Current
Employment

August 1998 - Present

Professor of Photography - Photography Department at Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California. 

I teach all areas, including beginning camera techniques; beginning darkroom work; beginning studio lighting and large format; professional digital capture techniques; beginning portfolio development; business practices; advanced black & white printing techniques; zone system techniques; beginning and advanced Photoshop; web creation; color printing; advanced shooting techniques; digital printing on black & white fiber, color, enlarged negatives, Ilfochrome and for Lightjet output.

BA in Photo-Communications from Saint Edward's University, Austin, TX.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, in December 1987.

Photograph
Exhibitions

July 2 – August 1, 2007, Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA. Sue Natzler, curator/owner.  Group exhibit.

September 2006, Klamath - Siskiyou Art Center, Alan Crockett, curator.  Selected images from the Klamath Photographic Project.

July, 2006, Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA. Sue Natzler, curator/owner. Selectedimages from the Klamath Photographic Project.

June 15 – August 5, 2001, Intimages, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA., Phil Lohman, Curator.

October 30, 2000 - January 30, 2001, Intimages, 30 new images exhibited at the Santa Monica Photographic Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, R. L. Jones - Director.

Year round, revolving show of landscape work at Santa Anita Bookstore & Gallery. March, 1997-August 1997.

December 1996-March 1997; Holga camera exhibit, 16 prints at Brooks         Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Michael Moore.

February 17 - March 31, 1993; Los Angeles River Documentary Project at Santa Monica Photographic Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

September 1992- October 15, 1992; Los Angeles River Documentary Project at Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA.

February 18,1992 - March 28; LA River Documentary Project at ARTSPACE Gallery in Woodland Hills, CA. Curated by Scott Canty, of Los Angeles Municipal Galleries.

July 12 - August 7, 1986; One man show at the Foundation Canon Photo Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

April 1986; Exhibition at the Rose Gallery, Austin, Texas.

January 17 - May 28,1986; "Ten Texas Photographers' traveling exhibition. By invitation only, curated by Terry Cain, Curator for the Abilene Fine Arts Museum. Show traveled to Dallas, Houston and El Paso, Texas.

January - February, 1986; One person exhibit at the Abilene City Hall Gallery.

April 1984; One of ten photographers chosen by the Texas Photographic Society membership for their Annual Juried Members Competition and Exhibition.

January 1984; One of fifteen Austin Photographers invited participate in a     collective show and benefit auction.

November 1983; one man show at the Austin History Center.

Collections 

City of Los Angeles, Main Public Library, Lane Barden, Curator.

The Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Curator of Photography, Roy Flukinger.

The City of Austin, Housed at the Austin History Center.

The Citibank Corporation

GTE Corporation

Numerous private collections

Additional
Photographic
Experience

March 1986 - present; self employed commercial freelance photographer both in Los Angeles & Austin, TX. shooting architecture, catalogs, brochures, print ads and people in a wide variety of locations and circumstances.

Aside from my current teaching position at Santa Monica College, I have also taught college level courses at Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, Washington; College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA.; East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA.; Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA.; and Ventura Community College, Ventura, CA.

March 1992- August 1997: Director of Photographic Workshops at Samy's    Camera, Los Angeles, CA.

1987, 1986 1984 & March 1985; Lectures on Ilfochrome. and Dye Transfer   printing techniques for Russ Young, graduate class at the University of Texas at Austin, Sybill Miller and Rixon Reed at St. Edward's University, Austin, TX.

Director of the 'State Wide Photographic Competition and Exhibition, 1985.' Juried by Barbara Crain, Director of Photography, Chicago Art Institute

November 1984 - September 1985; Chairperson of the Exhibition Committee of The Texas Photographic Society.

October 1981; Participated in the field testing of the Ilfochrome. P-3 print     material for the Ciba-Geigy Co.

September 1981 - March 1984; Associate photographer with Robert Haslanger Photography, Austin, Texas.

November 1974 - December 1975: Photographic Assistant to Rolando Garzes, Photographic Studies Studio, Austin, Texas.