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    Robert Sansone
rob@robertsansone.com
  
Education    
1996 – 1998   Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Master of Fine Arts, Photography
1997   Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Summer workshop with William Christenberry
1988 – 1993   Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Bachelor of Science in Art, Majors in Architecture and Photography
1992, 1993   Boston Visual School, Viterbo, Italy.
Summer photography program
1991   Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy.
Summer Art and Architecture program
Teaching Experience    
1999 – Present   Northeastern University, Photography Department: Lecturer, Boston, MA.
Teaching Introduction to Photography, Intermediate Black and White, Introduction to Color, Advanced Class in Alternative Processes, Independent Studies, Digital Still Imagery.
Responsibilities: Original course design, syllabus development, design/materials specification of custom alternative processes darkroom, assisted in design/materials specification of a new digital photography lab, typical teaching responsibilities
2000 – 2003   New England School of Photography: Lecturer, Boston, MA
Materials and Processes an intensive course in large format photography and the Zone system. The introductory course in photography for a photography technical trade school located in Kenmore Square. Original course design, syllabus development, and typical teaching responsibilities.
1992 – 1993   Boston Visual School: Photography Teaching Staff, Viterbo and Trieste, Italy.
Responsibilities: Instructed an overseas photography program at two university locations with photographers Jim Stone, Neal Rantoul, and Archie Lassalle to Italian and American students, with ages ranging from 14 to 40 years old.
Professional Experience    
1998 – Present   Sansone Printing: Black and White Printer, Boston, MA.
Responsibilities: Established a subsidiary of Sansone Photography whose core business is museum/archival-grade photographic printing.
Selected clients: Peter Vanderwarker; Guy Russell; Nicholas Nixon; Herb Snitzer; Jim Dow.
1990 – Present   Sansone Photography, Inc.: Freelance Photographer, Boston, MA.
Responsibilities: Architectural photography, models, product, studio, location etc.
Selected clients: Guitar One Magazine, Island Hopper Restaurant, The Seasonal Table, Bailey Heck Design, Elite Video, Arrowstreet Architects, Propaganda Inc, Smart Architecture, Diller & Scofidio, Cranbrook Academy.
1994 – 2000   Kindra Clineff Photography: Photographer’s First Assistant, Winchester, MA.
Responsibilities: Lighting, stylist, shot set-up for location and studio situations. Subject matter included annual report, book, magazine, and brochure photography.
1993 – 1997   Palm Press: Photographic Atelier, Printer, West Concord, MA
Responsibilities: Printed artists’ photographic murals and portfolios for internationally- acclaimed photographers; assemblage of frames and overmats for museum presentations; designed and supervised construction of a 3,000 square foot darkroom.
1993 – 1996   Peter Vanderwarker Photography: Photographer’s Assistant, West Newton, MA
Responsibilities: General creative duties; prepare, manage, and assist interior and exterior photographic lighting situations.
1993   Panopticon: Curator, Boston, MA.
Responsibilities: Curated three shows of prominent local photographers in a black-and-white photographic gallery; managed publicity and artist relations, finished, matted, framed, and hung three photographic shows for Neal Rantoul, Ernest Withers, and Bradford Washburn.
Related Experience    
1992 – 1993   Amacher and Quinn Architects: Architectural Draftsman, Cambridge, MA.
Responsibilities: Drafted, constructed architectural models, made accounts, assembled presentations.
1991   Ondras Associates: CAD Draftsman, Somerville, MA.
Responsibilities: Drafted floor plans for the Massport Residential Soundproofing Program; created rough cost estimates.
1990   Technical Planning Associates: Architectural Assistant, New Haven, CT.
Responsibilities: Drafted, visited job sites, assembled proposals, organized job files, conducted a wetland study, created graphic presentations of projects on both AutoCAD and Harvard Graphics.
1990   Computer Museum: Manager, Boston, MA.
Responsibilities: Trained new employees, directed special events and functions, supervised computer exhibit repair, closed out daily income reports.
Exhibitions    
2004   Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Faculty Show
2003   Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY.
Scanning: the Aberrant Architectures of Diller and Scofidio
25 Stereo Slides displayed in viewers.
1998   Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, Quebec.
The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life
1998   Royal College of Art, London, UK.
Cranbrook Exchange: The North Atlantic Perspective
1998   University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
Contemporary Cranbrook Student Works
1997   D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Troy, MI.
Selected Works
1995   Copley Society of Artists, Boston, MA.
Member Show
1993   Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Twenty-one
1992  

Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
Solo show