PHOTOGRAPHY RÉSUMÉ OF STEVE RUSSELL

TACOMA, WA

206.979.0654 (Cell)

[email protected]

www.steverussellphotos.com

 

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP)

• 2009      Summer Intensive Photography Program (June-August) – Missoula, MT
• 2009      Documentary Photography Workshop – Billy Howard
• 2009      Wildlife Up Close Photography Workshop – Neil Chaput de Saintonge
• 2008      Advanced Photography Workshop – Victoria, BC
• 2009      Lightroom and Photoshop for Photographers – Missoula, MT
• 2007      Intermediate Photography Workshop – Missoula, MT

 

EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS

2021             Winner in the Entomological Society of America's annual World of Insects photo contest and publication in their 2022 calendar

2020             Winner in the Entomological Society of America's annual World of Insects photo contest and publication in their 2021 calendar

2015            Audubon National Photography Contest – Honorable Mention

2015            Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR) exhibition (juried by Christopher O’Donnell)

2015            Lakewood, WA Artsfest – First and Second Place

2014            Tacoma Nature Center: Discovering Nature in WA Photography Contest – Second Place

2012            Tacoma Nature Center: Discovering Nature in WA Photography Contest – First/Third Place

2012            Tacoma Nature Center: Discovering Nature in WA Photography Contest – People’s Choice Award

2011            Tacoma Nature Center exhibition: The Beauty of Bugs

2010            Tacoma Art Museum We Are Mighty Tacoma exhibition: photograph selected for promotional image and exterior museum banner

2010            Washington State Photography Contest – Puyallup Fair – Honorable Mention (Nature)

2010            Lakewood Mayfest Art Exhibit & Contest, Lakewold Gardens – First Place and Honorable Mention  

2010            Tacoma Art Museum’s 2010 Digital Animal Exhibition and Contest – First Place

2010            Washington State Spring Fair Photography Exhibition and Contest – Honorable Mention

2010            Brick House Gallery (Juried) – Tacoma, WA

2009            Tacoma Art Slam – ten-photograph presentation – Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA

2009            Rocky Mountain School of Photography Final Project Exhibition – Missoula, MT

 

PUBLICATIONS

2022             Photo selected for publication in the Seattle Times' Reader's Lens feature (February 6th)

2022             Photo selected for publication in the Seattle Times' Reader's Lens feature (January 16th)

2021             Photo selected for publication in the Seattle Times' Reader's Lens feature (March 21st)

2020             Photo selected for publication in the Seattle Times' Reader's Lens feature (November 15th)

2015            Audubon Magazine (May-June issue): 2015 Photography Awards

2014            Travel Tacoma magazine (Murray Morgan bridge photo)

2011            Documentary Photography for WA L&I SHARP Coffee Bag Project, Nicaragua           

2010-2015  Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP) Monthly Blog

2010            RMSP 2010 Catalog – seven published photographs

2009-2018   Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Web Site (www.pshfes.org) - Annual Symposium photographs

2009            Picture Tacoma: The Artists’ Postcard Project online gallery (http://art-collecting.com/tacoma-postcards.htm)

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Wrote, directed, and edited publication of coffee table photography book (200+ historic photos) entitled, Kalakala: Magnificent Vision Recaptured – 2002