PHOTOGRAPHY RÉSUMÉ OF STEVE RUSSELL
TACOMA, WA
206.979.0654 (Cell)
EDUCATION and TRAINING
Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP)
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