A creative professional with a record of accomplishment

•Expert at digital and traditional photography.
•Successful designer for museum exhibits, multimedia and print. •Effective teacher of photographic and design practice.

Qualifications

• Producing location and studio photography for publication in magazine articles, institutional communications, architectural record, annual reports, and multimedia presentations.
• Developing and implementing imaginative design solutions in a collaborative environment.
• Creating 2D and 3D designs for musuem exhibits.
• Producing graphic designs for logos, exhibit graphics and signs,interactive media and publication.
• Expert with traditional camera formats from 35mm to 8 x 10 inch and Nikon and Canon digital systems.
• Creative digital processing of photographic images for original illustrations and multimedia.
• Assisting faculty and students in the use photography and imaging software.
• Managing design projects from inception to completion.
• Teaching workshops and courses in photographic practice and the history of photography.
• Curator and designer of permanent and temporary museum exhibits
• Skilled with Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, MS Office, Vectorworks,Portfolio, and other software.
• Expert in camera-to-press digital workflow.
• Successful manager of traditional silver photo darkroom and digital imaging labs.
• Member National Press Photographers' Association

Work History

Exhibit Designer 2008-Present
North Carolina State Parks, Raleigh, North Carolina
Design: Museum and exterior exhibit design including content development: graphic design, CAD drawings and original photography; 2D and 3D design of exhibit components; fixed site multi-media development.

Project Management: All aspects of project management and scheduling for assigned exhibits; development of design briefs, research and coordination of exhibit content development working with park staff and outside sources; curatorial responsibility for artifacts; contract award management; budget, contract and exhibit fabrication management.

Exhibit Designer 2006–2008
Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Design: Development, design, and installation of permanent, traveling and temporary exhibits. Creation and production of museum publications for print and electronic media.

Management: supervision of one part-time employee, support and participation in GHM curatorial management teams, chair of the Exhibits Committee, general exhibit maintenance, exhibit construction and oversight of exhibit budgets.

Photographer & Adjunct Faculty 1999–2006
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Publications Photographer: Production of documentary and editorial photography used for a broad range of print and electronic publications. Responsible for photo-editing and art direction. Publication concepts were developed in a highly collaborative

Instructor: Subjects taught have included: large format photography, traditional photography, digital photography, imaging software use, digital workflow, documentary photography, and multimedia/audio production. Instruction has taken place in a wide varity of situations including: traditional classroom, black-and-white photo lab, electronic imaging lab, field location, continuing edcuation, program modules, short term workshops, and academic support.

Photographer & Designer 1994-1999
Independent Photographer & Designer, Dallas, Pennsylvania, and Spokane, Washington
Photographer: Documentary, editorial, architectural and communications photography produced with cameras from 35mm to 4x5 working for a wide range of clients. Photography delivered in traditional silver-based format or in digital form ready for insertion in print work flow. Extensive use of industry standard computer software in addition to traditional color and black and white darkroom work. Concept to completion projects

Museum Exhibit & Print Design: Production of designs from large exhibit installation to single printed piece. Work included generation of designs using computer-based programs, working with vendors to produce museum furniture, signage, and printed material. Presentation of concepts and final plans to large groups and production of all presentation materials.

Photographer & Museum Exhibit Designer 1983-94
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware
Photographer: Documentary photography of historic industrial sites and workers. Architectural photography and studio photography of museum artifacts. Technical documentation of archeological sites and artifacts. Darkroom work including making prints from historic glass plate and nitrate negatives and production of archival and exhibit black and white prints. Several documentary projects were also shot in video which required ability to shoot video, light scenes and produce audio tracks. Managed darkroom activities. Worked closely with curators to set standards for photography in museum environment. Wrote and illustrated grant documents and gave

Museum Exhibit Design: Design of the display and graphics used in Hagley Museum exhibits. Starting with the development of the exhibit “story” or underlying theme, through production of concept drawings, detailed working drawings, and finally supervision of actual installation. Initially all drawings were produced on paper at the drawing board, this eventually moved to full computer based CAD drawings. The design position also included production of printed collateral material and design of text labels and environmental signage. Exhibit topics ranged from early Nineteenth-century drawings to contemporary Finnish

Photographer 1981–83
Independent Photographer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Produced architectural, editorial and instructional communication photographs. Location photography in black and white and color for an array of clients who used work in print and multi-media products. Work included black and white darkroom work and programming of multi-projector slide shows using AVI equipment. Extensive use of electronic flash lighting. Camera formats from 35mm to 4x5 used to produce the photos. Photographic services were marketed to universities, advertising

Photographer 1979–81
Macon Telegraph and News, Drinnon Studio Division, Macon, Georgia
Editorial and Commercial Photography: Drinnon Studio was a self-supporting division of the Macon Telegraph and News newspaper that provided a wide range of commercial photographic services to central Georgia and back-up support for the editorial department of the newspaper. This position involved the production of editorial, architectural, and commercial photographs using 35mm, 120 and 4 x5 camera formats. The position also included substantial amounts of black and white, and color darkroom work using E-6, C-41 and EA4 processes. Many of the commercial assignments included extensive electronic flash lighting setups. The majority of the photography was produced on location. The largest outside customer was Mercer University which used the photographs in all their publications.

Selected Exhibits

2007 Journey for Justice, The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA

2003 Focalization, Washington Center for Performing Arts, Olympia, WA

2000 Thousands Worked Here, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1995 Transit Works, SEPTA Museum, Philadelphia, PA

1992 Works: Photographs of Enterprise, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE

1989 Excerpts: 1979-1989, Delaware State Arts Council Gallery

1988 A Matter of Vision: Community Development Leaders in the Philadelphia Area, Mellon Bank Center, Philadelphia, PA. Funded by grants from The Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia Foundation, and ARCO Chemical Company.

1987 Special Places, Hagley Museum, Wilmington, DE

Photographic Books

1992 Works: Photographs of Enterprise, University of Pennsylvania Press

1991 Impressions of Hagley,Hagley Museum and Library

1993 Artifacts of Invention, York Graphics

Awards and Honors

CASE Awards 2000, 2001, 2002, 200

ADDE, Photography, Advertising Club of Delaware, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993