AccelPhoto was founded by Stanley Hu, a freelance photographer located in the Boston area. The winner of the 2006 SportsShooter Academy Best Picture award, his work has been published in Newsweek, the Associated Press wire, New York Times, Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications.

Currently he freelances for various newspapers and magazines and serves as the contract photographer covering all 41 varsity sports for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.