CURRICULUM VITAE:
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{last update: 3/1/98}
GENERAL-
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Name: Ron Solomon
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Date of birth: 20-3-55
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Place of birth: Melbourne, Australia
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Citizenship: Australian, Israeli
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Marital status: married + 2
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Languages: English (fluent), Hebrew (fluent), Arabic (partial),
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German(partial, Italian(partial).
Education:
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tertiary-
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Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, combined Arts-Law - 1974
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, one-year academic program - 1973
secondary-
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Mount Scopus College, Melbourne, Australia - 1966 - 1972
Higher School Certificate, 1972, awarded "Special Distinction" in English;
awarded Commonwealth University Scholarship.
professional-
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various professional, trade and academic courses and workshops in
photography and communications.
Previous Employment:
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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:
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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:
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"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:
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* 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:
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mobile phone: +972-50-576491 or +972-52-692244 (defaults to voice mail)
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pager: +972-4-8306666 / #30591
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office telephone: +972-4-8510291 / 2, +972-4-8674191, +972-4-8623008, +972-4-8674190
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office fax: +972-4-8674176 (24 hours a day)(attention: Ron Solomon)
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e-mail address: rsolomon@netvision.net.il
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website address: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527
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alternative e-mail address: webmaster@haifapress.org.il
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* 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
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* General portfolio - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/portfolio.html
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* Latest news photos - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_1.html
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* Stock press photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_2.html
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* Industrial photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_3.html
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* Commercial photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_4.html
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* Fashion photography - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1527/album_5.html
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* Additional portfolios are available for browsing by following links from
the general portfolio page, or from the introductory home-page.
* Additional web-sites:
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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).
(
geocities.com/soho)