626.375.8178 USA
0799809119 JORDAN
imanifest@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Tri-Community Photo Center, Covina, CA, Fall 2010

BA, Graphic Design, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2004

LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Armenian

WORKSHOPS/TRAINING

Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, D.F., Mexico, Jun 16-21, 2008

Envisioning the Future (Juried), with Judy Chicago & Donald Woodman, community workshop, Fall 2003

SEMINARS

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/AWARDS

Runner up, DoubleExposure Street Photography challenge, Nov 2008

MEMBERSHIPS

NPPA - National Press Photography Association

TCPA - Tri-Community Photo Association

PROGRAMS/SKILLS
Graphic Arts, MAC & PC literate, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, FTP, Dreamweaver, Quark, After Effects, Acrobat, FinallCutPro, ImageReady, Basic HTML, Book making, Box making, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Film: Video Editing, subtitling & synchronizing.

CURRENT/LONG-TERM PROJECTS:

Project Souarna: documentary photo workshop for Iraqi and Palestinian youth in Amman, Jordan, summer 2009

Nisreen: PCRF (Palestine Children's Relief Fund) photo documentation of Nisreen's process of treatment/healing in California (photo story)

INTERVIEWED/FEATURED

Minority Dreams, interviewed by Urmi Rahman, March 2009

Hayatna, Saudi lifestyle magazine, interviewed by Majed al-Ghalayini, Saudi Arabia, Ramadan 2007

REFERENCES
Available upon request

PUBLICATIONS

California Arabic Magazine, Cover/feature, Summer 2009

California Arabic Magazine, Cover/feature, Spring 2009

California Arabic Magazine, Cover/feature, Winter 2009

California Arabic Magazine, Cover/feature, Fall 2008

Ad, Welcome to Ramallah, a play by Ice & Fire, London, England, 2008

{m}aganda (literary) Magazine #21: Legal, 2008

ZAPP Magazine #4, Denmark, Fall 2007

Hayatna, Saudi Arabian lifestyle magazine, Ramadan 2007

The Prem Rawar Foundation/humanitarian relief, Annual Report, 2007

{m}aganda (literary) Magazine #20: Our Activism, 2007

Independent Monitor Newspaper (Arab American), Feb through Oct 2007

MFE Magazine, Oct 2006

InFocus Newspaper Southern California (Muslim Americans), Nov 2006

InFocus Newspaper Southern California (Muslim Americans), May 2006

EXHIBITIONS

We of the Mountains: a survey of Armenian-American Art , Zephyr Coffeehouse & Gallery, Pasadena, exhibit Mar 29 - May 10, 2009

Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, slideshow, D.F., Mexico, Jun 21, 2008

{m}aganda Magazine #20, Our Activisms, UC Berkeley, Apr 28, 2007

Right to Education in Occupied Palestine, CSU Fullerton, Oct 23-25, 2006

Arvest 2006 by AGBU - Armenian General Benevolent Union, Union Station, Los Angeles, Oct 14, 2006

Everyone & their Mother, 51 buckingham, Pomona, May 15, 2004

2d/3d juried student competition, Kellogg Gallery, Apr-May, 2004

Envisioning the Future (rejected exhibit, oh yeah!), Arts Colony, Downtown Pomona, Jan 10, 2004

Destruction/Deconstruction, 51Buckingham, Arts Colony, Downtown Pomona, Jul 2003

2d/3d juried student competition, Kellogg Gallery, May 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Nomad with a Rebel: lifestyle, editorial, wedding, children, live events, and film stills photography worldwide, since 2007

Dissent Design: co-founder, print and web designer, photographer for all websites and print designs, since 2005

Cover and feature article photographer, California Arabic Magazine, since 2008

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)

Staff Photographer, Independent Monitor (Arab American) Newspaper, Feb 2007 - Oct 2007

CLIENT LIST / NON-PROFIT LIST

Zahra Pictures
National Arab American Professionals, OC
Palestinian American Women Association
Aimee Suzara, Cultural Worker/Writer/Performer/Educator
Mark Gonzales, Poet/Educator/Performer
First United Methodist Church, National City, CA
Palestine Children Relief Fund
Islamic Relief
The Council of American Islamic Relations
Muslim Public Affiars Council
The Independent Monitor Newspaper
California Arabic Magazine
The Prem Rawat Foundation
Mashney Law Offices
InFocus Newspaper Sothern California


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