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New York City, New York, USA
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Sony A7R II, Sony A6300, Leica M6, Leica M7, Leica M4
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Bio
I am a freelance writer and photographer trained in the natural sciences, especially in evolutionary biology and relevant aspects of geology. I acquired most of my photographic education at the University of Arizona while also pursuing a MS degree in Geosciences, learning much about photography's history through the extensive archives of the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography. (One of my photography professors was Harold Jones, the Center's founding director.) Some of my work was published in Tucson newspapers and magazines. I am currently one of the official photographers of the Washington Square Music Festival. (As for my writing, my interests range from evolutionary biology to history and speculative fiction. In high school I was fortunate to have been a prize-winning student of Frank McCourt - the author of "Angela's Ashes" - at New York City's prestigious science and mathematics-oriented Stuyvesant High School. I studied in college with Angela Carter at Brown University, where my classmates included noted American writer Rick Moody.)
You can view more of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/jkwok60/ and here: https://www.flickr.com/people/28566059@N03/
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Experience
freelance photographer
Freelance photographer for Tucson arts organizations 2/91 to 5/96, work published in Tucson newspapers and magazines and Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau guide. More recently for individuals and nonprofit organizations, most notably, Dartmouth Club of New York.
photographer
Washington Square Music Festival
06/2019 – PresentOne of the official photographers of the Washington Square Music Festival.
Awards

Leica Lover

Skilled Photographer

Concert Hero

Popular Content

Street Hero

On Fire

Nifty Fifty

Ultra Fast Glass

High resolution sharer

Fine Art Hero

Nature Hero

Portrait Hero

Black & White Hero

Film Hero

People Hero

Urban Hero

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Journalism Hero

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