Eric Sucar

ABOUT: RESUME

WORK EXPERIENCE:

April 2007 - Present - Greater Media Newspapers

Freehold, New Jersey

Staff photographer

Covering Central Jersey news, features, and sports

Circulation size of 100,000

April 2006 - Nov. 2006 - New Jersey Herald

Newton, New Jersey

Staff photographer

Covered Sussex County news, features, and sports

Circulation size of 20,000

Aug. 2005 - Nov. 2005 - Patuxent Publishing Company

Columbia, Maryland

Full-time internship

Covered Maryland news, features, and sports

Circulation size of 275,000

June 2005 - April 2006 - Messenger Post Newspapers

Canandaigua, New York

Freelance photographer

Covered Western New York news, features, and sports

Circulation size of 300,000

June 2005 - April 2006 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Rochester, New York

Freelance photographer

Covered Western New York news, features, and sports

Circulation size of 250,000

EDUCATION:

Rochester Institute of Technology

School of Photographic Arts & Sciences

Bachelor of Fine Arts (May 2005)

Major: Photojournalism

Member of RIT Chapter's of the National Press Photographer’s Association

Eddie Adams Workshop XVIII attendee (Oct. 2005)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Camera Formats: 4x5 View Camera, Medium Format, 35mm, Nikon (D3s, D300s, D2H/X), Canon (ID Mark IV, 20D, 10D)

Digital Knowledge: Mac & PC computer platforms, Adobe PhotoShop 5.5-CS4, Illustrator 7.0, Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Photo Mechanic, EPSON Silverfast, FLEXTIGHT scanning, iPhoto, QuickTime, Final Cut Pro 6, Nikon View, Lightroom 2.0, Soundslides Plus, Audacity

ACHIEVEMENTS:

2009 - Second place for Sports Action image in SportsShooter.com Monthly Contest (September)

2008 - Front cover image of Jason McElwain’s book, The Game of My Life

2007 - Three photographs selected in the NJPA Best of Photography Contest

2006 - First place for Sports Picture Story category at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar contest

2005 - Accepted into the Eddie Adams Workshop XVIII Orange Team (recipient of The New York Times assignment)

REFERENCES:

(Available upon request)