EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photographer 2001-Present

Reportage, Editorial, Events & Portraits: clients include: Expansion, Latino University, The Campus, Latino Leaders, Professional Staff Congress (PSC-NY), Central Park Summerstage, National Association for Latino Journalists (NALIP), International Center of Photography (ICP), Nadine Anderson Weddings

 

Instructor/Digital Media Associate, International Center of Photography, New York, NY 2003-Present

• Teach courses in digital photography at ICP and in community outreach programs

• Community programs Associate Instructor with Friends of Island Academy; Seeds of Peace

 

Freelance Digital Consultant, Various Clients 2004-Present

• Instruct private classes and continuing education workshops in photography and video

• Create presentations of documentary work for all platforms: Web, print, video

• Field consultant for National Geographic story with Stephen Ferry - Western Sahara

• Digital media workshop assistant instructor - Indigenous Media Project Workshop, Colombia

Production Artist, Ambassador Publishing, New York, NY February 2000- March 2004

• Edited photos for editorial sections of directories

• Designed and photographed for editorial section and client ads

Teacher’s Assistant, Queens College Photo Department, New York, NY September 2000-May 2001

• Managed and maintained all darkroom and studio equipment

• Led demonstrations on traditional techniques and instructed in absence of professor

Freelancer, IStream TV, New York, NY February- April 2000

• Used Adobe Premier to capture and edit clips to export for Web streaming

 

EDUCATION

• City University of New York, Graduate School of Journalism- M.A expected December 2009

• City University of New York, Queens College-B.F.A.-Honors, fine arts & theater dance, January 2001

• International Center of Photography-documentary photography, video and web courses, October    2004-July 2007

• Third World Newsreel- Film and Video Production Workshop, February 2006-September 2006

 

SKILLS and SOFTWARE

• Fluent in all aspects of film and digital photography, video

• Native Spanish Speaker

• Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Flash, Dreamweaver, Quark, Final Cut Pro, light HTML, JavaScript, CSS

 

AWARDS & HONORS

• YouTube/ Pulitzer Center: Project Report Semi-Finalist-October 2008

• National Association of Hispanic Journalists Geraldo Rivera Scholarship, 2008

• Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Mexico City, Scholarship, 2008

• Fulbright Finalist – Colombia, 2006 & 2007

• Toscana Photographic Workshop – Monferrato, Italy, Scholarship, 2005

 

EXHIBITS 1998-present

Featured in WNYC’s streetshots http://www.wnyc.org/streetshots/

Highlights: Group Show- “Jackson Heights,” 2006- Medellin, Colombia; Group Show- 2005 biennial of Queens’ artists at the Queens Museum; “Sound of Life,” 2005- Monferrato, Italy; "Day Laborers,” 2005- NYU School of Law; Group Show, "Imported" self portraits, 2005- ICP; Group Show, "Urban Skin," 2004- ICP, 2004; Group Show, "Queens Girl," 2004- NYC Art HHC Collection-Award; "Everyday" & "Underground Beats," 2003- Local Project NYC.