Owner / Photographer, Coogan Photographic "Photography with a Vision"
Phoenix, Arizona Area
- Current
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- Owner / Photographer at Coogan Photographic
- Past
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- Freelance Photo Assistant at Coogan Photographic
- Photo Assistant at Barney Taxel & Co.
- Photographer at The Great Peace March
- Waiter at Pizza Hut
- Delivery at Dalton's FurnIture
- Ride operator at Geauga Lake Park
- Cook / Dishwasher at Ponderosa Steak House
- Paper Boy at Akron Beacon Journal
- Education
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- Kent State University
- Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School
- Davey Junior High
- Walls Elementary School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Photography
- Websites
Dan Coogan’s Summary
• Commercial Photographer in Phoenix, Arizona AZ, specializing in corporate, editorial, fashion, advertising and industrial location photography for business applications.
• I've photographed many people over the past 20+ years for magazines, corporate brochures, annual reports, websites, etc...
Dan Coogan’s Specialties:
• Corporate, editorial, fashion, advertising and industrial location photography
Dan Coogan’s Experience
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Owner / Photographer
Coogan Photographic
(Photography industry)
January 1991 — Present (19 years 2 months)
Phoenix, Arizona AZ photographer Dan Coogan specializes in corporate, editorial, fashion, advertising and industrial location photography for business applications.
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Freelance Photo Assistant
Coogan Photographic
(Photography industry)
September 1990 — June 1995 (4 years 10 months)
Photography is a craft, an apprenticeship... there is much to learn. I assisted many talented photographers in the Phoenix area and around the country during this time period while I built my own client base, shooting smaller jobs, and then larger jobs as I gained experience.
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Photo Assistant
Barney Taxel & Co.
(Photography industry)
October 1987 — September 1990 (3 years )
Full time photo assistant for Barney Taxel, a commercial photographer with a 3000 square foot photo studio in Cleveland, OH.
Jan 1987 to Oct 1987
Previous to working with Barney Taxel, I freelance photo assisted for several photographers in the Cleveland, Ohio area, including Martin Reuben, Tom Pastoric, Rick and Tena Cicigoi at CR Studios, Roger Mastroianni, and Dennis Rolliff. -
Photographer
The Great Peace March
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
March 1986 — November 1986 (9 months)
300+ people walked across the United States... leaving from Los Angeles, CA on March 1st 1986, arriving in Washington DC on Nov. 15th 1986.
I shot about 500 rolls of film, as the quote unquote "official photographer" of the Great Peace March. One of my photos was featured on the book cover written by Franklin Folsom detailing the story of the GPM as well as numerous photos inside.
Even though I was still in college at the time (taking off the 2 semesters to participate in the GPM) and having left my job waiting tables at a Pizza Hut in Kent, OH, I still treated this as a professional job, as if I was a photojournalist, and feel that I became a photojournalist.
I made some beautiful images on the March, and as a result I had an interview with Tom Kennedy, Director of Photography at National Geographic in 1987.
It was an amazing once in a lifetime experience. -
Waiter
Pizza Hut
(Public Company; YUM; Restaurants industry)
January 1983 — February 1986 (3 years 2 months)
Located in Kent, Ohio. This was a fun job, despite the pressures of working in a restaurant, I really enjoyed working at the Hut, I ate pizza a lot and I love pizza.
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Delivery
Dalton's FurnIture
(Furniture industry)
September 1982 — February 1983 (6 months)
Kent, Ohio. Worked with the owner delivering furniture... this was tough, because I'm not exactly built to lift large couches and things of that size.
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Ride operator
Geauga Lake Park
(Entertainment industry)
May 1981 — August 1982 (1 year 4 months)
Summer job 1981 & 1982.
Aurora, Ohio. Operating various rides like the Rock-O-Plane, Bumper Cars, and the Sky Glide at Geauga Lake Amusement Park. Lots of fun. Sea World was on the other side of the lake. -
Cook / Dishwasher
Ponderosa Steak House
(Restaurants industry)
June 1979 — May 1981 (2 years )
Located in Kent, Ohio, this was my first real job, after having a paper route for the Akron Beacon Journal for 3+ years.
I washed dishes for about 6-9 months, then got moved up to Fry Cook and then to the grill and closing the restaurant on a regular basis. -
Paper Boy
Akron Beacon Journal
(Public Company; KRI; Newspapers industry)
1976 — 1979 (3 years )
Large paper route, about 100 homes, I delivered the daily paper to several neighborhoods around the area I lived in.
On Sunday we had more than 200 to deliver, so my mom would drive me and my brothers, who also had routes of their own, to deliver the Sunday papers, it was a big job, we would put together sections on Saturday night.
I also had to collect, going door to door with the punch cards, I didn't enjoy that part of the job as much, but it taught me the importance of keeping current with responsibilities, even at a young age.
Additional Information
Dan Coogan’s Websites:
Dan Coogan’s Interests:
Running, New Wave music
Dan Coogan’s Groups:
http://www.asmp.org/findaphotographer/profile.php?id=21649
http://www.azasmp.org/photogs/Dan_Coogan.html
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Arizona Professional Networkers -
Camera Photography and Business Professionals Worldwide Group - www.CameraWorldNet.com -
Professional Photography -
Phoenix Advertising and Marketing Professionals -
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Kent State University Alumni Association (official group) -
Phoenix Professionals -
Professional Photographers of America -
ASMP: American Society of Media Photographers - National -
Advertising Photographers of America, APA -
AZ Entrepreneurs -
Arizona Advertising Club -
Editorial Photographers -
Arizona Photographers
Dan Coogan’s Education
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Kent State University
Bachelor of Science , Photo-Illustration , 1981 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Photography
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Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School
HIgh School diploma , College Prep. , 1979 — 1981
- Activities and Societies:
- Band, Wrestling team.
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Davey Junior High
College Prep. 1977 — 1979
- Activities and Societies:
- Band, Drama club, wrestling team
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Walls Elementary School
1969 — 1977
- Activities and Societies:
- Playing outside, eating lunch, etc...
Dan Coogan’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
