- Education
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Ithaca College, Park School of Communications Ithaca NY 2002-2006
Bachelors of Science, Cinema and Photography
Concentration: Still Photography
Minor: Anthropology
- Experience
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Digital Imaging Technician, Emory University Atlanta GA 2007-present
- Used Kirtas scanning machine to digitize rare books, flatbed scanner to digitize rare and brittle documents, and Phase One digital SLR to digitize oversized documents
- Edited JPEG images using Bookscan Editor software
- Ran Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on edited images and created PDFs for patron use
- Tracked books using workflow management software and maintained digital files on the server
- Created standards and outlined procedures for scanning practices
- Oversaw training of student and volunteer workers on Kirtas machine and flatbed scanners
Photographer, Finger Lakes Community Newspapers Ithaca NY 2007
- Photographed high school sporting events
- Selected, edited, and captioned photos for publication
Teacher, Drop-In Children's Center Ithaca NY 2003-2007
- Cared for children aged eight weeks through six years at non-profit daycare center
- Produced all photographs used for identification of children and promotion and decoration of the center
- Performed essential office functions including customer service, giving tours of the center, receiving payments, and disbursing bills
Intern, Kids with Cameras New York NY 2005
- Headed large scale press clipping archiving project for Zana Briski, Oscar-winning director of Born Into Brothels
- Trained and supervised volunteers to assist with archiving project
Photographer, Kodak Event Imaging Solutions Lake George NY 2004
- Photographed guests at The Great Escape theme park
- Retouched and cropped photos
- Sold photos to guests and provided customer service
- Exhibitions
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Potential Energy Ithaca NY 2007
- Solo photography exhibit at Juna’s Café
- Solo photography exhibit at The Ithaca Free Clinic
The Juice of a LemonIthaca NY 2006
- Group photography exhibit at The Ithaca Commons
- Skills
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- Photographic memory, highly efficient multitasker, organizational guru
- Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, InDesign, and the Microsoft Office Suite
- Intermediate French, spoken and written
- Basic Spanish, spoken and written