Reinecker and incorporated in March 1948. A subsidiary of Redwood City, California-based Shutterfly Inc., the company provides photography for families, schools, and places of worship; has over 22,000 employees; and operates in all 50 states as well as in Canada. Through Lifetouch Media Productions,[4][5] video support is provided to internal and external customers.

Company photography labs are located throughout the United States and Canada.

  1. ^ "SHUTTERFLY, INC. NAMES TODD MARSHALL GENERAL MANAGER OF LIFETOUCH". Shutterfly, Inc. Sep 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lifetouch property purchased for $23.4 million". Eden Prairie Local News. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  3. ^ "School portrait service closing Chesapeake facility". 13newsnow.com. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ^ "Media Productions". Lifetouch. Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  5. ^ Osteen, Mame (2006). "Lifetouch Today". In Sietsema, Elizabeth (ed.). Generations: A Lifetouch Tradition. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Primarius Promotion. p. 150. ISBN 0-943535-20-4.