Resume

Rick Corwine

rickcorwn@gmail.com                                                                             952 836 9437

 

Career Objectives:

To become a photographer’s assistant at a commercial studio.

 

Education:

Hennepin Technical Collage Commercial Photography Program, 2012 Presidents List recipient

Rocky Mountain School of Photography

Palm Beach Photographic Centre

 

Work Experience:

RC Imagery 1980 to present: Independent photographer covering motor sports events for magazines, automotive product suppliers and manufactures.

Clients: Mazda, Honda, Volkswagen, General Motors, BF Goodrich, Red Line Oil, Mobil 1, General Tire, Carbotech

Published work: SportsCar, Racer, Car and Driver, AutoWeek, OnTrack, National Speed Sport News, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angles Times, MotorBooks International

Internship at InsideOut Studios Summer 2012:

Assisting on product, food, location, architectural and video shoots.

Freelance Photographer’s Assistant 2012 on going:

InsideOut Studios, Best Buy Studios, Sara Rubinstein Photography, Maki Strunc, Joe Michl, Scott Amundson

Northwestern Bell/US West/Qwest/CenturyLink 1973 to 2009:

Customer Service Technician 1973 to 1999

Install, repair and maintain line and station telephone equipment in residential and business settings.

Customer Data Technician 1999 to 2009

Install, repair and maintain digital transport equipment for the company and for customers. Including T1, T3 and fiber optic equipment delivering various digital products to large corporate clients like Target, United Health, Verizon and many others.

 

Professional Organizations:

ASMP-MSP board member, PPA and former President of the Images Club, the student organization at HTC

Awards:

MNPPA 2013 Student Photographer of the Year, two images selected for the MNPPA Loan Collection, TCPPA 2014 Student of the Year.

 

Related Skills:

Photoshop, Lightroom, Tungston, Strobes: Photogenic, Elinchrom, Speedotron, Broncolor, Canon DSLR, film. Problem solving, customer service, location scouting, set building, self starter, works well without direct supervision, great organization skills, can assemble IKEA furniture blindfolded.