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Experience
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- Freelance Photographer
- San Francisco / Los Angeles, California
Jan 1998 - Present - Blake Farrington Photography
Education
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- Visual Commentary, Interdisciplinary Studies
- Berkeley, CA
- May 2002 - University of California, Berkeley
Advanced lessons under Ken Light, Mimi Chakarova and Lewis Watts
SKILLS & SPECIALITIES
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*Knowledge of 35mm, medium format and digital photography
*Understanding in strobe and natural lighting
*Proficient in photographic laboratory; digital processing and wet lab
*Skilled in underwater photography and lighting techniques
*Advanced Diver and Rescue Diver Certified
*Skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, multimedia production and Microsoft Office
*Multilingual: Fluent in English, Basic knowledge of Serbo-Croatian and Italian
*Extensive travel throughout Europe, the Americas and Africa
*Ability to handle multiple tasks, fast project turnaround
*Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
EXHIBITIONS
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LITTLE PIECES OF HEAVEN
Group exhibition presented by The Art of Elysium, Subliminal Projects Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, 2009
RUBBERNECK
Group exhibition displaying the power and concept of documentary photography, ARTworkSF Gallery
San Francisco, CA, 2007
GET OUT OF JAIL FREE
Group exhibition related to imprisonment as a metaphor, produced by Visual Aid San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, 2007
LA LOVES
Fundraiser exhibit and auction supporting the aid to victimized youth of northern Uganda
Hollywood, CA, 2006 & 2007
TERROR?
Group exhibition attempting to define what ‘terror’ represents
Group exhibit, San Francisco, CA, 2006
IMAGES OF INJUSTICE
Exhibition complimenting lectures pertaining to global injustice lectures
Danville, CA, 2006
EX-YUGOSLAVIA: THE EARLY YEARS
Gallery exhibition at RAYKO Photo Gallery
San Francisco, CA, 2005 – 2006
AIDS, ORPHANS, EDUCATION
Hobart Building Preview Room
San Francisco, CA, 2005
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA: A PASSAGE THROUGH BROKEN SPIRIT
San Francisco, CA, 2003
LECTURES & JUDGING
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Judge, Spring Show, Photography Department, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, 2007
Guest Lecture in Photography, UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, 2006
Guest Lecture in Documentary Photography, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, 2002 – 2003
View Blake's Portfolio for work samples.