Resume

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  Professional Experience

• 1987-Present
  • Freelance Photography
    • Editorial
      • Published numerous times in regional and national newspapers and magazines including:
        • The New York Times, New Jersey Monthly, Rutgers Magazine and New Age Journal.
    • Corporate, Public Relations and Advertising
      • AT&T, Prudential, Federal Express, GEICO, McNeil Consumer Products, Congressman Bill Martini, Senator Dick Zimmer, Congressman Bob Franks, The City of Elizabeth NJ, The City of West New York, NJ, Lake-Vu Day Camp, East Brunswick, NJ.
• 1987-1991
  • Staff Photographer
    • Photojournalist
      • The News Tribune; Woodbridge, NJ
      • Somerset Press; Somerville, NJ.

Teaching Experience

• Photography Instructor
  • 2003 to Present
    • Sam D'Amico Photography Classes, Washington, DC.
  • 2002 to 2015
    • Washington School of Photography; Bethesda, MD
  • 2004
    • GEICO, Associate Communications Department; Chevy Chase, MD
  • 2002
    • Morris Museum; Morristown, NJ. (Co-instructor).
  • 1999 to 2000
    • Rahway Recreation Department; Rahway, NJ.
  • 1998
    • Highland Park Community Education; Highland Park, NJ.

Lectures & Panels

• 2010
  • Panelist/Speaker: “Small and Medium Enterprises, IP, Jobs & the Economy”.
    • IPI's Fifth Annual World Intellectual Property Day Forum. "Intellectual Property's Impact on Jobs and the Global Economy". Reserve Officers Association Headquarters Minuteman Memorial Building, Washington DC.
• 2006
  • Juror
    • Frederick Camera Clique 20th.Annual Regional Juried Competion; Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery, Frederick Community College. Frederick, Maryland.
    • The Fourth Annual Juried Mid-Atlantic Regional Photography Show; Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD.
• 2003
  • Juror
    • All-Montgomery County Juried Gallery Show; Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD.
• 2002
  • Speaker
    • Stolen Glances: Meet the Artist Series; Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ. "Photojournalism and Copyright Issues"
• 2000
  • Speaker
    • Society of Professional Journalists Northeast Regional Conference 2000; Rutgers University, Newark, NJ."Who Owns That?"

Selected Exhibits and Awards

• 2003
  • Juried
    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Gallery Show And Competition, May 17-June 14, 2003. The Washington School of Photography, Bethesda, MD.
• 2002
  • Group
    • Stolen Glances, May 7 - August 4, 2002, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.
• 2001
  • Juried
    • Caring with Creativity, 2nd Annual Photography Exhibition, Turning Point Gallery,Washington, DC.
• 2000
  • Juried
    • The New Century Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Nagy Gallery, New Hope, PA.
    • The New Jersey Photography Forum 6th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, The Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ.
  • Group
    • Our Unique Vision…the Search, Jacob Trapp Gallery, Summit Unitarian Church, Summit, NJ.
    • The Peoples' Show, Nagy Gallery, New Hope,PA.
    • Stolen Glances, The Gallery at the Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ.
    • Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, New York.
    • Art in the Open: The Peters Valley Gallery Without Walls 4th Quarter Exhibition 2000, Morristown, NJ.
• 1999
  • Group
    • The 5th Annual Park Avenue Club Artists Exhibit, Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ. (First photographer invited to exhibit.)
• 1998
  • Award
    • Honorable Mention.
      • The New Jersey Photography Forum 4th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, The Watchung ArtsCenter, Watchung, NJ.
  • Juried
    • Art Alliance 12th Annual New Jersey Statewide Juried Exhibition, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ.
• 1997
  • Award
    • Award of Merit.
      • The New Jersey Photography Forum 3rd Annual Juried Photography Exhibit, The Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ.

Bibliography

• The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, "Museum displays shots by keen observers", Mitchell Seidel, p.35, June 8, 2002.
• The Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, NJ, "Right place at the right time", Laurie Granieri, p.28, On The Go section, May 10, 2002.
• The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ, "Shared sense of direction links Summit workshop", Mitchell Seidel, p.23, February12, 2000.
• The Metuchen-Edison Review and the Highland ParkHerald, Highland Park, NJ, "Life work of borough photographer on display", Valeri Drach Weidmann, p. A5, May 14, 1999.

Studies

• School of Visual Arts; New York, NY.
• International Center of Photography; New York, NY.
• Middlesex County College;Edison, NJ.

Professional Affiliations

• Copyright Alliance
• Editorial Photographers
• The New Jersey Photography Forum