Michael Garten

2 College St. Box A-37

Providence, RI 02903

mgarten@risd.edu

703.402.7579

 

Education:

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.  (RISD)

            Bachelor of Fine Arts photography, graduation 2006,  (GPA 3.2)

Brown University, Providence, RI

            Film Theory in department of Modern Culture and Media  (GPA 3.5)

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA

            Freshmen foundation  (GPA 3.8)

 

Work Experience:

Summer 2004

            Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY (6/04~ 8/04)

Interning for this non-profit organization helped with grant writing, applied for the foundation to receive non-profit mailing status through the USPS, and crated/ handled artwork.

Fall 2003

            Risd Photo Department, Providence, RI (9/03~ 6/04)

As a photo technician I maintained chemistry in both the black and white and color darkroom facilities, as well as fixed broken darkroom and camera equipment. 

Fall 2000

            Magna Photo, Clifton, VA (6/00~ 8/02)

As a photo technician I maintained chemistry, printed, developed film, customer sails, and minor supervision of other employees.  This job familiarized me with the Ra-4, E-6, and C-41 processes, as well as maintenance of commercial processors.

 

Skills:

Photography:

Proficiency with; 35 mm, medium format, large format (4x5 & 8x10), canon 10-D digital SLR cameras. 

Darkroom: negative processing, black and white printing, c-printing, digital inkjet printing, mating/ mounting, toning. 

Studio: Proficient with studio lighting equipment, and portable lighting equipment, for portraiture, table top, copy stand, and architectural lighting. 

Computer:

Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Image ready, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Final Cut Pro. Mac or Pc friendly.