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| BIO/CV (American - b. San Diego, California) Hello. I'm a documentary and fine art photographer based in San Francisco, California. My passion for photography arose from a profound love for the natural world and its inhabitants, a keen eye for detail, and an intimate, almost literary approach to visual storytelling. A long time ago I lived in Paris, where a little piece of my heart still resides... EDUCATION Bachelor of Arts, French & Communications/Theater - University of California, San Diego & Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III M.A., French & French Literature - San Francisco State University Ph.D. candidate in French & French Literature - University of California, Berkeley AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS * 2013 RayKo's 6th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco, CA (Group Exhibition) * 2012 Honorable Mention in The Lucie Foundation's 10th Annual International Photography Awards (Category: Fine Art) * 2012 Curator's Voice/"(Un)Familiar" Group Exhibition at Gallery Carte Blanche, San Francisco, CA • 2012 Slideluck Potshow Los Angeles VI (MOPLA event/Group Show) • 2012 RayKo's 5th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco, CA (Group Exhibition) • 2011 American Photographic Artists Annual "Something Personal" Exhibition, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA (Group Exhibition) • 2011 Honorable Mention, Santa Fe Workshops' Fall Photography Contest • 2011 Finalist/People's Choice Award Nominee in the Documentary category of Blurb's International "Photo Book Now" Contest (for my self-published book, "one in eight") • 2011 Palm Springs Photo Festival Slideshow Contest Finalist & Minkkinen Student Scholarship Recipient • 2011 American Photo "Emerging Photographer" Award • 2010 "Night/Light: Bay Area Photographers Take Aim After Dark," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Group Exhibition) PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS, PUBLICATIONS & OTHER PLACES WHERE MY IMAGES HAVE APPEARED: 7x7 magazine Barkley US Chicago Tribune Diablo magazine diPietro Todd Salons & Academy feature shoot Handstand, Inc. (mobile apps) Joe Goode Performance Group Le Journal de la Photographie L E N S C R A T C H Levi Strauss & Co. Litquake: San Francisco's Literary Festival Mac|Life magazine Merge Records National Park Service/Point Reyes Nat'l Seashore Paradigm HealthCare Services Pictory Pregnancy magazine Publishers Group West San Francisco magazine The Sierra Club The SUN magazine Sunset magazine USAToday www.tomwaits.com I am available for assignments and private commissions; fees and pricing for editorial-assignment work, portraits, commissions, fine art prints, private events, and image licensing all gladly provided on request: info@cynthiawoodphoto.com I also have a limited number of images available for licensing via Getty Images. Thanks for visiting; I look forward to hearing from you. ~ À BIENTÔT! |
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