Peter Mumford
707 S. Snoqualmie, Suite 4D
Seattle, Washington 98108
206 427 6244
peterdmumford@hotmail.com

POSITIONS HELD

»Photo Editor, MSN.com,
Bellevue, Washington. October, 2004 - December 2004. Working closely with editors to find appropriate images for editorial use. Photoshop production of web-ready graphics.

»Owner, Peter Mumford Photography,
Seattle, Washington. 1990 - present. Specializing in stock photography. All images are shot digitally with a Nikon D100 or shot on color negative film and scanned with a 4000 dpi Nikon film scanner. Photographs published by the New York Times, Seattle Times, Seattle P-I, Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Time Out New York, On the Boards, Spoleto Festival USA, European Dance Development Center, Rheinische Poste, Westdeutsche Zeitung.

»Photo Researcher, Tajima Creative,
Seattle, Washington. September, 2003 - present. Working closely with designers to find appropriate rights-protected images for use in advertising campaigns.

»Photo Editor, realguide.real.com, RealNetworks Corporation,
Seattle, Washington. April, 2000 - April, 2001. Head of image fulfillment for realguide.real.com. Tasks include finding and purchasing royalty-free stock photos, finding publicity photos for music groups, managing a full time assistant photo editor, and maintaining a database of digital image assets. Production of all web-ready image files, maintenance of digital image asset catalog.

»Photo Editor, ABCNEWS.go.com, Infoseek Corporation,
Bellevue, Washington. January, 1997 - January, 2000. Responsible for photography on the Technology, Science, Health & Living, Business, and Travel sections. Tasks include acquiring appropriate photos for breaking news and feature news stories from photo agencies and stock houses within budgetary limits, managing a production team. Additional tasks include shooting photos for feature stories, commissioning photo shoots and negotiating fees, finding and editing photo essays and all aspects of production work for publishing photography on the internet. Initiated and managed purchasing accounts with photo sources, designed and maintained a searchable library of image assets, created and maintained intranet documentation of publishing systems. Edited and produced audio files for the internet.

»Website Producer, Museum of History and Industry,
Seattle, Washington. 1996 - 1997. Production of museum website including scanning & editing photographs with Adobe PhotoShop.

»Photo Editor, Corbis Corporation,
Bellevue, Washington. October 1995 - January 1996. Edited historical photo collection consisting of 490,000 images. Made 2300 selects.

»Darkroom Technician, Argentum Photographic Laboratory,
Seattle, Washington. 1993 - 1994. Black and white printing, processing black and white, C-41 film.

»Research Assistant, Museum of History and Industry,
Seattle, Washington. January 1993 - March 1993. Catalogued and printed a collection of several hundred 19th century glass plate negatives. Designed and created a database for negative filing.

»Research Assistant, Special Collections Library, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington. June - August 1992. Printed a collection of over 200 early 20th century nitrate negatives.

SKILLS

Adobe PhotoShop, Canto Cumulus, Extensis Portfolio, Debabelizer, ImageReady, HTML, Dreamweaver, AP NewsLynx, SCC PhotoGrid, Peak Audio Editor

EDUCATION

»University of Washington
BFA, Photography
March 1991 - March 1993

»The Evergreen State College
September 1981 - June 1983

Anthropology, photography

AWARDS AND HONORS

»King County Special Projects Grant, Photography, 1997.
»GAP Award, Photography, Artist Trust, 1995.
»BFA Magna Cum Laude, University of Washington, 1993.
»Juror's Award, Open Nine Exhibition, UW School of Art, 1993.
»Lambda Rho Scholarship for Artistic and Academic Excellence, UW School of Art, 1992.

REFERENCES

»Eugenia Chang, Senior Photo Editor, MSN.com , Microsoft Corporation, 1996 — 1999.
Email: eugeniac@microsoft.com (425) 706-5462

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Kate Thompson
, Creative Director, Dillon Thompson Digital Communications, 1996 — 1999.
Email: kate@dillonthompson.com (206) 567-5622
»Jane Culliton, Art Director, ZAAZ
Email: JaneC@ZAAZ.com (206) 341-9885
»Pam Abbott, Senior Producer, Budget Travel Online, Newsweek Online
Email: pam.abbott@newsweek.com (212) 445-5239