Resume

BOBBY ABRAHAMSON
E-mail: bobbyfoto@earthlink.net
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Photojournalist and Photographer (1988-present): Shoot assignments for clients including TIME, FORTUNE, US News & World Report, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, also the advertising firm Wieden & Kennedy, and the PR firms Cohn & Wolf, Manning, Selvage & Lee, and Ketchum Public Relations. Contract photographer for photo news agency Black Star.

Photography Instructor: Pacific Northwest College or Art (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach a variety of continuing education courses to adults (including to BFA students for credit) in photographic theory and production.

Photography Instructor: Portland Art Museum (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach week-long and one-day intensive workshops for youths in traditional film photography through the museum's educational outreach department.

Photography Instructor: Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach a variety of multi-week courses, and one-week and one-day intensive workshops in both photographic techniques & theory to adults and children at this regional center for photography.

Photography Instructor: Pangaea Project (Portland, Ore., autumn 2005-present): teach collaborative documentary photography to low-income high schools students as part of this international service learning program. Responsible for developing photography curriculum, fundraising and grant-writing, and teaching class.

Photography Instructor: P:EAR (Portland, Ore., autumn 2005-present): teach traditional black and white photography to homeless and transitional youth (age 15-23) in this community service organization. Responsible for supervising darkroom, developing curriculum and teaching classes.

Photography Instructor: Saturday Academy (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach week-long and multi-weekend digital photography workshops for children in this after-school, weekend and summer educational program.

Photography Instructor: Northwest Academy (Portland, Ore., spring 2006): Taught traditional black and white photography to high school students as part of their regular school curriculum.

Photography Instructor: Artistic Condilections - Neighborhood House at Kellogg Middle School (Portland, Ore., 2005): teach digital photography to at-risk teens in this in-school arts enrichment program. Responsible for developing curriculum, managing digital workflow and teaching classes.

Personal Assistant (October 2005): Worked with acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank in New York City for two weeks to assist him in organizing his photographic and video archives in his loft in lower Manhattan.

Project Founder, Director and Instructor: Our Voices: Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless (2004-05): Served as both director and instructor for this program that teaches traditional black & white photography to homeless adults as a means of empowerment, to foster positive self-esteem, and to build community. Organized exhibitions of students' work at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia and the Atlanta Photography Group. Responsible for fundraising, coordinating programs within the community, partnering with local and international organizations, and supervising interns.

Mentor: PAL Big Brother Program of Atlanta Jewish Family & Career Services (Atlanta, Ga., 1999-present): Currently serve as a volunteer "big brother" and mentor for a child in a single-parent home. Activities include camping, photography, videography, sports, and community service.

Photography Instructor: The Bridge (Atlanta, Ga., spring 2005): currently teaching digital photography to abused and neglected adolescents in this residential treatment and educational program.

Photography Instructor: The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy (Atlanta, Ga., autumn 2004): taught digital photography to elementary school students in an after-school program at this private day school.

Visiting Lecturer: Studio Sepia (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, summer 2004): Taught an intensive 10-class workshop on documentary photography to students in this 18-month, full-time certificate program; this appointment was supported by the US Department of State.

Photography Instructor: After School Program of the Education Alliance at School of the Future (New York, N.Y., spring 2004): Taught traditional black & white photography and darkroom to middle and high school students in an after-school program in this New York City public school.

Photojournalism Instructor: International Center of Photography (New York, N.Y., winter 2004): Taught a five-week seminar on the Ethics of Photojournalism to ICP's full-time photojournalism students. The class examined the ethics of taking and publishing photographs, issues of privacy and exploitation, and the larger question of the role photojournalism in today's culture.

Photography Instructor: Camp KidsmART (Rockaway, N.Y., summer 2003): Taught photography to teenagers at this summer arts day camp serving the Rockaway community. Students used digital cameras to explore basic photographic concepts such as light, composition, perspective, an timing.

Documentary Photography Instructor: The Showcase School of Photography (Atlanta, Ga., autumn 2002): Taught adults and teenagers documentary photography in this 8-week, continuing-ed class.

High School Photojournalism Instructor: Georgia Journalism Academy (June 2002) and Journalism Fall Workshop (October 2000; both programs of the Georgia Scholastic Press Association, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.): Taught photojournalism and Photoshop to high school students in the university's photojournalism lab in both the week-long summer "journalism academy" and in a weekend workshop.

Photojournalism Instructor: Henry W. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia (Athens, Ga., January 2000-May 2001): Served as an adjunct instructor of photojournalism for three semesters (two full-time). Taught all classes offered in the program. Responsible for developing the curriculum, instructing & advising students, and managing the photojournalism lab. Worked with both film and digital photography.

Photography Instructor: Camp Wannaklot, Hemophilia of Georgia, and Camp Breathe Easy, American Lung Association (Rutledge, Ga., summers 1997-99): taught photography in these two special needs summer camps.

Photography Instructor: Camp Isabella Freedman (Falls Village, Conn., summer 1995): taught photography in a summer camp for children and adults affected by AIDS.

Staff Photojournalist: The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Ala., 1993), Douglas County Sentinel (Douglasville, Ga., 1992-93 and 1990-91), The Athens Observer (Athens, Ga., 1991-92) and The Red and Black (Athens, Ga., 1988-89).

DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS

Our Voices (2004-present): An ongoing series of media empowerment projects in Portland, Ore. and Atlanta, Ga. teaching documentary photography & media production to marginalized and voiceless people. Our Voices students' work was presented in a recent solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (2005), and as part of a group exhibit at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (2006).

Street Muggings (2003-04): Most recent documentary project, exploring the ethical dilemma of photography's invasion of privacy in the public spaces of New York City's streets. Abrahamson is currently working to produce a film from this material. This work can be viewed on the website: http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbyfoto/sacredstreets/.

One Summer Across America (2001): A 4-month photographic journey across America by Greyhound bus. This work has just been published as a book (2005), was presented in a solo exhibit at Photography Center of Atlanta (2005), and has been produced into a short documentary video (2003) which was screened at Kolonija Kalenic at Open Space Museum (Serbia and Montenegro, 2003).

From My Car Window (1999): A year-long project to photograph Atlanta from a moving car. Presented in a solo exhibition featuring still photographs and a computer-based film at The Upstairs Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). Exhibition traveled to The University of Georgia's New Media Institute (Athens, Ga., 2001).

Little Boy Bobby (1999): An autobiographical multimedia installation featuring film and video exploring childhood. Presented at the Nexus Biennial, Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, Ga., 1999).

Silent Prayers: Photographs for Meditation and Quiet Contemplation (1996-97): A 4-month photographic journey documenting the artist's search for peace and contentment while traveling in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia. Presented in a solo exhibition at The West Hill Concept Union (Decatur, Ga., 1998).

Dreams, Despair and the Coca-Cola Olympics Circus (1995-96): A 6-month-long film, video and photographic odyssey recording the tumultuous events surrounding the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. This work was presented in a solo multimedia exhibition at New.Vision.Space (Atlanta, Ga., 1996). Compiled into a video entitled Dreams and Despair which was screened at the 1998 Atlanta Film and Video Festival.

Other projects include: Hope (still photos used in a video documenting people affected by AIDS, produced for AID Atlanta, 1999), New York City Blues (photographs and a super-8 film about New York, 1994-95), Homeless in Atlanta (1993-94), and a 1993 trip to Bangladesh to document the activities of Doctors Without Borders work with the Rohingya Refugees. Also worked as a set designer for Synchronicity Performance Group's productions of 6 Characters in Search of an Author, and Marisol (Atlanta, Ga., 2000 & 1998).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Recent Composites at The Hillman Photography Center at Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, Ore., 2006)

One Summer Across America at Photography Center of Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga., 2005).

Shifting Perspectives: Our Voices Photography Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga., 2005)

From My Car Window at The Upstairs Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). This work was re-shown at The New Media Institute (Athens, Ga., 2001).

Silent Prayers: Photographs for Meditation and Quiet Contemplation at The West Hill Concept Union (Decatur, Ga., 1998).

Dreams, Despair and the Coca-Cola Olympic Circus at New.Vision.Space (Atlanta, Ga., 1996). This work was re-shown at Eddie's Attic (Decatur, Ga., 1997).

Homeless in Atlanta, a benefit show for the Task Force for the Homeless at The Roxy (Atlanta, 1994).

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PRODUCTIONS

Light Leak at Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, Ore., 2006).

Neither Here Nor There: Perspectives on Homelessness at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Athens, Ga., 2006). This show was inspired by, and prominently featured work of Our Voices Task Force for the Homeless Project.

As they see it: Georgia Photographers at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia featuring work from the museum's permanent collection (Atlanta, Ga., 2005).

Shifting Perspectives: Our Voices Photography Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (Atlanta, Ga., 2005).

Untitled as Yet: Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists (Serbia and Montenegro, 2004).

GIFT: Georgia International Festival of Arts in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia, 2004).

So Atlanta: Artists Respond to the Contemporary City at The Contemporary (Atlanta, Ga., 2004).

Kolonija Kalenic at Open Space Museum (Serbia and Montenegro, 2003).

Product: Comments on Consumer Culture at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Athens, Ga., 2003).

Telling It Like It Is: Photojournalism in the Post-Modern World at Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art (Marietta, Ga., 2002).

Crossover at Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro, 2002).

6 Characters in Search of an Author (set designer). Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta, Ga., 2000).

One People Connect at Hastings Seed Factory (Atlanta, Ga., 2000).

Five Photographers / Five Perspectives. ArtWalk at Lenox Square (Atlanta, Ga. 1999).

Little Boy Bobby (installation) produced for Nexus Biennial, Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, Ga., 1999).

Cuba, New York and Conyers: Three Documentary Photographers at Atlanta Photography Group Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 1999). (Exhibition was re-shown at North Georgia College (Dahlonega, Ga., 2000).

Hope, a 14-minute video about people affected by AIDS, produced for AID Atlanta, featuring more than 100 of Abrahamson's photographs shot specifically for the project (Atlanta, Ga., 1999).

Marisol, produced by Synchronicity Performance Group, The Horizon Theatre (Atlanta, Ga., 1998). Abrahamson's photographs and film were used as part of the play's set.

New York (film), Cosmopolitan Concrete Chaos ...experience the art of Fairlie Poplar (Atlanta, Ga. 1998).

Dreams and Despair (video). 1998 Atlanta Film and Video Festival (Atlanta, Ga., 1998).

Group Photography Show at Blue Sky (Athens, Ga., 1998).

I am the Matador, I am the Bull at The Backdrop Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 1997).

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia
Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade; Serbia and Montenegro
Portland Art Museum; Portland, Oregon
Harry Ransom Center; Austin, Texas
Fort Scott Community College; Fort Scott, Kansas
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP; Atlanta, Georgia
Bunnen Collection; Atlanta, Georgia
Numerous other private collections

Abrahamson's book One Summer Across America is in the following research library collections:
Museum of Modern Art; New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York
International Center of Photography; New York
Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, Texas
Museum of Photographic Arts; San Diego, California
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; Durham, North Carolina
High Museum of Art: Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta College of Art; Atlanta, Georgia

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS:

Jerry Cullum, Heart of America seen with candid eye. AJC Access Atlanta (April 14, 2005).

Felicia Feaster, When Worlds Collide. Creative Loafing (April 7-13, 2005)

Suzi Brozman, Sharing His Passion: Bobby Abrahamson's camera helps him blend teaching and art. Atlanta Jewish Times (April 1, 2005).

Teona Gaparidze, Americans are teaching us again. 24 Hours (June 8, 2004).

Mai Zezadze, American Messages in Kopala gallery. Morning Newspaper (June 8, 2004).

Nino Gvalia, International Festival of Arts in Tbilisi: A diary of GIFT. The Messenger (June 15, 2004).

Felicia Feaster, Product Placement: Product as art; art as product. Creative Loafing (May 14-20, 2003).

Chasing America. Spot (Fall 2001/Winter 2002).

Christina Kline, Blow Up: Frames from an obsessive photographer. Atlanta Press (February 11-17, 2000).

Felicia Feaster, Drive-by shooting. Creative Loafing (February 5, 2000).

Steve Dollar, View from a Car Window. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (January 16, 2000).

Richard Lufrano, Drive By Shooting: Photographer Bobby Abrahamson explores Atlanta from his car. Atlanta Jewish Times (January 14, 2000).

Cathy Byrd, After the Circus: Bobby Abrahamson in Latin America. Creative Loafing (June 27, 1998).

Rebecca Poyner Burns, Silent Moments of Magic. Poets, Artists & Madmen (June 5-11, 1998).

Susan Bernstein, Silence Speaks Volumes. Atlanta Jewish Times (June 5, 1998).

Shanna Shahid, Sucking up that Olympic feel. Phoenix (October 23, 1996).

Jerry Cullum, Revisit Olympics in one artist's extravaganza. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 18, 1996).

Cathy Byrd, Circus Circus. Creative Loafing (October 12, 1996).

Bo Emerson, Taking note of agony, ecstasy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (April 22, 1996).

EDUCATION & INTERNSHIPS:

New School University (New York, N.Y., 2003-04): Master of Arts, Media Studies, 2005. 4.00 GPA. Coursework focused on documentary photography and film history, theory, criticism, production and education.

Literacy Through Photography workshop, Center for Documentary Studies, at the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Ga., October 2004).

Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C., 2002): Graduate level course in media literacy education.

International Center of Photography (New York, N.Y., 1994-95): Full-time photojournalism student. Interned for photojournalists Eugene Richards and James Nachtwey at Magnum photo agency.

The University of Georgia (Athens, Ga., 1984-88): Bachelor of Arts, History, 1988. Graduated Cum Laude, with High Honors, 3.68 GPA.

GRANTS & AWARDS

2006 Puffin Foundation grant for Our Voices - Pangaea Project.

2004 Lubo Fund grant of $5000 for Our Voices Metro Atlanta Task Force project.

2004 US Department of State funding for teaching appointment and exhibition in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia.

1999 Communicators Award for Hope, a video documenting people affected by AIDS, featuring more than 100 of Abrahamson's photographs shot specifically for the project.

Gordon Parks Photography Competition: Third Place, 1994; Honorable Mention, 1993.

PERSONAL

Born and raised in Atlanta, Ga. Enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, and playing the guitar and the harmonica. Speaks Spanish.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST


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		RESUME BOBBY ABRAHAMSON E-mail: bobbyfoto@earthlink.net ________________________________ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelance Photojournalist and Photographer (1988-present): Shoot assignments for clients including TIME, FORTUNE, US News & World Report, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, also the advertising firm Wieden & Kennedy, and the PR firms Cohn & Wolf, Manning, Selvage & Lee, and Ketchum Public Relations. Contract photographer for photo news agency Black Star. Photography Instructor: Pacific Northwest College or Art (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach a variety of continuing education courses to adults (including to BFA students for credit) in photographic theory and production. Photography Instructor: Portland Art Museum (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach week-long and one-day intensive workshops for youths in traditional film photography through the museum's educational outreach department. Photography Instructor: Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach a variety of multi-week courses, and one-week and one-day intensive workshops in both photographic techniques & theory to adults and children at this regional center for photography. Photography Instructor: Pangaea Project (Portland, Ore., autumn 2005-present): teach collaborative documentary photography to low-income high schools students as part of this international service learning program. Responsible for developing photography curriculum, fundraising and grant-writing, and teaching class. Photography Instructor: P:EAR (Portland, Ore., autumn 2005-present): teach traditional black and white photography to homeless and transitional youth (age 15-23) in this community service organization. Responsible for supervising darkroom, developing curriculum and teaching classes. Photography Instructor: Saturday Academy (Portland, Ore., 2006-present): Teach week-long and multi-weekend digital photography workshops for children in this after-school, weekend and summer educational program. Photography Instructor: Northwest Academy (Portland, Ore., spring 2006): Taught traditional black and white photography to high school students as part of their regular school curriculum. Photography Instructor: Artistic Condilections - Neighborhood House at Kellogg Middle School (Portland, Ore., 2005): teach digital photography to at-risk teens in this in-school arts enrichment program. Responsible for developing curriculum, managing digital workflow and teaching classes. Personal Assistant (October 2005): Worked with acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Robert Frank in New York City for two weeks to assist him in organizing his photographic and video archives in his loft in lower Manhattan. Project Founder, Director and Instructor: Our Voices: Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless (2004-05): Served as both director and instructor for this program that teaches traditional black & white photography to homeless adults as a means of empowerment, to foster positive self-esteem, and to build community. Organized exhibitions of students' work at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia and the Atlanta Photography Group. Responsible for fundraising, coordinating programs within the community, partnering with local and international organizations, and supervising interns. Mentor: PAL Big Brother Program of Atlanta Jewish Family & Career Services (Atlanta, Ga., 1999-present): Currently serve as a volunteer "big brother" and mentor for a child in a single-parent home. Activities include camping, photography, videography, sports, and community service. Photography Instructor: The Bridge (Atlanta, Ga., spring 2005): currently teaching digital photography to abused and neglected adolescents in this residential treatment and educational program. Photography Instructor: The Alfred and Adele Davis Academy (Atlanta, Ga., autumn 2004): taught digital photography to elementary school students in an after-school program at this private day school. Visiting Lecturer: Studio Sepia (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, summer 2004): Taught an intensive 10-class workshop on documentary photography to students in this 18-month, full-time certificate program; this appointment was supported by the US Department of State. Photography Instructor: After School Program of the Education Alliance at School of the Future (New York, N.Y., spring 2004): Taught traditional black & white photography and darkroom to middle and high school students in an after-school program in this New York City public school. Photojournalism Instructor: International Center of Photography (New York, N.Y., winter 2004): Taught a five-week seminar on the Ethics of Photojournalism to ICP's full-time photojournalism students. The class examined the ethics of taking and publishing photographs, issues of privacy and exploitation, and the larger question of the role photojournalism in today's culture. Photography Instructor: Camp KidsmART (Rockaway, N.Y., summer 2003): Taught photography to teenagers at this summer arts day camp serving the Rockaway community. Students used digital cameras to explore basic photographic concepts such as light, composition, perspective, an timing. Documentary Photography Instructor: The Showcase School of Photography (Atlanta, Ga., autumn 2002): Taught adults and teenagers documentary photography in this 8-week, continuing-ed class. High School Photojournalism Instructor: Georgia Journalism Academy (June 2002) and Journalism Fall Workshop (October 2000; both programs of the Georgia Scholastic Press Association, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.): Taught photojournalism and Photoshop to high school students in the university's photojournalism lab in both the week-long summer "journalism academy" and in a weekend workshop. Photojournalism Instructor: Henry W. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia (Athens, Ga., January 2000-May 2001): Served as an adjunct instructor of photojournalism for three semesters (two full-time). Taught all classes offered in the program. Responsible for developing the curriculum, instructing & advising students, and managing the photojournalism lab. Worked with both film and digital photography. Photography Instructor: Camp Wannaklot, Hemophilia of Georgia, and Camp Breathe Easy, American Lung Association (Rutledge, Ga., summers 1997-99): taught photography in these two special needs summer camps. Photography Instructor: Camp Isabella Freedman (Falls Village, Conn., summer 1995): taught photography in a summer camp for children and adults affected by AIDS. Staff Photojournalist: The Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Ala., 1993), Douglas County Sentinel (Douglasville, Ga., 1992-93 and 1990-91), The Athens Observer (Athens, Ga., 1991-92) and The Red and Black (Athens, Ga., 1988-89). DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS Our Voices (2004-present): An ongoing series of media empowerment projects in Portland, Ore. and Atlanta, Ga. teaching documentary photography & media production to marginalized and voiceless people. Our Voices students' work was presented in a recent solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (2005), and as part of a group exhibit at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (2006). Street Muggings (2003-04): Most recent documentary project, exploring the ethical dilemma of photography's invasion of privacy in the public spaces of New York City's streets. Abrahamson is currently working to produce a film from this material. This work can be viewed on the website: http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbyfoto/sacredstreets/. One Summer Across America (2001): A 4-month photographic journey across America by Greyhound bus. This work has just been published as a book (2005), was presented in a solo exhibit at Photography Center of Atlanta (2005), and has been produced into a short documentary video (2003) which was screened at Kolonija Kalenic at Open Space Museum (Serbia and Montenegro, 2003). From My Car Window (1999): A year-long project to photograph Atlanta from a moving car. Presented in a solo exhibition featuring still photographs and a computer-based film at The Upstairs Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). Exhibition traveled to The University of Georgia's New Media Institute (Athens, Ga., 2001). Little Boy Bobby (1999): An autobiographical multimedia installation featuring film and video exploring childhood. Presented at the Nexus Biennial, Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, Ga., 1999). Silent Prayers: Photographs for Meditation and Quiet Contemplation (1996-97): A 4-month photographic journey documenting the artist's search for peace and contentment while traveling in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia. Presented in a solo exhibition at The West Hill Concept Union (Decatur, Ga., 1998). Dreams, Despair and the Coca-Cola Olympics Circus (1995-96): A 6-month-long film, video and photographic odyssey recording the tumultuous events surrounding the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. This work was presented in a solo multimedia exhibition at New.Vision.Space (Atlanta, Ga., 1996). Compiled into a video entitled Dreams and Despair which was screened at the 1998 Atlanta Film and Video Festival. Other projects include: Hope (still photos used in a video documenting people affected by AIDS, produced for AID Atlanta, 1999), New York City Blues (photographs and a super-8 film about New York, 1994-95), Homeless in Atlanta (1993-94), and a 1993 trip to Bangladesh to document the activities of Doctors Without Borders work with the Rohingya Refugees. Also worked as a set designer for Synchronicity Performance Group's productions of 6 Characters in Search of an Author, and Marisol (Atlanta, Ga., 2000 & 1998). SOLO EXHIBITIONS Recent Composites at The Hillman Photography Center at Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, Ore., 2006) One Summer Across America at Photography Center of Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga., 2005). Shifting Perspectives: Our Voices Photography Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga., 2005) From My Car Window at The Upstairs Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). This work was re-shown at The New Media Institute (Athens, Ga., 2001). Silent Prayers: Photographs for Meditation and Quiet Contemplation at The West Hill Concept Union (Decatur, Ga., 1998). Dreams, Despair and the Coca-Cola Olympic Circus at New.Vision.Space (Atlanta, Ga., 1996). This work was re-shown at Eddie's Attic (Decatur, Ga., 1997). Homeless in Atlanta, a benefit show for the Task Force for the Homeless at The Roxy (Atlanta, 1994). GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PRODUCTIONS Light Leak at Newspace Center for Photography (Portland, Ore., 2006). Neither Here Nor There: Perspectives on Homelessness at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Athens, Ga., 2006). This show was inspired by, and prominently featured work of Our Voices Task Force for the Homeless Project. As they see it: Georgia Photographers at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia featuring work from the museum's permanent collection (Atlanta, Ga., 2005). Shifting Perspectives: Our Voices Photography Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (Atlanta, Ga., 2005). Untitled as Yet: Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists (Serbia and Montenegro, 2004). GIFT: Georgia International Festival of Arts in Tbilisi (Republic of Georgia, 2004). So Atlanta: Artists Respond to the Contemporary City at The Contemporary (Atlanta, Ga., 2004). Kolonija Kalenic at Open Space Museum (Serbia and Montenegro, 2003). Product: Comments on Consumer Culture at Athens Institute for Contemporary Art (Athens, Ga., 2003). Telling It Like It Is: Photojournalism in the Post-Modern World at Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art (Marietta, Ga., 2002). Crossover at Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro, 2002). 6 Characters in Search of an Author (set designer). Synchronicity Performance Group (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). One People Connect at Hastings Seed Factory (Atlanta, Ga., 2000). Five Photographers / Five Perspectives. ArtWalk at Lenox Square (Atlanta, Ga. 1999). Little Boy Bobby (installation) produced for Nexus Biennial, Nexus Contemporary Art Center (Atlanta, Ga., 1999). Cuba, New York and Conyers: Three Documentary Photographers at Atlanta Photography Group Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 1999). (Exhibition was re-shown at North Georgia College (Dahlonega, Ga., 2000). Hope, a 14-minute video about people affected by AIDS, produced for AID Atlanta, featuring more than 100 of Abrahamson's photographs shot specifically for the project (Atlanta, Ga., 1999). Marisol, produced by Synchronicity Performance Group, The Horizon Theatre (Atlanta, Ga., 1998). Abrahamson's photographs and film were used as part of the play's set. New York (film), Cosmopolitan Concrete Chaos ...experience the art of Fairlie Poplar (Atlanta, Ga. 1998). Dreams and Despair (video). 1998 Atlanta Film and Video Festival (Atlanta, Ga., 1998). Group Photography Show at Blue Sky (Athens, Ga., 1998). I am the Matador, I am the Bull at The Backdrop Gallery (Atlanta, Ga., 1997). COLLECTIONS Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade; Serbia and Montenegro Portland Art Museum; Portland, Oregon Harry Ransom Center; Austin, Texas Fort Scott Community College; Fort Scott, Kansas Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP; Atlanta, Georgia Bunnen Collection; Atlanta, Georgia Numerous other private collections Abrahamson's book One Summer Across America is in the following research library collections: Museum of Modern Art; New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York International Center of Photography; New York Museum of Fine Arts; Houston, Texas Museum of Photographic Arts; San Diego, California Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University; Durham, North Carolina High Museum of Art: Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta College of Art; Atlanta, Georgia ARTICLES AND REVIEWS: Jerry Cullum, Heart of America seen with candid eye. AJC Access Atlanta (April 14, 2005). Felicia Feaster, When Worlds Collide. Creative Loafing (April 7-13, 2005) Suzi Brozman, Sharing His Passion: Bobby Abrahamson's camera helps him blend teaching and art. Atlanta Jewish Times (April 1, 2005). Teona Gaparidze, Americans are teaching us again. 24 Hours (June 8, 2004). Mai Zezadze, American Messages in Kopala gallery. Morning Newspaper (June 8, 2004). Nino Gvalia, International Festival of Arts in Tbilisi: A diary of GIFT. The Messenger (June 15, 2004). Felicia Feaster, Product Placement: Product as art; art as product. Creative Loafing (May 14-20, 2003). Chasing America. Spot (Fall 2001/Winter 2002). Christina Kline, Blow Up: Frames from an obsessive photographer. Atlanta Press (February 11-17, 2000). Felicia Feaster, Drive-by shooting. Creative Loafing (February 5, 2000). Steve Dollar, View from a Car Window. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (January 16, 2000). Richard Lufrano, Drive By Shooting: Photographer Bobby Abrahamson explores Atlanta from his car. Atlanta Jewish Times (January 14, 2000). Cathy Byrd, After the Circus: Bobby Abrahamson in Latin America. Creative Loafing (June 27, 1998). Rebecca Poyner Burns, Silent Moments of Magic. Poets, Artists & Madmen (June 5-11, 1998). Susan Bernstein, Silence Speaks Volumes. Atlanta Jewish Times (June 5, 1998). Shanna Shahid, Sucking up that Olympic feel. Phoenix (October 23, 1996). Jerry Cullum, Revisit Olympics in one artist's extravaganza. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 18, 1996). Cathy Byrd, Circus Circus. Creative Loafing (October 12, 1996). Bo Emerson, Taking note of agony, ecstasy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (April 22, 1996). EDUCATION & INTERNSHIPS: New School University (New York, N.Y., 2003-04): Master of Arts, Media Studies, 2005. 4.00 GPA. Coursework focused on documentary photography and film history, theory, criticism, production and education. Literacy Through Photography workshop, Center for Documentary Studies, at the High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Ga., October 2004). Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C., 2002): Graduate level course in media literacy education. International Center of Photography (New York, N.Y., 1994-95): Full-time photojournalism student. Interned for photojournalists Eugene Richards and James Nachtwey at Magnum photo agency. The University of Georgia (Athens, Ga., 1984-88): Bachelor of Arts, History, 1988. Graduated Cum Laude, with High Honors, 3.68 GPA. GRANTS & AWARDS 2006 Puffin Foundation grant for Our Voices - Pangaea Project. 2004 Lubo Fund grant of $5000 for Our Voices Metro Atlanta Task Force project. 2004 US Department of State funding for teaching appointment and exhibition in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia. 1999 Communicators Award for Hope, a video documenting people affected by AIDS, featuring more than 100 of Abrahamson's photographs shot specifically for the project. Gordon Parks Photography Competition: Third Place, 1994; Honorable Mention, 1993. PERSONAL Born and raised in Atlanta, Ga. Enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, and playing the guitar and the harmonica. Speaks Spanish. REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST



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