Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of American History
Office of Imaging, Printing and Photography: Staff Photographer / GS-11

Photography for: Museum Events, Publicity, Publications /Exhibits, News stories with relevance to American History using film cameras in a variety of formats from 35 mm to 8" X 10"
Digital photography with Nikon D-IX and D-100 cameras; Fuji S2 cameras
News - Feature stories - Congressional Hearings - Events - Exhibit openings
Photographed NMAH 19th Century Coverlet collection for Textile Division book on their collection
Provided photography for the following exhibits and accompanying publications and web sites:
"Fast Attacks and Boomers - Submarines in the Cold War"
"Piano 300" and " Piano Grand" telecast for Maryland Public Television
"The American Presidency- A Glorious Burden"
"Under Water Web- Trans Atlantic Communications"
"Within These Walls" A history of families who lived in the Ipswich House", Ipswich, Mass.
Events: Millennium Celebrations on the National Mall
           Inauguration of President George W. Bush/ Inaugural Balls
           Demonstrations: Affirmitive Action rally at Supreme Court;
           WTO Protests at World Bank;
           "The Million Man March"; "The Million Mom March"

Special Training:

Professional Membership: National Press Photographers Association
                                                National Press Club

Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Museum Center for African American History and Culture: Chief Photographer

Harold Dorwin Photography Associates
Owner and Chief Photographer

A privately held photography and graphics business which I owned and operated in the Washington, DC area.
Clients:
Corporate and Political clients and Trade Associations
Photojournalism:
Whitehouse assignments during the Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush Administrations;
Congressional Hearings
Associated Press Assignments
Accident and Product Liability Photographs
Industrial accidents / Surgical implements
Produced Trade Show and Trial Evidence Displays
Advised on news conferences and other public relations requirements
Wrote: News releases; proposals for contracts
Created and produced small freestanding exhibits for meetings and trade shows
Employees:
4-5 part-time employees

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Staff Photographer

Photographed historic buildings, artifacts and CWF events
Press Pool coverage:
Carter-Ford Presidential Debates at the College of William and Mary
NATO Meeting
Visiting dignitaries and Heads of State

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographer / Lab Technician

Projects: Earth Resources: Analysis of the Dutch Elm Disease Infestation
Remote Sensing through aerial photography using CT and infrared color and black and white film
U2 Aircraft high altitude surveillance photographs

WVEC Television Channel 13, ( ABC) I AM - FM Radio
Photographer / Graphic artist

Shot 16mm sound on film on Arriflex and Auricon cameras
Still photography
Photographed:
News stories for evening news
Commercials for local sponsors
Station ID artwork and photographs
"Promos" for local programming
Editing

Chrysler Museum (Formerly the Norfolk Museum of Art), Norfolk. Virginia
Instructor:

Taught Painting: Watercolor / Acrylics

Joseph P. Hayes Productions
Designer:

Designed scenery and lighting
Trade shows
2 Summer stock theaters
Supervised 10 -15 teenage apprentices

Norfolk City Schools:
Teacher:

Taught Art: Junior High, Elementary, Adult Education

Music Experience:

Violist: Norfolk Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Allentown Symphony
Taught music at Eastern Academy Private School

Education:

Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Art Education

Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia 1997 - 1998
Guest instructor: English Department Topics relating to the arts.

Tesfa Ethiopian Museum, Washington D.C.
Co-founder and Acting Director February 1998- September 1999

Military Service:

U.S. Army: 2 years / Honorable Discharge/ 5 point preferance

Notable Exhibits:

"Tales to Tell", 1975 - 1976, Photographer

"Tales To Tell" was an exhibit about the founding and settling of the land which is now Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia. Edna Sarah Lazaron, a local artist with work in the collection of the NYC Museum of Modern Art, local historians, archaeologists, and artists served as advisors for the project as did people of a certain age with memories that stretched backwards in time. The original exhibit filled three rooms of a gallery in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but was designed to travel after the initial showing. "Tales To Tell" continued to be shown in part or as a whole for about 5 years after the exhibit closed in 1976.

"Whose Art Is It Anyway ?" Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Museum, Photographer

An exhibit about all forms of art in public places: murals, sculpture, graffiti, ethnic dress and hair styles
85 original color photographic prints / 18 original color photographic murals

Richmond Barthe' - Richard Hunt Sculptures, S. I. Anacostia Museum, Photographer

13 original 30" x 40" framed color photographs: sculptures by Barthe' and Hunt

Arena Stage, Washington, DC., "A Community Christmas Carol", Photographer

One-man show: 45 black and white photographic prints. The subject of the exhibit was the production of a musical version of Charles Dickens's, "A Christmas Carol" combining professional actors with people drawn from the Anacostia community. Selected photographs from the exhibit were used to illustrate an article about the production in "American Theatre Magazine".

Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Museum: "Black Mosaic", Photographer

A five-year study of people who immigrated to Washington, DC metropolitan area from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean that became an exhibit.

Smithsonian Institution Center For Folklife Programs Cultural Studies, "African Immigrant Project", Photographer

A study of the people who immigrated from Ethiopia, Eritrea,Somalia, West African countries, Ghana and South Africa to the metropolitan Washington, DC area. Project Directors Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye and Dr. Betty Belanus from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife Studies.

Smithsonian Institution Arts And Industries Building: "Speak to My Heart", Photographer

A Photo Documentary Study of the contemporary African American Church and religious practices.
More than 200 color prints in the exhibit which were published in The Washington Times and syndicated by The Religious News Service. Exhibit: May 1998- May 2000.

Embassy of Switzerland Cuban Interest Section: "Contemporary Cuban Arts and Crafts"
Curator and Designer for the exhibit

Seminars:

"Ethnographic Photography"

"Photography for folklorists". A series of discussions and demonstrations of photographic techniques specifically applicable to the needs of folklorists: multiple light source situations; available light photography in places of worship, family gatherings, nightclubs and street festivals. Fundamentals of the need to secure a model release and when to copyright material.

"Preserving Old Photographs and Photographing Artifacts"

A seminar that has been given to numerous genealogical groups, church historical societies, photography clubs, and four times at the Anacostia Museum. Participants are encouraged to bring in photographs for evaluation, old photographs that they wish to restore. Retouching techniques are demonstrated; visual aids and printed material accompany the class.

"Photographing Friends and Family"

Created to compliment the preservation talk by concentrating on gathering usable and pertinent photographic history. The original idea for this talk came from a request to speak about photographing at African - American family reunions.

"Photography for Curators"

US Park Service Educational Center at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
Training classes for curators primarily from rural US Park Service Visitor's Centers

Photographs in Private Collections: