David H Wells Resume

AWARDS + SELECTIONS for MOTION PICTURES:

  • Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Documentary Film Grant, 2023
  • Best Musician Film, Europe Music Video Awards, Slovakia, 2023
  • Derek Freese Film Foundation, Project Grant, Philadelphia, PA, 2022
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Make Art Grant for Individuals, 2022
  • Best New England Documentary Short, S.E.N.E. Film Festival, Providence, RI, 2022
  • Best of Festival, Just a Minute Festival, Winchester, MA, 2021
  • Best Documentary Series Director at MinIndie Film Festival, 2021
  • Best Short Film, Melrose Film Festival, Orlando, FL, 20
  • Sites and Stories Explored program of the Providence Preservation Society, 2018
  • Best New England Documentary Short, S.E.N.E. Film Festival, Providence, RI, 2018
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Project Grant for Individuals, 2017
  • Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Mini Grant Award, 2017

“Trap Fishing”

  • Symbiotic Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, Official Selection, 2022
  • OTB Film Festival, Miami, FL, Finalist 2022
  • Anatolia International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, Official Selection, 2021
  • International Short Film Festival, Pune, India, Official Selection, 2021
  • Iconic Images Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania, Official Selection, 2021
  • 37th International Film Fest. Agrofilm, Lužianky, Slovak Republic, Official Selection, 2021
  • Canadian Labour International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, Official Selection, 2020
  • Best Short Film, Melrose Film Festival, Orlando, FL, Official Selection, 2019
  • ReadingFilmFEST, Reading, PA, Official Selection, 2019
  • Monadnock International Film Festival, Keene, NH, Official Selection, 2019
  • Word of Women International Film Festival, Tunis, Tunisia, Official Selection, 2019
  • Independent Documentary Night, Newtown, PA, Official Selection, 2019
  • Smith Sound Film Festival, Clarenville, Newfoundland, Canada, Official Selection, 2019
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, Ridgefield, CT, Official Selection, 2018
  • Intern. Environ. Film Fest.”Green Vision,” St. Petersburg, Russia, Official Selection, 2018
  • New Haven Docs Film Festival, New Haven, CT, Official Selection, 2018
  • Voices from the Waters International Traveling Film Festival, Bangalore, India, Official Selection, 2018

“The Essence of Essaouiria”

  • Mobile Filmmaker’s International Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, Official Selection, 2024
  • Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival, Podgorica, Montenegro, Official Selection, 2023
  • NHdocs: New Haven Documentary Film Festival, New Haven, CT, Official Selection, 2022
  • Symbiotic Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, Official Selection, 2022
  • South East New England Film Festival, Providence, RI, Official Selection, 2022

“Quahoggers: Rhode Island’s Iconic Shellfishermen”

  • Dana Point Film Festival, Dana Point, CA, Official Selection, 2024
  • Independent Film Festival Boston, Boston, MA, Official Selection, 2023
  • Friday Harbor Film Festival, Friday Harbor, WA, Official Selection, 2023
  • Big Blue Film Fest, Newport, OR, Official Selection, 2023
  • Ocean Films Húsavík, Húsavík, Iceland, Official Selection, 2023

“Blending into the American Dream”

  • 37th International Film Fest. Agrofilm, Lužianky, Slovak Republic, Official Selection, 2021
  • ReadingFilmFEST, Reading, PA, Official Selection, 2019
  • FilmAid Film Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, Official Selection, 2018
  • Life Sciences Film Festival, Tursko, Czech Republic, Official Selection, 2018
  • South East New England Film Festival, Providence, RI, Official Selection, 2017
  • Princeton University Film Festival, Princeton, NJ, Official Selection, 2017
  • DO PÃO – Film Festival, Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, Official Selection, 2017
  • Sacramento Food Film Fest, Sacramento, CA, Official Selection, 2017
  • Docademia’s 2nd Short Documentary Contest, Jersey City, NJ, Official Selection, 2017
  • Stories Lived Short Film Contest, Phoenix, AZ, Official Selection, 2017
  • Necati Celik Prize, HAK-IS Respect for Labor Intern. Film Contest, Ankara, Turkey, 2016
  • Roselle Park Loves Shorts!, Roselle Park, NJ, Official Selection, 2016
  • Arroios Film Fest., Lisbon, Portugal, Official Selection, 2016
  • Food & Farm Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, Official Selection, 2016

“59 Moroccan seconds”

  • Gandhara Independent Film Festival, Karachi, Pakistan, Official Selection, 2021
  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, Official Selection, 2020
  • International Short Film Festival Detmold, Detmold, Germany, Official Selection, 2020
  • 60 Second International Film Festival, Islamabad, Pakistan, Official Selection, 2020
  • III Muestra de Video Arte Faenza Festival, Bogota, Colombia, Official Selection, 2020
  • 60 Second Short Film Festival, Richmond, VA, Official Selection, 2020
  • International Tour Film Festival, Civitavecchia, Italy, Official Selection, 2020
  • Breaking Waves Film Festival, Freeport, Nova Scotia, Canada, Official Selection, 2019
  • International Independent Film Festival, Warszawa, Poland, Official Selection, 2019
  • SpinOff Film Festival, Cremona, Italy, Official Selection, 2018
  • 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival, Chestertown, MD, Official Selection, 2016, 2018
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, Ridgefield, CT, Official Selection, 2018
  • Muestra Intern. de Cine Independiente, San Nicolás, Argent., Official Selection, 2018
  • Festival de Cinema de Girona, Girona, Italy, Official Selection, 2018
  • Intern. Fest. of Short Films on Culture + Tourism, Jaipur, India, Official Selection, 2018
  • International Tour Film Festival, Rome, Italy, Official Selection, 2018

“Hanuman Jayanti”

  • Intern. Fest. of Short Films on Culture + Tourism, Jaipur, India, Official Selection, 2018
  • Internat. Festival of Outdoors Films, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Official Selection, 2017
  • PiGrecoZen FilmFest!, Ancona, Italy, Official Selection, 2016
  • Just a Minute Festival, Winchester, MA, Official Selection, 2016
  • 60 Seconds or Less Video Festival, Chestertown, MD, Official Selection, 2016

“Haridwar Time”

  • Intern. Festival of Outdoors Films, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Official Selection, 2017
  • Intern. Festival of Short Films on Culture + Tourism, Mumbia, Official Selection, 2017
  • VIVA FILM FESTIVAL, Sarajevo, Bosnia + Herzegovina, Official Selection, 2016
  • Visionaria International Film Festival, Siena, Italy, Official Selection, 2015
  • Ozark Shorts, Lamar, MO, Official Selection, 2016
  • Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan, Official Selection, 2015

“Farm Time”

  • Symbiotic Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, Official Selection, 2022
  • 35th Intern. Film Festival Agrofilm, Lužianky, Slovak Republic, Official Selection, 2019
  • Life Sciences Film Festival, Tursko, Czech Republic, Official Selection, 2018
  • Kaohsiung Film Festival Intern. Short Film Competition, Taiwan, Official Selection, 2018
  • New Haven Docs Film Festival, New Haven, CT, Official Selection, 2017
  • AgriCulture Film Festival, Rome, Italy, Official Selection, 2017

“Sahro Hassan: Fashioning her Future”

  • Immigration Film Festival, Washington, DC, Official Selection, 2021
  • New York International Film Style Fashion Festival, New York City, Official Selection, 2021
  • Word of Women International Film Festival, Tunis, Tunisia, Official Selection, 2019
  • Sarajevo Fashion Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Official Selection, 2017
  • Fashion Films Festival, Dominican Republic, Official Selection, 2017
  • Docademia’s 2nd Short Documentary Contest, Jersey City, NJ, Official Selection, 2017
  • Stories Lived Short Film Contest, Phoenix, AZ, Official Selection, 2017
  • Ozark Shorts, Lamar, MO, Official Selection, 2016

“Quahogging on Narragansett Bay”

  • 37th International Film Fest. Agrofilm, Lužianky, Slovak Republic, Official Selection, 2021
  • Ridgefield Independent Film Festival, Ridgefield, CT, Official Selection, 2019
  • Hak-İş Short Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, Official Selection, 2017
  • Stories Lived Short Film Contest, Phoenix, AZ, Official Selection, 2017
  • South East New England Film Festival, Providence, RI, Official Selection, 2017
  • Docademia’s 2nd Short Documentary Contest, Jersey City, NJ, Official Selection, 2017

“Journeying”

  • Montenegrian Online Smartphone Film Fest., Podgorica, Monten., Official Selection, 2021
  • International Short Film Festival, Pune, India, Official Selection, 2021
  • MinIndie Film Festival, San Ramon, CA, Official Selection, 2021

“Remix Culture”

  • Scopifest, Pamplona, Spain, Official Selection, 2024
  • Europe Music Video Awards, Košice, Slovakia, Official Selection, 2023

“New Lives”

  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, Official Selection, 2021
  • South East New England Film Festival, Providence., RI, Official Selection, 2020
  • Paraná Internacional Films Festival, Paraná, Argentina, Official Selection, 2020

“Good Friday in Enna”

  • South Italy International Film Festival, Barletta, Italy, Official Selection, 2024
  • “Best of Festival,” Just a Minute Festival, Winchester, MA, Official Selection, 2021
  • International Short Film Festival, Pune, India, Official Selection, 2021
  • MinIndie Film Festival, San Ramon, CA, Official Selection, 2021
  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, Official Selection, 2020
  • Sacrae Scenae Film Festival, Ardesio, Italy, Official Selection, 2020
  • Paraná Internacional Films Festival, Paraná, Argentina, Official Selection, 2020

“Essaouira”

  • Bizarrya Short Film Festival, Porto, Portugal, Official Selection, 2020
  • International Short Film Festival, Pune, India, Official Selection, 2021
  • APOX film festival, Veli Losinj, Croatia, Official Selection, 2020

“Theyyam”

  • K R Mohanan Memorial Internat. Document. Festival, Palakkad, Inđia, Official Selection, 2020

“Auto, Auto, Auto”

  • 4th Kerala Short Film Festival, Kerala, India, Official Selection, 2024
  • Chennai International Documentary + Short Film Festival, Chennai, India, Official Selection, 2024
  • Florida South Asian Film Festival, Tampa, FL, Official Selection, 2023
  • Madras Independent Film Festival, Tamil Nadu, Inđia, Official Selection, 2023
  • 3rd Himachal Short Film Festival, Himachal Nadu, Inđia, Official Selection, 2023
  • Athvikvaruni International Film Festival, Tamil Nadu, Inđia, Official Selection, 2023

“On the road in Morocco”

  • International Festival of Outdoor Films, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Official Selection., 2020

“Made in Taormina”

  • Hak-İş Short Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, Official Selection, 2019

“Three simple Sicilian songs”

  • Short Cut Festival, Inđija, Vojvodina, Serbia, Official Selection, 2019

“The Agra of Southern India”

  • International Festival of Short Films on Culture & Tourism, Mumbai, India, Official Selection, 2017

“Casting Deep Shade”

  • Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival, Szolnok, Hungary, Official Selection, 2018

“Why volunteer for Waterfire”

  • South East New England Film Fest, Providence, RI, Official Selection, 2015
  • 401 FilmFest, Providence, RI, Official Selection, 2015

“Cafe'”

  • Best of American Society of Media Photographers, Philadelphia, 2014

“Kutch”

  • Eddie Award, Folio Magazine, New York City, 2013

“Four minute travelogue, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India”

  • International Film Festival of Larissa, Larissa, Greece, Official Selection, 2015

AWARDS, GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS for STILL IMAGES:

  • Forward Thinking Museum, New York City, Runner Up, 2012
  • Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial, New York City, Honorable Mention, 2009
  • Second place, People’s Choice Award, SocialDocumentary.net, Boston, 2009
  • Hasselblad Masters Competition, Semi-Finalist, 2008
  • Fulbright Regional Studies Research Fellowship, to Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka 2005
  • Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellowship, 2001
  • Aaron Siskind Fellowship (Merit Award), Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2001
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (Request For Proposals) Grant, 2000
  • Fulbright Lecturing Fellowship at University of Mysore, Mysore, India, 1999
  • Visual Arts Fellowship from the New Jersey Arts Council, 1994
  • Research + Writing on International Peace + Cooperation Fellowship, MacArthur Fndn. 1991-92
  • Third Place, Magazine Documentary Photo, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1992
  • Third Place, Magazine Pictorial Photograph, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1991
  • Third Place, Magazine Documentary Photo, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1990
  • Third Place, Magazine Pictorial, Pictures of the Year Competition, 1990
  • Visual Arts Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, 1989
  • Third Place, Sunday Magazine Editors Association Competition, 1989
  • Nikon/National Press Photographers’ Association Documentary Sabbatical Grant, 1988
  • “New Faces” Award, American Photographer, 2/88
  • John J. McCloy Fellowship, Columbia University and American Council on Germany, 1988
  • Silver Medalist, Society of Newspaper Design, 1985

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • Self-employed visual storyteller creating still and moving image projects, in the Americas, Europe, the Mid-East and Asia.
    • Affiliated with Aurora Photos of Portland, ME, 2003 – 2019
    • Affiliated with Matrix International of New York, NY, 1997 – 2003
    • Affiliated with J.B. Pictures of New York, NY, 1985 – 1997
  • Staff photographer, Syracuse Newspapers, Syracuse, NY, 4/84 – 1/85
  • Staff photographer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX, 1/84 – 4/84
  • Contract Photographer, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, 1/83 – 1/84
  • Staff photographer, Hearst Community Newspapers, South Gate, CA, 6/81 – 1/83

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts in the Liberal Arts with a concentration in the history of photography from Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, 5/79

SELECTED PUBLISHED PHOTO-ESSAYS:

  • “Foreclosed Dreams,“ Witness magazine, Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Spring 2012
  • “Outsourcing Jobs, Blending Cultures, The Subcontinental, Journal of South Asian-American Public Affairs, Washington, DC Spring 2004
  • “Live Like the Banyan Tree: Images of the Indian American Experience,” exhibition and catalogue for the Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2/99
  • “City of Pearls,” Aramco World Magazine, 9/98
  • “Bangalore: The Silicon Valley of India,” Aramco World Magazine, 11/97
  • “Moslem Sites of Ahmedabad, India,” Aramco World Magazine, 7/97
  • “Light Study: Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock,” Aramco World Magazine 6/96
  • “Yasser Arafat’s Dilemma,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 3/26/95
  • “Afterlives: Surviving a Family Member’s Murder,” Philadelphia Magazine, 11/94
  • “The Threat of Peace,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 4/10/94
  • “Making Musicians,” Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine, 1/94
  • “Philadelphia Stock Exchange,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 9/27/92
  • “Distant Relations: Arab and Jew in Everyday Israel,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine., 5/03/92
  • “A Price for Security,” The New York Times Magazine, 9/08/91
  • “Reaping What We Sow, California’s Killing Fields,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 1/29/89
  • “Modernizing China,” Tropic Magazine of the Miami Herald, 8/21/88
  • “Rage for Rowing,” Connoisseur Magazine, 6/88
  • “The New Dropouts,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 4/10/88
  • “School for Scholars,” Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, 6/7/87
  • “Cowtown Rodeo Survives,” Sports Illustrated Magazine, 10/86
  • “The Story of a Town,” The New York Times Magazine, 5/11/86

PORTFOLIO PUBLICATION:

  • Grain Magazine, Singapore, 3/04
  • Camera Arts Magazine, Corrales, NM, 8/01
  • Nikon World Magazine, New York, NY, 12/99
  • Zoom Magazine, Milan, Italy, 1/98
  • Photographers International Magazine, Taipei, Taiwan, 6/95
  • Camera and Darkroom Magazine, Beverly Hills, CA, 7/93
  • Communication Arts Photography Annual, Menlo Park, CA, 1991
  • American Photographer Magazine, New York, NY, 2/88
  • American Photography Four, New York, NY, 1988
  • Photo District News, New York, NY, 10/85
  • Photo Magazine, Paris, France, 10/85

SELECTED ASSIGNMENT & PUBLICATION CREDITS:

Business Week Magazine, California Magazine, Forbes Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Geo Magazine, Life Magazine, Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Rhode Island Monthly Magazine, Saveur Magazine, West Magazine of the San Jose Mercury-News, Time Magazine, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report Magazine, Washington Post Magazine, Yankee Magazine

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

  • “Foreclosed Dreams,” Monmouth University, Monmouth, N.J. 9/14 – 10/14
  • “Half, Past,” Watson Institute at Brown University, Providence, RI, 8/14 – 9/14
  • “Foreclosed Dreams,” Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. 11/13 – 12/13
  • “Foreclosed Dreams,” Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, R.I, 04/13 – 05/13
  • “Underwater: Interpreting the Foreclosure Crisis,” Artspace, Raleigh, NC, 09/12 – 10/12
  • “Foreclosed Dreams,” Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, 08/10 – 09/10
  • “Concurrence: An Evolving India,” Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI, 11/09 – 12/09
  • “Concurrence: An Evolving India,” Frontier Gallery, Brunswick, ME, 08/09-9/09
  • “Concurrence: An Evolving India,” Calumet Gallery, New York City, 07/09
  • “Light and shadow,” Gail Cahalan Gallery, Providence, RI, 10/08 – 11/08
  • “Concurrence: An Evolving India,” Gallery Saintonge, Missoula, MT, 6/08
  • “Globalization: New Perspective on India,” Salve Regina Univ., Newport, RI. 2/08-3/08
  • “Globalization: Choices and Changes,” Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 8/07 – 10/07
  • “Distant Relations,” Artemisia Gallery, Portland, OR, 4/03
  • “Cheap Food at the Cost of Cheap Lives,” University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 6/01 – 9/01
  • “Live Like the Banyan Tree: Images of the Indian American Experience,” Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2/99 – 12/99
  • “Pesticide Poisoning of America,” Lowenherz Gallery, New York, NY, 4/99 – 6/99
  • “Light Studies,” University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 3/99 – 5/99
  • “Water,” Gallery Ezra, London, England, 11/97
  • “Pesticide Poisoning of America,” Centro Colombo-Americano, Medellin, Colombia, 11/97
  • “Photojournalism by David H. Wells,” University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 9/97
  • “The Evolving Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Brown University, Providence, RI, 4/97
  • “The Pesticide Poisoning of America,” Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 1/97 – 3/97
  • “The Evolving Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archeology, Philadelphia, PA, 4/96 – 6/96
  • “Distant Relations: The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley , CA, 1/96 – 2/96
  • “Light Studies,” Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX, 4/95 – 5/95
  • “Documentary Photography,” Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 4/95
  • “Neighbors: The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” University of Denver, Denver, CO, 10/94
  • “The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA , 9/94
  • “Distant Relations: The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Jewish Arts Foundation, West Palm Beach, FL., 11/93
  • “Between Brothers: The Relationship Between Arabs and Jews,” Blue Sky: Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland, OR, 12/92 – 1/93
  • “A Russian Sojourn,” Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, PA, 9/88 – 11/88
  • “Scenes of Survival,” Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1/87 – 2/87

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

  • “Tribute to JB Pictures,” Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 12/18
  • ”Stories in the Social Landscape,” International Center of Photography, New York, N.Y. 12/13-–3/14
  • ”No Place Like Home,” Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers, Newark, N.J. 1/13–4/13
  • ”Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial,” Alexey Brodovitch Gallery, NY, NY, 03/09–09/09
  • “On the Street,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, 12/08
  • “About This,”International Center of Photography, New York, NY, 11/07 –1/08
  • “Hearst 8×10 Photography Biennial,” Alexey Brodovitch Gallery, NY, NY, 3/09-9/09
  • “On the Street,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, 12/08
  • “Water: An Exhibition of Photography by ASMP New England Photographers,” Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA, 10/02 – 11/02
  • “Made in Cuba,” Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI, 3/02 – 4/02
  • “Ritual and Religion,” Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 8/01 –2//02
  • “The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Jewish Museum,” University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1/00 – 4/00
  • “Philadelphia Selections Three,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 9/98
  • “At One With God: Changing Face of Prayer in America,” 92nd Street Young Men’s Hebrew Association, New York, NY, 2/98 – 3/98
  • “8 x 10: Contemporary American Photography,” Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Flushing, NY, 4/96 – 5/96
  • “Two Visions of One People in Two Lands,” National Center for Photography as an Art Form, Bombay, India, 2/97
  • “Directions: North American Contemporary Photography,” Second International Photo Meeting, NAFOTO, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5/95
  • “The Global Environment,” FotoFest, Houston, TX, 11/94
  • “Beyond the Walls: Eastern State Penitentiary,” Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 11/93
  • “Jewish Heritage in the Eye of the Camera,” Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel, 4/92
  • “The Other America: Photographs of Youth in America,” Visa pour l’Image Photojournalism Festival, Perpignan, France, 8/90 – 9/90
  • “Philadelphia Past and Present: the City Through a Camera,” Museo Bardini, Florence, Italy, 11/89 – 1/90
  • “Hard Choices/Just Rewards,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 5/89
  • “Fairmount Park: Ten Photographers,” Mellon Center, Philadelphia, PA, 6/88 – 10/88

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

  • Banana Republic, San Francisco, CA
  • Carpenter Center for the Visual Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA and Smithfield, RI
  • Free Library of the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
  • Collection of Graham Nash, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  • Jewish Museum, New York, NY
  • Light Work Photography Center, Syracuse, NY
  • Office of the Mayor of the City of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
  • McGraw-Hill Collection, New York, NY
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY
  • National Center for Photography as an Art Form, Bombay, India
  • Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
  • The Philadelphia Museum of Judaica, Philadelphia, PA
  • Price-Waterhouse Company Collection, New York, NY
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison, NJ

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Workshop instructor / International Center for Photography, New York, NY, 1995-98, 2002-2018
  • Workshop instructor / Maine Photography Workshops, Rockport, ME, 1995-2018
  • Workshop instructor / Objectifs, Singapore Center for Film and Photography, 2004-2013, 2015-2017
  • Visiting Professor of Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Roch., NY. 2007
  • Faculty, Northern Short Course in Photojournalism. Providence, RI 2004 and 2007
  • Workshop instructor / Santa Fe Photography Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, 2003-2006
  • Workshop instructor / Pathshala school of photography, Dacca, Bangladesh, 1999-2005
  • Workshop instructor / Art Workshops in Guatemala, Antiqua, Guatemala, 2002-2007
  • Workshop instructor / Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, 1999-2002
  • Adjunct Professor of Photography, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., 1998-99
  • Visiting Professor of Photography, London campus of Syracuse University, London, 1997
  • Senior Lecturer at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1997-1998
  • Visiting Professor of Photography, Newhouse School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1995
  • Guest lecturer: Lehigh University, New School for Social Research, Pitzer College, Rhode Island College, Rhode Island School of Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Rhode Island, School for Visual Arts

ARTIST’S RESIDENCIES:

  • Geraldine Dodge Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 6/97
  • Artist in Residence / Program Coordinator, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ, 1992-95
  • Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, N.Y., 3/90
  • Artist-In-Residence, Light Works Photography Center, Syracuse, NY, 10/87

PROFESSIONAL REVIEW PANEL SERVICE

  • Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship panel for photography for 2005.
  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Grant Review Panel for Request for Proposal /Grants to Individual Artists – 2002
  • Alexia Foundation Fellowships – 1997