Nubar Alexanian: Photographer 11 Sumner Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 USA Phone:978-281-6152 Fax:978-281-6982 E-Mail Address: nubar@nubar.com www.nubar.com
		Documentary photographer who has worked for major magazines and corporations in the United States and Europe. For the past 25 years he has travelled to more than 30 countries focusing on long term personal projects around the world. Represented by Frank Meo, NY and Panopticon Gallery, Waltham. PUBLISHED WORK: HIGHLIGHTS BOOKS & FILMS JAZZ, a collaboration with Wynton Marsalis, published in November 2002 by Walker Creek Press. Gloucester Photographs, published in 2001 by Walker Creek Press The Clifford Ball, 1994 co-director of a documentary film about the band PHISH half hour special MTV. Where Music Comes From, published in 1996 by Dewi Lewis Publications/England & D.A.P. New York. Stones In The Road, Photographs of Peru by Nubar Alexanian, published March 1992 by Cornerhouse Publications/England, Aperture Books/U.S. Finest Kind, Photographs by Nubar Alexanian, text by Kim Bartlett, book about the lives of fishermen from Gloucester, 1977 Norton & Norton. ONLINE PUBLISHED WORK: HIGHLIGHTS Transom.org, a Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio. September, 2002. Interview with filmmaker Errol Morris JAZZ, 21 photographs with music and quotes by Wynton Marsalis November, 2002 as an excerpt at The Digital Journalist (www.digitaljournalist.org) Gloucester Photographs, 28 photographs with text published in September, 2001 as an excerpt at The Digital Journalist (www.digitaljournalist.org) Special Guest, Transom.org, a Showcase & Workshop for New Public Radio. September, 2001. Moderated a discussion about Image as Metaphor and Truth in Storytelling. Previous guests have included Studs Terkel, Christopher Lydon and the Kitchen Sisters. (www.transom.org) Online Book Reviews by Nubar Alexanian written for the Digital Journalist and ZoneZero, both favorite sites for documentary photographers around the world. Special Guest, The Point, Atlantic Public Media, June, 2001. One hour call in show discussing photographs uploaded on a web site for listeners to view and comment on. PUBLICATIONS LIFE MAGAZINE Phish, profile of the rock band published May, 1994, five pages Paul Simon, profile published November 1993 seven pages. Wynton Marsalis, profile published August 1993 eight pages. Garth Brooks, story about the country music star. Nine pages of photographs, July 1992 Issue. The Meaning of Life, a book of 100 photojournalists in the U.S.1990. Woodstock Issue, August 1989, portraits from Woodstock Festival. NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE A World Of Leaves, Story about The Yuqui Indians of Bolivia and the New Tribes Mission, Published February 23, 1992. Baseball's Angry Man, Cover plus 2 pages, a profile of National League President Bill White. October 13, 1991. Unsettled, Unseen, Unspoken For A Puerto Rican community finds its dreams stranded in a Yankee town. April 28, 1991 4 pages. Why Is America Failing Its Children? about children in poverty in America September 9, 1990 Cover plus 4 pages Hope and Heartbreak, about the maquiladora industry on the Mexican border; July 1990 8 photographs On The Verge, about Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, May 1990 Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian novelist runs for the presidency in Peru, Nov1989. Cover plus 4 pages. A Passion For Peru, Nov 20,1983 A photo-essay about life in Peru text by Mario Vargas Llosa 5 pages Coming Out Of Coma, June 27, 1982, Photo-essay about the thousands of people who go into coma each year in the U.S. and their care, 6 full color pages FORTUNE MAGAZINE Cover July 1986 Bill Gates, Microsoft, with 10 inside photograßphs. Cover Sept 1985 Adnan Khashoggi, with inside photographs. Cover Sept 1983 The Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Weirton Steel Company, Weirton West Virginia, April 18, 1985 Portfolio of 6 pages about a town buying the local steel mill. The Rev Jessie Jackson, Nov15,1982.Jackson's boycott against Anheiser-Bush. Portrait plus two pages The Brain, Jan 24, 1983 A major piece about brain research in U.S. GEO MAGAZINE Premature Infants, June, 1998. A photo essay about premature infants, 10 pages Where The Fish Come First, Feb 1981, A photo essay about a successful Sicilian fishing family working off the coast of Massachusetts 14 pages Steel Island, June 1983, A photo essay about life on an offshore oil rig (Gulf of Mexico) 12 color pages ADDITIONAL WORK PUBLISHED: The London Sunday Times, National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Le Figaro (Paris), Actuel (Paris), Forbes, INC.,Washington Post Magazine, US News & World Report, Audubon and others. AWARDS & GRANTS 2001 Bruce J. Anderson Grant/Gloucester Project 2001 Gloucester Arts Council Grant Recipient/Gloucester Project 2000 Gloucester Arts Council Grant Recipient/Gloucester Project 1999 Bruce J. Anderson Grant/Gloucester Project 1998 Gloucester Arts Council Grant Recipient/Gloucester Project 1997 Gloucester Arts Council Grant Recipient/Gloucester Project 1990-1995 Bose Artist Grant/Where Music Comes From 1990 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Grant, Finalist 1984 Gold Medal Award, New York Film and Television Festival for photography. 1983 Fulbright Artist Fellowship for photography in Peru. 1982 Andy Award of Excellence, New York Art Director's Club 1983 chosen as one of five photographers for Polaroid Instant Art Campaign: Annie Liebovitz, Nubar Alexanian, Pete Turner, David Bailey, & Sandy Fellman. EXHIBITIONS ONE & TWO PERSON SHOWS 2002 December-February 2003, Restrospective, Panopticon Gallery. 2001 November-January 2002 Cape Ann Historical Museum, Main Gallery 1997 Leica Gallery, Two Person Show 1992 & 1993 Traveling exhibition of Photographs of Peru in England 1993 March, The Burden Gallery, Aperture Foundation, New York 1993 March, Books & Books, Coral Gables, Florida 1993 May, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA 1992 March, Centro Cultural de l"Universidad de Arequippa, Peru 1992 August, Centro Cultural de la Municipalidad de Miraflores,Lima Peru 1992 November, Casa Cabrera, Cuzco, Peru. 1983 November, William Klein Gallery, Boston; World's Apart: Photographs of Peru 1978 Soho Gallery, NY (two man) 1976 University of Vermont (two man) 1975 Gallery One, New England School of Photography 1973 Gallery One, New England School of Photography 1973 Panopticon Gallery, Boston GROUP SHOWS 2002 Group Show, Panopticon Gallery 2002 9/11 Memorial Exhibit, North Shore Arts Association 2000 Into Our Prime: Acquisitions Since 1996, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson 1998 Panopticon Gallery 1998 Creative Center of Photography, Tucson, AZ 1979 UCLA 1978 University of Massachusetts Criticism of Photography Show 1976 Addison Gallery of American Art, Mass 1973 Panopticon Gallery Anniversary Show 1972 Art Institute of Boston 1972 Photokina, West Germany 1972 Polaroid Collections Committee Show COLLECTIONS Agfa Corporation Collection Bose Corporation Collection Polaroid Collection Carl Siembab Gallery Collection Panopticon Gallery Robert Klein Gallery University of Arizona Permanent Collection Bibliotheque Nacionale, France Numerous Private Collections ARTICLES ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER 2001 December, North Shore Sunday, Arts Section, Gloucester Photographs s2001 December, Gloucester Daily Times Editorial, Gloucester Photographs 2001 November, The Boston Phoenix by Christopher Millis, Gloucester Photographs 2001 November, artsMedia Magazine by Taline Voskeritchian Featured Artist 2001 November, Boston Sunday Globe Arts Section by Haley Kaufman, Gloucester Photographs 2000 AIM, November 2000, Featured Artist 1996 American Photo,Where Music Comes From. 1996 The Picture Professional, Where Music Comes From 1996 Mother Jones Hot Media, Where Music Comes From 1996 May, NPR, Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen interview/review, Where Music Comes From 1996 The British Journal of Photography, Where Music Comes From 1992 October, Boston Globe, review, Stones In The Road 1992 October, American Photo Magazine review, Stones In The Road. 1992 September, British Bulletin of Pub., review, Stones In The Road. 1992 September, Royal Photographic Society of England 1992 May, NPR, Weekend Edition with Liane Hansen interview and review, Stones In The Road. 1983 Boston Globe review of World's Apart Show 1981 April, Camera Magazine Portfolio: Hostage Parade NYC 1980 June, Diversions Magazine: extensive text with photographs about the personal nature of the photographer's work 1979 October, Portfolio Magazine 1978 March, Criticism of Photography Invitational Exhibition Catalogue 1975 April, Camera Magazine: Portfolio of photographs from Peru with text about the photographer. 1972 Boston Globe Review "Alexanian's Images Hit Responsive Cord." TEACHING 1997 to present, facilitator of critique groups: photographers working on long term personal projects 1990 to present, one week workshops around the U.S. 1974 to present, Lectures and workshops on photography at Colleges and Universities across the US. 1975 to 1978 Cofounder/Director of Essex Photographic Workshop, one of the finest residential photography programs in the country, located in Essex, MA. 1975 Faculty Advisor, Goddard Master's Degree Program in Photography 1973-75 Instructor, The New England School of Photography 1972-74 Instructor, The Art Institute of Boston PERSONAL Born 1950 in Worcester, Massachusetts; married with one child. Attended Boston University, Liberal Arts,1968-70. Graduated with BA Degree from UMass Amherst, 1973. Currently living in Gloucester, MA.