Education

M.F.A. The University of Texas at Austin, May 2001

Photography

B.A. University of California at Santa Cruz, 1993

Biology

Professional Experience

Fall 2001- present Northern Kentucky University

Visiting Lecturer

Photo One, Photo Two, Intermediate, Advanced, Documentary, Color, Advanced Printing Techniques (summer 2003)

Faculty Advisor for NKU Film Society

Faculty Advisor for NKU Campus Greens

Summer 2002 Maine Photographic Workshops

Workshop Instructor

Black and White Crash, Photo One

Summer 2001 Maine Photographic Workshops

Course Manager

View Camera, Gordon Hutchings

Making a Difference, Stan Grossfeld

Learning to See in Color, Frank Lavelle

Colors of Maine, Alison Shaw

World Relief Organizations, Peter Turnley

Photographer’s Eye, Carrie Peterson

Intro to Photojournalism, Sandra Lee Phipps

B&W Crash Course, Lisa Bunch

1999-2001 University of Texas at Austin

Studio Art Graduate Teaching Assistant

Studio B&W Photography, Studio Color Photography

Professional Experience Continued

Fall 1999 Castigilione Fiorintino, Italy

Teaching Assistant for ITALART—Art Program in Italy

Studio Photography TA and Assistant to the Ground Director

Fall 1998 University of Texas at Austin

Photojournalism Graduate Teaching Assistant

Photographic Communications

1997-1998 Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Adjunct Photography Instructor

Photo One and Photo Two

1996-1998 University Place Montessori School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Physical Education Teacher

Pre-K through Fifth Grade

Summer 1997 Making Maui Memories, Maui, Hawaii

Commercial Photographer's Assistant

1994-1996 Japanese Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program, Narashino City, Japan

English Teacher

Junior High School

1993-1994 Webber's Photo Express, Capitola, CA

Lab Manager

Honors/Awards

2001 Graduate Student Presenter, Society for Photographic Education Conference, Savannah Georgia

2000 Carolyn Kay Davis Centennial Memorial Scholarship

David Demming Endowed Scholarship in Studio Art

1999 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society

Marshall F. Wells Fellowship Endowment in the College of Fine Arts

Dallas Presidential Scholarship in the Fine Arts

1998 Bruten Endowed Fellowship for graduate tuition and expenses

1997 Honors Award Winner, University of Alabama Art Student’s League Juried Art Show

1996 Earned rank of Divemaster, PADI SCUBA Diving Association, Midway Island

1992 Finalist, Kodak KINSA Photography Exhibit, National Geographic Hall, Washington, DC

1984 Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America

Exhibitions

2002 The Photographic Edge, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ars & Akademia, The Artery, Newport, Kentucky

Instructors Group Show, Union Hall Gallery, Rockport, Maine

2001 Cuba, Solo Exhibition, University of Cincinnati's DAAP Galleries downtown, Cincinnati, Ohio

Faculty Show, Northern Kentucky University

Instructor's Group Show, Union Hall Gallery, Rockport, Maine

Illuminance, Juried Exhibition, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX;

Rod Slemmons, Juror

American Photography 17, Juried Contest, New York, NY

2000 Untitled Answers, Photographic Installation

Group Exhibition, Passing Through Walls, Austin, Texas

1999 Curator of Undergraduate Photography Exhibition in the Performing Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin

1997 Miners and Mystic Places: Photographs from Peru Solo Exhibition

Shelton State Art Gallery, Tuscaloosa, AL

1996 University of Alabama’s Arts Student’s League Juried Art Exhibition;

Karen Graffeo, Juror

Technical Abilities

Camera Formats

From 35mm to 4X5 inches

Photographic Processes

Black and White Color Liquid Light

Hand Tinting Bookmaking Van Dyke

Photoshop Live Motion

Polaroid Manipulations and Transfers

Craft

I am a consummate craftsman and take great pride in elevating each technique used to the highest possible level. My black and white fine prints have achieved high praise in exhibitions as well as in critiques from the likes of Bruce Davidson, George Tice, and John Goodman among others.

Video

Currently working on a family documentary in digital video using Final Cut Pro on Macintosh

Technical Abilities Continued

Darkroom design and construction

Have built two complete personal darkrooms and was instrumental in the set up of new darkroom at Shelton State Community College. Have initiated many new procedures at Northern Kentucky University to streamline group darkroom organization, cleaning, and shared student use.

Lab Maintenance

I am extremely mechanically inclined and rarely encounter a broken enlarger, lens, or camera that I cannot fix. Plumbing, carpentry, and wiring are all skills acquired as a construction laborer and contribute greatly to solving all manner of darkroom problems.

Activities/Interests

Extensive travels in Asia, South America, America, and Europe

Enjoy outdoor pursuits such as camping, mountain biking, and backpacking

Musically inclined and enjoy playing guitar, harmonica, and mandolin

Competent auto mechanic currently restoring a 1967 Volvo P1800S

References

Barry Andersen

Professor, Photography, Area Head

Associate Dean

Northern Kentucky University

859-572-5883

andersen@nku.edu

Barbara Houghton

Professor, Photography

Northern Kentucky University

houghton@nku.edu

Elizabeth Thompson-Greenberg

Director, Photography Program

Maine Photographic Workshops

photo@theworkshops.com

Lawrence McFarland

Professor, Photography, Area Head

The University of Texas at Austin

512-471-1742

coyote@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu