Charles Bennett Ward
Education
- 2009 - Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- BA, Studio Art with an emphasis in photography.
Exhibitions
- 2009 - Being Where We Are From, Sinclair Galleries, Coe College
- 2009 - 33rd Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition
Awards
- 2009 - Robert Kocher Award, Coe College
- 2009 - Honorable Mention 33rd annual Rock Island fine arts exhibition
- 2009 - McKean Helping Hands Artists Grant
- 2008 - McKean Helping Hands Artists Grant
Related Experience
- 2009 - Studio assistant - Alec Soth (Gagosian Gallery, Magnum photos)
- Organized and managed hi-resolution scans and negatives which eventually became prints for Gagosian Gallery and Weinstein Gallery. Assisted photographer with editorial assignments for the New York Times, helped maintain and compile an archive of thousands of images.
- 2009 - Archival assistant for Coe College art collection
- Scanned hundreds of photographs by Andy Warhol, which were eventually sent to the Warhol foundation for their records and archives.
Volunteer
- 2008 - Alec Soth Studios: Studio Intern
- Basic studio maintenance such as color darkroom upkeep and large-scale photograph handling and care. Other duties included general upkeep and organization of an extensive photography book collection and studio cleaning.
Skills/Qualifications
- Extensive experience in digital output of photographic prints.
- Experienced in handling and storing photographic prints as well as
organizing and archiving negatives and digital files.
- Proficient in Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint and Reason 3.0