CURRICULUM VITAE: ---------------------------------- {last update: 3/1/98} GENERAL- ---------------- Name: Ron Solomon --------- Date of birth: 20-3-55 -------------------- Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia ---------------------- Citizenship: Australian, Israeli ------------------- Marital status: married + 2 ---------------------- Languages: English (fluent), Hebrew (fluent), Arabic (partial), ------------------- German(partial, Italian(partial). Education: ----------------- tertiary- ------------- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, combined Arts-Law - 1974 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, one-year academic program - 1973 secondary- ------------------ Mount Scopus College, Melbourne, Australia - 1966 - 1972 Higher School Certificate, 1972, awarded "Special Distinction" in English; awarded Commonwealth University Scholarship. professional- --------------------- various professional, trade and academic courses and workshops in photography and communications. Previous Employment: ------------------------------------- 1985 => present: Yediot Aharonot national daily newspaper, Israel: news, sport, features and magazine supplements. 1985 => 1989: Staff photography position, "Koteret Rashit" national weekly magazine (politial orientation). 1983 => 1985: Staff photography position, "Kol HaKrayot" regional newspaper (Haifa Bay). 1981 => 1983: Staff photography position, "Hed HaKrayot" regional newspaper (Haifa Bay). 1985 => 1990: Simultaneous freelance photojournalism, "Kol Haifa", Haifa local weekly. 1985 => 1990: Simultaneous freelance work in commercial and industrial photography; freelance press photography with Reuters press agency; freelance staff photographer for northern Israel, "Koteret Rashit", political weekly. 1985 => 1990: Affiliated photographer for northern Israel with the Reuters news service. 1990 => 1996: Photographic material "picked up" regularly by Reuters and Agence France Presse, through reciprocal agreement between Yediot Aharonot and the aforementioned agencies. Professional Affiliations: ---------------------------------------- National Federation of Israeli Journalists - member. National Federation of Israeli Journalists - committee member, Internet Committee. Haifa & Northern Israel Journalists Association - member. Haifa & Northern Israel Journalists Association - Internet Committee chairman & site webmaster. International Journalists Federation (Brussels) - member. Photographic Exhibitions: ------------------------------------------ "One Nation" - group exhibition, Haifa Museum of Modern Art, 1989. (A study of the Israeli social fabric) "One Nation" - country-wide travelling group exhibition, auspices of Art for the People, 1990 -> 1991. "The Absent Photograph" - group exhibition, Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, 1996. (Israel's photojournalists pay tribute to Yitzhak Rabin) Various web-based exhibitions - USA, Italy, Japan, Korea, Sweden, etc. Related Skills: ------------------------ * Excellent English and Hebrew writing and expression skills. * Computer-literate, proficient in DOS, Windows (3.x & 95) and Macintosh environments. * Thorough familiarity with digital imaging systems: Macintosh, Photoshop, Corel Photo Paint, AP PhotoLynx, Leaf Systems hardware; image manipulation tools. * Proficient in net and web applications: TCP/IP; HTML, Java and CGI; multi-lingual web-design & authoring (English/Hebrew); additional net applications: FTP, Gopher, Archie & info retrieval techniques, Usenet, IRC, Internet voice & telephony applications, Telnet, e-mail & listserver applications, Internet diagnostics & troubleshooting. * Experienced conventional darkroom processes: E6, C41, black + white, EP2, Cibachrome, R3, etc. * Extensive knowledge of land-line, wireless and data telecommunications. * Familiarity with conventional printing processes: offset, letterpress, screen-printing. * Experience in photo-litho and pre-press techniques: colour seperations, montage, etc. * Teaching/pedagogic experience: running photography workshops, digital photography on-site training, etc. Contact Information: -------------------------------- mobile phone: +972-50-576491 or +972-52-692244 (defaults to voice mail) ---------------------- pager: +972-4-8306666 / #30591 ---------- office telephone: +972-4-8510291 / 2, +972-4-8674191, +972-4-8623008, +972-4-8674190 -------------------------- office fax: +972-4-8674176 (24 hours a day)(attention: Ron Solomon) ---------------- e-mail address: rsolomon@netvision.net.il ------------------------- website address: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527 ---------------------------- alternative e-mail address: webmaster@haifapress.org.il ------------------------------------------- * Samples of my photography and a Netscape-compatible hyper-text online resume are available for browsing on the World Wide Web, at the following addresses: * Online resume - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/resume.html ----------------------- * General portfolio - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/portfolio.html --------------------------- * Latest news photos - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_1.html -------------------------------- * Stock press photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_2.html ----------------------------------------- * Industrial photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_3.html ------------------------------------ * Commercial photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_4.html ---------------------------------------- * Fashion photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_5.html ---------------------------------- * Additional portfolios are available for browsing by following links from the general portfolio page, or from the introductory home-page. * Additional web-sites: --------------------------------- Haifa & Northern Israel Journalists Association. http://www.haifapress.org.il (available in English, Hebrew and Arabic interfaces). War of Attrition Memorial Site http://www.internet-zahav.net/~eizen (available in English, Hebrew and French interfaces). * Additional information available upon request (e-mail/fax/telephone).