CV - Brooks Walker Photography

CV 2014
BROOKS WALKER
profession
Photographer, designer, imaging consultant, editor, multimedia producer.
clients.is
www.nli.is
site concept, content + management
www.federicobusonero.com book design, text editor, site
www.framtidarlandid.is site concept consultant
www.crymogea.is prepress Ný náttúra, Sögustaðir
www.harpaarnadottir.com site design, photography
www.ingibjorg.info site design, photography
Rax: video presentation, prepress Veiðimenn norðursins
and
The National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik Art Museum, National
Geographic (contributing editor NG Traveler), Metropolitan Museum of
Art (staff), New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler,
Smithsonian Magazine, UNESCO, Archaeology, Time, Newsweek,
Bloomberg, GEO, De Zeit, Daily Telegraph, Libération, L’Hebdo, FMR,
Rizzoli, Class, Brioni, Stefanel, and more.
teaching
Myndlistaskólinn í Reykjavík, LHI Reykjavik, Tskoli.is. Outward Bound for
Weslyan University Upward Bound Program. HLI Academy Tokyo & Kyoto,
studios in Paris, Milan, London.
applications
Adobe Creative Cloud: Id, Lr, Ps, Dw, DaVinci Resolve-L, FxPro, Mac OSX.
Fotomagico/Keynote for presentations, Filemaker Pro and DAM, color
management, Google-sites web modality, integrated web design, SEO.
books
Berlin-Polyglott Guides GVG 2014, FMR: Roma Il Colloseo, Bodoni
Egypte-Egypte, Venini, Panatanee, Sole di Maleo, and 40+ pocket guides
to “forgotten” cultural destinations of Italy.
design
The Land That Remains–Photographs from Palestine by Federico Busonero,
Lin Yao Ji Foundation, Northern Light Inn, Davenport Art, Grindavik, E3.
curator
Museo d’Arte Moderna-Gazoldo degli Ippotili, “Obiettivo Twin Towers”,
The New York Public Library of the Performing Arts & Smithsonian
Anacostia Museum “Classic Black”.
Eyjarslóð 9, 101 Reykjavik
[email protected]
gsm+354 697 3477
kt.241255-2049
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CV 2014
BROOKS WALKER
awards
Society of American Travel Writers Foundation Lowell Thomas Award,
Art Directors Club Italiano, Premio Barbi Colombini.
production
Creator of BorealisWorks.com, a comprehensive imaging service in Iceland.
Eyjarslóð 9, 101 Reykjavik
[email protected]
gsm+354 697 3477
kt.241255-2049
Founder of Canal Grande Productions, a special events organization which
co-produced musical events for the Carnival of Venice, with Mediaset/
Canale 5 and concerts with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
Founder–producer–choreographer of the Beverly Hills Jazz Company
(a non-profit 501C-3 public benefit corporation) reviving live dance and
music performances at the movies in the Warner Beverly Hills Theater.
fixing
23 years guiding in Iceland for international TV and film crews, magazines,
journalists, photographers, workshops, and creatives on location.
languages
English, fluent Italian & French, basic Spanish, studying Icelandic.
education
Photographic: en plein air training with Sisse Brimberg, Cotton Coulson,
and Sam Abell of National Geographic Magazine. Studio training began as
a teenager with Jules Alexander Photography, NYC.
background
Imaging: creative aesthetic training from my father Herbert Brooks Walker,
a sculptor, painter, curator & creator of Walker Museum, and photographer
(MOMA-Gaudi). Marketing and presentation skills from my mother Joan
Allen Walker, formerly an oriental antiquities and art dealer in NY.
nationality
Born in New York – lived in Italy, Japan, France, England, Iran, and now a
resident of Reykjavik 101. Worked in 35 countries and traveled to more.
American & Icelandic ~ Shengen passport.
agent
laif - agentur für photos & reportagen + 49 221 27226-250 • www.laif.de
references
Available upon request.
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