Hello, I'm JRo.
I'm a photographer and creative problem solver.
Let's work together--write to me.
I'm an ASMP and PPA Member:
My ASMP Photographer profile
My PPA member profile
Connect:
Summary Experience
Photographer and Educator (2008-Present)- Self Employed, and: LightHouse Holyoke, Holyoke MA; Snow Farm/New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA; the Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA.
People Operations (2011-2016)- Last Call Media, left-click Computers; Northampton, MA. (No longer accepting HR/Ops inquiries)
Organizer (2014 to 2017)- NERD Summit, New England Regional Developers; Northampton, MA and nerdsummit.org
Volunteer with more, employed by many.
Education
Hampshire College, Bachelor of Liberal Arts: concentration in Photography, Digital Imaging, Creative Writing, and Psychoanalytic Theory.
Skills
Analogue and digital photography. Advanced photo editing and retouching. Arts Education. Project Management. Web and Social Media Savvy. Empathetic human being.
See Me Around
"Pretty, Practical, and plastic-free food wraps," The Boston Globe, July 22, 2019; Life & Style section, print and online. Credited client image.
Small Oven Bakery & Café, Easthampton MA, Feb. - May 2019; café artist presenting Something To Look Forward To.
The LetterZine Issue #18: Mental Health, July 2018; collaborator/contributor, selected images Easy Does It and Baggage Handling (2014). The issue as a whole received an Ad Club of Western MA Gold Award.
Don't Smile: Not for the Faint of Heart, October 2017; online group show juried/curated by Rachel C. Banks. Selected image Trailer Madonna (2017).
MassLive.com: LightHouse Celebrates First Graduating Class, June 2017; photos from event for article by Michelle Williams.
Preview Massachusetts Magazine, March 2017; Art Works at Eastworks- Stopping in at Three Local Studios. Featured Artist.
10th Annual Plastic Camera Show, March-April 2017; RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco CA. Accepted Image Suspended Bliss (2014, Holga).
Small Works group show, December 2015; Easthampton City Arts+ Gallery, Easthampton MA. Featured images from Suspended Bliss mini-series.
All of This Has Led to Me // Memories That Aren't Mine, May 2012; solo senior thesis show, Hampshire College, Amherst MA. A photo-archive-installation work, with extended narrative memoir.