Artist Resume
Sam Laundon
144 Moody Street
Building 4, 4th Floor
Waltham, MA 02154
781-899-2037
sam@samlaundon.com
RESUME STATEMENT
The most common remarks I get in my work are about how well designed it is. The time I have spent developing my photographer's eye has enhanced my ability to create images and page designs that communicate and enlighten. Whether producing a photograph, digital image, or a web page, I create art that gets people involved. I present my work in a form they can comprehend. My web sites work well for viewers because they are easy to navigate. One of my strengths is my ability to communicate complexity in an understandable manner.
EXPERIENCE
PHOTOGRAPHY
Architecture
Landscape
Portrait
Documentary
Catalog
Fine Art
Still Life
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DIGITAL IMAGERY
1998 Calendar
CD Cover Art
Catalogs
Portrait
Photo Illustration
IRIS Printing
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THE STUDIO
Located in downtown Waltham in historic mill buildings. The studio has 1500 square feet of floor space. Three windows 12 feet by 8 feet face north (wonderful light for natural light portraits and product photography). One twenty-five foot wall to photograph against with 100 year old maple floor. I have occupied this studio space since 1976.
EQUIPMENT
Photography Equipment: 35mm, 6x7, 4x5, flash equipment, full darkroom for Black & White and Color printing, Digital Imaging Equipment: Power Macintosh, Ink Jet Printer, plus imaging software, Access to IRIS Ink Jet Printer (2024 and 3047).
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Adobe Photoshop, Quark, Adobe Illustrator, Painter, Claris Works, File Maker Pro, Various HTML Programs, and Macintosh Operating System.
CLIENTS (partial listing)
Ann Beha Associates (architects)
Alyson Publications (publishers)
Alzheimer's Association
Balle Arts International (sculptors)
Bank of Boston
Boston Brass (classical quintet)
Boston Opera Company (opera house)
Gypsy Moon
(clothing store & mail order catalogue)
Phillip Johnson Associates
(public relation firm)
Rick Lamb, Inc. (landscape architects)
Vilna Center for Jewish Heritage, Inc.
Zen Associates (landscape architects)
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PUBLICATIONS (partial listing)
Getting the Most from Your 35mm SLR
photo series, 4 books - Curtin & London
The Minolta Camera Handbook
Van Nustrand Reinhold
Views - The Journal of Photography in New England
Vol. 6 No 3
Modern Photography
February 1986
Stuff Magazine
Vol. 71 June 1988
Bostonia
Jan/Feb. 1990 Vol. 64 No. 1
"Spotlight on Boston Theaters"
New England Monthly
May 1990 Vol. 7 No 5
"Icons by the Sea"
The Boston Sunday Globe
March 24, 1991
"No Place Like Home - Opera in Boston"
The New Face of the Portrait - 1994
The Fuller Museum of Art
Photon - 1995
May 1995 cover for internet photo magazine
Photo Pro Monthly - May 1995
Workz page - reproduction of "Mari's Angel".
University Press of Mississippi
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WORK EXPERIENCE
1972 to 1975: Sasaki Associates - in house photographer.
1973 to 1994: New England School of Photography
- Teaching classes in a professional photography program.
1973 to 1996: Private Photography Workshops.
1972 to 1998: Free Lance Photography,
Digital Imagery, and Web Page Design.
1996 to 1998: Private Computer Tutoring.
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PHOTOGRAPHY - FINE ART EXHIBITS
Newton Free Library Gallery
Newton, MA 1995 Brockton Fuller Art Museum
Brockton, MA 1994
Wrubel Gallery
Concord, MA 1991
The Boston Athenaeum
Boston, MA 1991
Northeastern U. Art Gallery
Boston, MA 1991
Artist Foundation Gallery
Boston, MA 1990 & 1991
Bank of Boston
Boston, MA 1984 & 1989
Boston Society of Architects
Boston, MA 1989
Gallery One
Boston, MA 1987
Cornerstone Gallery
Waltham, MA 1986 Gallery 10
Washington, D.C. 1985
Rose Art Museum
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 1984
Art Week Boston
Boston, MA 1978 & 1980
Barry Fine Arts Pavilion Boston College
Newton, MA 1978
Mystic Art Association
Mystic, CT 1977
Main Street Gallery
Nantucket, MA 1973
Boston Architectural Center
Boston, MA 1972
Panopticon Gallery
Boston, MA 1972
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GRANTS & AWARDS
Nature Company - Wrubel Gallery 1991
Best of Show Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant - 1990
Award given towards purchase of photographs
Polaroid Materials Grant - 1984
Materials given towards purchase of photographs
Massachusetts Artist Foundation - 1983
Recipient of artist fellowship in photography
National Endowment for the Arts - 1977
Workshops / Alternate Spaces
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COLLECTIONS (partial listing)
Arthur Anderson Co.
Boston, MA Atlantic Mutuals Co.
NJ
Bank of Boston
Boston, MA
Baupost
Cambridge, MA
Boston Redevelopment Authority
Boston, MA
Canterbury Shaker Village
Canterbury, NH
Deloitte & Touche
Boston, MA
Fidelity Investment Corp.
Boston, MA
International Polaroid Collection
Germany
Laventhol & Horwath
Boston, MA
Marsh & McLennan, Inc.
Boston, MA
Meditech
Norwood, MA Mercer, Meidinger, Hanson
Boston, MA
Leonard Nimoy
California
Northwestern Mutual Life
Boston, MA
Peabody & Arnold
Boston, MA
Rose Art Museum
Brandeis U, Waltham, MA
Sterling Drug, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Vilna Center for Jewish Heritage, Inc
Boston, MA
Waltham City Hall
Waltham, MA
Waltham Savings Bank
Waltham, MA
Wellesley Medical Associates
Wellesley, MA
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