Iman's Photography CV
Iman photographing in Old Jeddah, Oct 2008
THE PHOTOGRAPHER Iman is a self-taught photorapher with a BA in Graphic Design. Currently based in Sarajevo where she teaches photography at the International University of Sarajevo, you may also find her in California and the Middle East (mostly Jeddah). Iman is available for assignments worldwide.
CONTACT imanifest@gmail.com
+387 61368467 SARAJEVO
+966 595174345 JEDDAH
1626.375.8178
CALIFORNIA
0799809119 AMMAN
REFERENCES Available upon request
LONG-TERM PROJECTS Nisreen, a Palestinain girl from Ghazza brought to California to live with a family and get her infected leg treated at the Shriner's Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in 2008. She was brought by PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund, a non-profit relief organization). See the photo documentation of Nisreen's process of treatment/healing - HERE (the story is incomplete and on hold).
EDUCATION BA, Graphic Design, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2004
LANGUAGES English, Arabic, Armenian
PROGRAMS/SKILLS Graphic design, MAC & PC, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, FTP, Dreamweaver, Quark, After Effects, Acrobat, FinallCutPro, ImageReady, Basic HTML, Book & Box making, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Video Editing, subtitling & synchronizing
INTERVIEWS/PRESS/ETC
Arab News article about Art Auction for Humanity, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Afra
Nashuad, May 2011
Al-Hayat (newspaper),
Article about the 'Project
Souarna Workshop' by Soulafa Al-Khatib, Aug 24, 2009 - read
article online in Arabic
Minority
Dreams (online independent cultural and news magazine), feature
article by Urmi Rahman, California, Mar 2009 - read
the article/interview)
Hayatna
(Saudi lifestyle magazine), interview by Majed al-Ghalayini,
3rd ISSUE, Ramadan/Fall 2007 - read
interview in Arabic: page
01 / page
02 / page
03 / cover (not
my photo)
WORKSHOPS/TRAINING
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, Jun
20-26, 2010 (class with Kael
Alford and Peter DiCampo)
Tri-Community
Photo Center,
Covina, CA, 2008-2009 (pending)
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, D.F., Mexico, Jun 16-21, 2008 (class
with Guy Calaf)
Envisioning the Future (Juried), with Judy
Chicago & Donald
Woodman, community workshop, Fall 2003
SEMINARS/LECTURES
Covering
Conflict, attended 1 day of lectures by Ziyah
Gafic and Jason
Howe at the War
Photo Limited Gallery, Dubrovnik,
Croatia, Apr 28, 2010.
Amy Arbus, UC Berkeley, Apr 18, 2008
The New World of Media, Press Photographers
Association of Greater Los Angeles, Fullerton, CA, Mar 2008
VII Photo Agency, 3-day seminar, Pasadena Art Center, CA, Apr 2006
CONTESTS/RECOGNITIONS
Runner up, Double
Exposure magazine's Street
Photography challenge, Nov 2008
'Harvest International' book cover design/photo, Cal Poly's annual literary publication, 2004
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
NPPA - National Press Photography Association
TCPA - Tri-Community Photo Association
ART/DESIGN MEMBERSHIP
AIGA - American Institute of Graphic Arts 2003- 2006
ASA/AIGA Cal Poly Pomona- Art Student Alliance, officer, 2003- 2004 organizing and conducting activities and community projects for students: locker painting project, Pomona Police Department mural, AIGA events, A Professor's Presentation per week, Student Advisory Council, Box Making Workshops, Book Making Workshops, Professional Graphic Designers Presentations, exhibitions, etc.
PUBLISHED
Arab
News article about Art Auction for Humanity, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by
Afra Nashuad, May 2011
New
York Times LENS Blog, May 10, 2010
Global project, "A
Moment in Time"
California Arabic Magazine,
Cover/feature article, Summer 2009,Spring
2009, Winter 2009, Fall 2008
Ad, Welcome to Ramallah, a play by Ice & Fire, London, England,
2008
{m}aganda Magazine, literary Filipino American publication
based in UC Berkeley, ISSUE #21: Legal, 2008
ZAPP Magazine, one
photograph, ISSUE #4, Fall 2007, Denmark
Hayatna, Saudi lifestyle magazine, 3rd ISSUE Ramadan/Fall 2007
The Prem Rawar Foundation/humanitarian
relief organization, Annual
Report,
2007
{m}aganda Magazine, literary Filipino American publication based in UC
Berkeley, ISSUE #20: Our
Activisms,
2007
Independent Monitor Newspaper (Arab American), ISSUES Feb 2007 through
Oct 2007
Multi Family Executive Magazine,
Oct 2006 ISSUE (online
version, bigger
version)
InFocus Newspaper Southern California (Muslim Americans), ISSUES Nov
2006,
May 2006
EXHIBITIONS
Art Auction for Humanity, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Apr 25, 2011
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop,
Istanbul, Turkey, Jun 26, 2010 (class
slide show)
We
of the Mountains: a survey of Armenian-American Art, Zephyr
Coffeehouse & Gallery,
Pasadena, exhibiition open Mar 29 - May 10, 2009
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, D.F., Mexico,
Jun 21, 2008 (slide
show)
{m}aganda Magazine #20, Our Activisms, photo
installation, University
of California, Berkeley, Apr 28, 2007
Right to Education in Occupied Palestine, Cal State University,
Fullerton, Oct 23 - 25, 2006
Arvest
2006 by Armenian General Benevolent Union, mixed
media and photographs,
Union Station, Los Angeles, Oct 14, 2006
Everybody & their Mother, 51 buckingham, one photograph
by me, one desert by my mama, Pomona, May 15, 2004
2d/3d juried annual student competition, 3
photo pieces, Kellogg Gallery, Pomona, Apr - May, 2004
Envisioning the Future (rejected salon), three
collages, Arts Colony,
Downtown Pomona, Jan 10, 2004
Destruction/Deconstruction, 51Buckingham, one photograph, Arts
Colony, Downtown Pomona, Jul 2003
2D/3D juried annual student competition, one
photograph, Kellogg Gallery, Pomona, May 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
International University of Sarajevo, Lecturer: Digital Photography I, Intro to Visual Storytelling/Visual Culture I, & Photo for Graphic Designers, Spring 2011 (present)
International
University of Sarajevo, Lecturer:
Photography II, Digital Culture/Visual Storytelling II, & Photo
for Digital Designers II, Fall 2010
International
University of Sarajevo, Lecturer: Photography,
Intro to Visual Storytelling, & Photography for Graphic Designers,
Spring 2010
Project
Souarna with four international artists, co-founded and conducted
photo workshops for refugee youth in Al-Wehdat Palestinian refugee
camp, Amman, Jordan, 2009 (Souarna Workshop 2011 - still in the works)
PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Nomad with a Rebel: lifestyle, editorial, wedding, children, live events,
Photography for Graphic Designers, and film stills photography worldwide,
2007 - Present
California Arabic Magazine: Cover and feature article photographer,
2008-2009
Zahra Pictures: Still photographer for a selection of feature films, documentaries, and shorts affilliated with Zahra Pictures and director Fahmi Farahat. Films include: Allegory of the Cave (2005), Saudis in America (2006), Eid El Um (2007), Ahmad's Xmas Carol (2007), Lulu's Curls (2008), Three Veils (2010)
Independent Monitor Newspaper (Arab American): Staff Photographer, graphic design, and managing editor, Feb 2007 - Oct 2007
GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK EXPERIENCE
Dissent Design: co-founder, print and web designer, photographer for all websites and print designs, 2005 - Present
Creative Focus Staffing Agency: Graphic Designer and Production Artist, Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
Melissa Data Corp.: Graphic Designer and Production Artist, Mar 2005 - Oct 2006
GENERAL ART INTERNSHIPS
Bam Bam and Celeste, the film: Graphic design and production set design, 2005
Printmaking TA with Barbara Thompson, Spring 2004, Cal Poly Pomona
OTHER RELATED STUFF
11 Juried exhibition organizer for IUS students at Blackbox, Sarajevo, BiH
11 Fixer for VII photojournalist Ziyah Gafic, Jeddah, KSA
09 Judging committee of the annual Water and Power Forum Photo contest for
Dal Al-Hekma College students, Jeddah KSA