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LLOYD WOLF PHOTOGRAPHER
300 S. Jefferson St., Arlington, VA 22204 (703) 998-5328

RESUME

DATE OF BIRTH
February 9, 1952

EDUCATION
Goddard College Plainfield, VT M.A. Photography 1977
Trinity College Hartford, CT B.A. Political Science 1974

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EDITORIAL AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Clients include:
The Washington Post Magazine, National Geographic Explorer, Vogue, People, Elle, Children's Defense Fund, Mobil, AFL-CIO, American Express, Xerox, Details, United Way, Ms., AT&T, Texaco, Lifetime TV, Washingtonian, Jewish Monthly, Children’s Hospital, AAARP, National Institutes of Health, AFSCME, American Psychological Association, Bureau of the Census, US Holocaust Museum, Bell Atlantic, and numerous others. Complete list on request.

PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHER
George Mason University, Fairfax VA 8/03- present
Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WVA 8/86-12/89
Arlington County Public Schools, Arlington, VA 1976-81, 1983-85
National Cathedral School, Washington, DC 1981-83
Alternative Learning Center, American University, Washington, DC 1977

PROJECTS
GRANTS - National Endowment for the Arts 1980
Chief photographer for the Arlington Photographic Documentary Project, funded by an NEA Survey Grant. A contemporary record of Arlington VA consisting of 125 photographs and an extensive catalog was produced.

Arlington Commission for the Arts 1993 "One Kid, One Kid" Enlarged polaroid prints with text of a year in the life of my daughter.

Arlington County Library Grant 1981

Teacher Innovative Fund Grants 1979, 1981

Arlington Arts Center 1996 to create new documentary work of Arlington, VA.

Northern Virginia Jewish Community Center to create the exhibition “Circles Within Circles: Jewish Time Frames” with poet Sherri WaasShunfenthal 2003

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - 2002 National Havurah Institute

BOOKS
JEWISH FATHERS: A Legacy of Love
Published by Jewish Lights, 2004. Text by Paula Wolfson, photographs by Lloyd Wolf

JEWISH MOTHERS: Strength Wisdom Compassion
Published by Chronicle Books, 2000. Text by Paula Wolfson, photographs by Lloyd Wolf.

FACING THE WALL: Americans at the Vietnam Memorial
Published by Macmillan Books, 1986. Text by Duncan Spenser, photographs by Lloyd Wolf.

DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS
TEENAGERS - 1985-88 Washington Post Magazine cover story, 1988.

DRUG REHABILITATION IN PRISON - 1989-1991 Documenting a pilot program at Lorton Reformatory, Washington, DC's main prison. City Paper cover story, 1990.

DEADHEADS - collaboration with Sociology Department of the University of North Carolina-Greensboro documenting the fans of The Grateful Dead. Book in progress. A video was produced and shown nationwide on PBS,1989.

MARCH OF THE LIVING - coverage of a pilgrimage of 3,000 Jewish teen-agers to Holocaust sites in Poland, followed by a visit to Israel. Jewish Monthly cover story, 1990.

GRANDMA'S HOUSE - documentation of a program in Washington, DC that cares for babies born HIV-positive. 1991 to 1995.

MOROCCAN JEWRY - photographed the Jewish community of Morocco. Cover stories for Forward, Jewish Monthly, and The Exponent, 1992.

OPERATION UNDERSTANDING/DC - documenting an education and outreach project for Black and Jewish youth. 1995 to present

RED THREAD - exploration of Jewish family roots in Europe and Israel- with my daughter Emma. 1998

OT AZOY - photographs of klezmer musicians. 1999 to present.

JERUSALEM -Walls & Bridges- photographs & interviews of citizens of Jerusalem Israel in conjunction with writer Carol Grosman’s “Jerusalem Stories.” 2002-present

SPECIAL RECOGNITION
GUEST LECTURER/WORKSHOPS: Corcoran School of Art, National Gallery of Art, Mt. Vernon College, Photoworks, Institute for Policy Studies, Kellogg Fellows Foundation, Georgetown University, Washington Center for Photography, AFSCME, Earlham College, Washington Board of Jewish Education, Smithsonian Institution, Vienna Photographic Society, Northern Virginia Community College, Frostburg State College, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Jewish Study Center, Springfield Art Guild, Politics & Prose, Jewish Museum of New York, Skirball Cultural Center, American Jewish Library Association, Converse College, SC, Society for Photographic Education. Compete list on request

PROFILES: WPFW and WAMU Radio 1986; Museum and Arts 1989; Washington Post 1994; Washington Jewish Week 1994, Business Forward 2001, elan October 2002

INTERVIEWS: CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES KURALT, 1990; Washington Post, 1990; City Paper, 1990, WAVY-TV, 1992, ACTV-31, 1994, WUSA-TV, 1995, WPGC-FM, 1995, CBS Cable News FAST FORWARD, 1997, NewsChannel 8, 1999, WUST-AM 2000.

PORTFOLIO: Included in: BANNED IN DC (Sun Dog Press) 1988; The Picture Professional Winter 1989-90; SHOTS summer 1991; Contact summer 1992; Caught in the Crossfire (Walker Books) 1995; fullbleed 1997; International Jewish Monthly 1997; Who Cares 1999; horizonmagazine (web magazine) 1999; The Essential Klezmer (Algonquin Books) 2000; Women.com (web magazine) 2000; Deadhead Social Science (Altimira Press) 2000; Elan, 2003.

AWARDS AND CITATIONS:
Chosen as one of Washington, DC's "Twelve Top Photographers" by Washingtonian, June 1981; cited by Eastman Kodak as one of the top 15 high school photography teachers in the country, 1983; "Who's Who in American Photography"1988; ADDY Awards- Art Directors Club of Washington -one First Place, one Finalist, 1989. Citation, 1990; MARKY Awards -Second Place, 1990; OZZIE Awards -Magazine Design and Production, Best Cover for a consumer magazine, 1990; Washington Edpress- Excellence In Print- 1990-91, Gold Award, Silver Award- 1993; Printing Industries of Metropolitan Washington- Judges' Award- 1991; National Edpress- Finalist- 1992; Society of National Association Publications- Excel Award/First Place for cover photography- 1992; American Jewish Press Association- Simon Rockower Award- First Place for Excellence in Photography- 1993; Art Direction Magazine- First Place (in-house magazines)- 1994; JWB Communications Competition- Award for Excellence- 1995; Educational Press Association of America- Distinguished Achievement Award- 1995; International Labor Communications Association- First Award- 1995. Healthcare Marketing Advertising Awards- Silver Award, Bronze Award- 1998, Silver Award 1999; NACRI -National Association of Childrens’ Hospitals & Related Institutions Awards- two Finalists -1999; Communicator Awards- Crystal Award of Excellence- 1999, Top Ten Black & White Websites Black & White World- 2001; Evangelical Press Association, photo feature, 2nd place- 2002; Associated Church Press, 3rd place- 2002; Maternal Infant Services Exhibition, New Zealand two first place awards - 2003

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS
Grandma's House- Men Who Make A Difference, 1991;
Washington Urban League- Black and White Together, 1995

OTHER ACTIVITIES
-Volunteer with "SHOOTING BACK" teaching photography to homeless children, 1989-1991.
-Volunteer photo teacher with at-risk youth, 1991-present ("Streets To Skills/Voices from the Street")
-Volunteer teacher and consultant with Arlington Mill Photo Program for immigrant youth 1999-present
-Curator of Exhibition "New To You" - Washington Center for Photography, 1989.
-Board Member, 1989-90 of the Washington Center for Photography.
Curator of Exhibition "New Visions" - Black & White Gallery, 2004

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Senate and House of Representatives News Photographers Gallery
Society for Photographic Education

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC; National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Republic of Vietnam; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC; Arlington County (VA) Public Library, Virginia Collection; Sony Gallery, American University of Cairo, Cairo, Eygpt; Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, New York.Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center) Los Angeles, CA., Hebrew Union College, New York NY; Plotkin Museum, Scottsdale AZ

PORTFOLIO AND REFERENCES
Available on request. My website URL is: www.lloydwolf.com

Exhibitions

SOLO
University of California, ASUC Studio, Berkeley, CA 9/79
Amarillo College, Workroom Gallery, Amarillo, TX 10/80
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 9/80
Colorfax Gallery, Cleveland Park, Washington, DC 3/82
Odessa College, Odessa, TX 8/83
Prairie State College, Chicago, IL 11/83
Jones Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC 6/86
A Personal Gallery, Greensboro, NC 10/86
ABCNoRio, New York, NY 7/87
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 3/88
Amarillo College, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX 9/87
University of California, Galleria, San Francisco, CA 7/88
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA 9/90
Earlham College, Earlham, IN 4/91
American University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt 1/92
Jewish Community Center (JCCNV), Fairfax, VA 3/92
Calvin Diego Gallery, Frederick, MD 8/92
GO!, Arlington, VA 5/93
DC Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC 3/95
Mattawoman Creek Art Center, Marbury, MD 3/97
Blue Elephant Art Center, Frederick, MD 3/99
Bnai Brith Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC 5/00
Goldman Gallery, JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD 1/01
Black and White, Arlington, VA 2/01
Hebrew Union College, New York, NY 4/01
Sylvia Plotkin Museum, Scottsdale AZ 1/02
Goodman Museum, West Bloomfield, MI 3/02
Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge NH 8/02
Jewish Community Center (JCCNV), Fairfax, VA 10/02
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton FL 2/03
Jewish Community Center (JCCNV), Fairfax, VA 9/03
Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson AZ 1/04
Deutser Gallery, Houston JCC, Houston TX 3/04
Hebrew Union College Museum, New York NY 7/04
Goldman Gallery, JCC of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD 10/04
Futernick Gallery,Alper JCCMiami, FL 11/04
Nathan D. Rosen Museum, Boca Raton FL 1/05

GROUP
Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 11/73
Matrix, Hartford, CT 4/74
JET Studio, Washington, DC 3/77
Alfred University, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY 1/79
Local 1734 Art Collective, Washington, DC 3/79
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 11/80
Intuitiveye, Washington, DC 3/81
Appalachian State University, Farthing Gallery, Boone, NC 10/81
County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ 5/83
Brookdale Community College, Monmouth, NJ 6/83
Greenspring Gallery, Alexandria, VA 8/83
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, DC 9/87
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 3/88
Touring Exhibition, New England Foundation for the Arts 1989
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), Washington, DC 2/89
Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School, McDonogh, MD 4/89
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA 7/90
Touring Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, VA 1990-1992
The Tartt Gallery, Washington, DC 6/91
District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC), Washington, DC 3/92
Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC 3/92
Klutznick Museum, Washington, DC 8/92
Metropol Gallery, Baltimore, MD 11/93
Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA 4/94
Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD 9/94
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 5/95
Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC 12/95
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC 4/96
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 10/96
Longwood Visual Arts Center, Farmville, VA 1/97
Claren Court Studios, Arlington VA 9/97
DCJewish Community Center, Washington, DC 10/98
Aquarius, San Francisco, CA 12/98
National Democratic Women’s Club, Washington, DC 1/99
America’s Black Holocaust Museum, Milwaukee, WI 1/00
School for Creative & Performing Arts, Cincinnatti OH 2/01
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC (“Here is New York”) 9/02
Jewish Community Association, Austin TX 1/03
Referat Kultur, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 2/03
Hutt Valley Breastfeeding Coalition, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 9/03
Hebrew Union College Museum , New York, NY 9/03 - touring 2004-06
Black and White, Arlington VA 3/04

COLLECTIONS
National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Republic of Vietnam; Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Arlington County (VA) Public Library, Virginia Collection; Klutznick National Jewish Museum, Washington, DC; Sony Gallery, American University of Cairo, Cairo, Eygpt; Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, New York; Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Amalgamated Bank, Washington, DC, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY, Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center) Los Angeles, CA, Plotkin Museum, Scottsdale AZ