Carl Sesto was educated at Rochester Institute of Technology (BFA) & the Visual Studies Workshop (MFA). He established Pentacle Press in 1973, specializing in printing quality books including: Real Dreams, Duane Michaels, 1976; Places, Aaron Siskind, 1976; Paper Negative, Danny Lyon, 1980. He wrote and designed Designer's Guide to Digital Imaging, John Wiley & Sons. His book, Ordinary Events was included in The Printed Picture, a book and exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and Production Not Reproduction, Museum of Printing History Houston, TX. His photographs, prints, and books are included in numerous private and public collections including: Addison Gallery of American Art; Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris; Fogg Art Museum; Houghton Library; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Modern Art. He is a consultant to publishers and authors, Professor Emeritus of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where he taught for 20 years, and is a member of the Society of Printers.