Experience

Freelance Wedding Photographer, Chicago, Ill.
2001 to present
Editorial, Corporate, Public Relations, Marketing, Photojournalism, Documentary Photography

Sun Publications, Naperville, Ill.
1999 to 2001 - 350,000-circulation newspaper (combined)
First Place POY: Best Use of Photography - Newspaper Circulation <25,000

Alameda Newspaper Group, Alameda County (East Bay of San Francisco, Calif.)
Photographer for The Oakland Tribune, The Fremont Argus, The Pleasanton Tri-Valley Herald, The Hayward Daily Review, 1999 - 300,000-circulation newspaper

San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, Calif.
1999 - 615,000-circulation newspaper


The Albuquerque Tribune, Albuquerque, N.M.
1997 to 1998 - 25,000-circulation newspaper
First Place POY: Best Use of Photography - Newspaper Circulation 25,000-150,000

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.
1997 - 300,000-circulation newspaper
Angus McDougall Overall Excellence in Editing Award

The Sun, Bremerton, Wash.
1996 - 55,000-circulation newspaper

Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
1994 to 1995 - 6,000-circulation newspaper

Weekend and Ideas, Columbia, Mo.
1994 to 1995 - Photographed assignments for the weekly magazines of the Columbia Missourian - 6,000-circulation magazines

Awards

1999 to 2000 grant from Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Ernst Haas and Golden Light Award 1998, selected as one of top 100 photographers
Ernst Haas and Golden Light Award 1997, selected as one of top 100 photographers
Third place project grant winner in Ernst Haas Competition, 1997
Third place documentary in College Photographer of the Year, 1997
1997 grant from O.O. McIntyre Foundation
Cliff and Vi Edom Photojournalism Scholarship 1995-1996, University of Missouri
First Place Documentary in College Photographer of the Year, 1994
Fuji Professional Scholarship 1994-1995, University of Missouri
Honorable mention documentary portfolio 1994 in the Academy of Art College Spring Show
Eddie Adams Workshop VI 1993 in New York, N.Y.
Eastman Kodak Scholarship, 1994
First place documentary portfolio 1993 in the Academy of Art College Spring Show

Education

Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. - M.A. in journalism (photojournalism), 1997
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Calif. - B.F.A. in photography, 1994
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, Calif. - Photojournalism studies, 1992-1994


List of references and current client list furnished upon request.

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