EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Maine, Orono, Maine. Emphasis was placed on photography with a minor in anthropology. I was also a photographer and editor of the university newspaper and yearbook. EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND: Since August, 2007, I've been working as a graphic designer in the publications department of Hampden-Sydney College (one of only two all-mens colleges left in the United States). Prior to my move to Virginia in 2006, I worked for several years on a contract basis for Yankee Publishing, Inc., of Dublin, New Hampshire, where I was previously employed full-time. For many years I was intimately involved in the design and production of these Yankee Web sites: NewEngland.com Almanac.com Almanac4Kids.com YankeeMagazine.com I have extensive experience in HTML programming and graphics applications such as QuarkXpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop, and Adobe Illustrator. Previously I held these positions: Art director of Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England and Christmas in New England. I was responsible for the design, assignment of art, and production of those two full-color annual magazines (about 272 and 112 pages respectively). Senior editor in charge of photography at Yankee Magazine. The job involved coordinating the work of freelance photographers who contributed to the magazine along with preliminary editing of the photographs which appeared in the magazine. I also spent a significant amount of time shooting stories. Freelance commercial photographer, photojournalist, graphic designer, and writer before being hired by Yankee Publishing Inc. Staff photographer or chief photographer for two southern Maine newspaper groups. Photographic intern at the National Portrait Gallery and the National Collection of Fine Arts of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. MAGAZINES in which my photographs and/or stories have been published include: Yankee, Down East, Life, People, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic Traveler, Stern, TV Guide, Us, Good Housekeeping, Changing Times, Prevention, New Shelter, Geo, America Illustrated, Country Journal, and Audubon. BOOKS I have authored or co-authored include "Campobello: Roosevelt's Beloved Island," which I wrote and photographed, and "The Anvil and the Whittling Knife," written by Norman Beaupre, which I photographed. EXHIBITS of my photographs have appeared at the following locations: National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), University of Maine (Orono, Maine), Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York), the United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Bates College (Lewiston, Maine), and Westbrook College (Portland, Maine). TEACHING EXPERIENCE includes: a fall semester course in photojournalism at Boston University and guest lectures at Emerson College, Boston University, Portland School of Art (five day workshop), Salt Magazine (week-long workshop at the College of the Atlantic), and several Maine grade schools and high schools.