John Edwards
3856 19th St. #3  San Francisco, Ca. 94114
415-307-6626
jep@johnedwardsphoto.com

Work History:

A professional photographer since 1980 working in advertising and publishing, I began working primarily for retail clients and publishers producing catalogs, periodical ads, point of purchase images, greeting cards, posters and editorial illustration.

2003 Digital Print making for Fine Art Exhibit

In addition to commercial and editorial shooting I completed printing for a 21 print exhibit of digital pigments prints held from October 03 through December 03 in Sonoma CA.

2001-2002: Digital Photography and Fine Art Printing:

Sabbatical working in the studio of Vincent Versace at the Presidio in San Francisco. Vincent was artist in residence for the Presidio Trust for 2002 and was working on a documentary still digital photo project for the Trust.  In his studio we used Nikon D1-X cameras with Nikon capture and view software and Epson large format pigment printers as well as image enhancing software, color profiles and storage systems.            

2000 to 2001: Digital Imaging Studies

During this time I completed a year of Adobe Photoshop studies at City College of San Francisco photography department completing their advanced computer imaging course in the fall 2001. Reference: Marcia Beales; CCSF instructor

1995 to Present: Freelance working on site with clients.

In 1995 I began shooting both on location for home furnishings and interiors clients as well as in studio still life/product photography for EGW publications at their in house studio in Concord. I left the EGW studio after five years and began working mainly with designers, builders and home furnishings clients. I also did contract work for the Butterfields auction house catalogs during this time.  

References: Judy Swagger, chief editor EGW Pub.; Bill McKay, McKay and Associates, SF, Charles Riley, studio mgr. Butterfield & Butterfield

1985 to 1995: Self-Employed Photographer.

In March of 1985  I opened a studio in San Francisco continuing to do, for an expanded roster of clients, the people and product, studio and location work I had been doing in prior years.

References: Carol Watts Art Director, I Magnins; Art Shipman  Independent Creative Director

1980 to 1985: Staff Photographer

Staff photographer at Emporium in San Francisco. During my employ at Emporium my duties covered all formats of photography from 35mm and medium format for fashion, people/corporate communications to 4x5 for small product table top, home furnishings and interiors. Most of my work was created for publication both in black and white and color. The work was mainly in studio but did include some locations, both indoors and out. During my last year I managed a staff of several photographers scheduled assignments, managed film flow and supervised delivery and archiving of work completed.

References: John Thomas Vice-President Emporium Advertising