jay calderon

Current

• Photo Chief at The Desert Sun

Past

• Photojournalist intern at The Burlington Free Press
• Photojournalist intern at The Day

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Connections

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Industry

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Websites

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jay calderon’s Summary

A lifelong photographer, i've been studying and practicing photojournalism and fine art photography for over 20 years with no intention of letting up any time soon.

jay calderon’s Specialties:

I suppose I specialize in environmental photography in the journalism field and my art photography would likely be classified as street photography. Please check out my art photos at: jaycalderon.blogspot.com

jay calderon’s Experience

• Photo Chief

  The Desert Sun

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; gci; Photography industry)

  September 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)

• Photojournalist intern

  The Burlington Free Press

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

  May 1996 — August 1996 (4 months)

• Photojournalist intern

  The Day

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

  May 1995 — August 1995 (4 months)

jay calderon’s Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Bachelors , Journalism , 1993 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  Photographer for The Daily Nebraskan student newspaper.

Additional Information

jay calderon’s Websites:

• My Blog

jay calderon’s Interests:

Technology, basketball, skateboarding,

jay calderon’s Groups:

Texas Photographic Society
Visual Leadership

•    The Content Wrangler Community

jay calderon’s Honors:

GROUP SHOWS
-The Art of Photography Show 2008, San Diego, Calif.
-High and Dry 2008, a photographic exhibit of the people and places of the world's dry lands; Texas Tech University, International Cultural center.
-Palm Springs Art Museum, Artist's Council 38th and 39th Annual National juried Exhibitions. 2006, 2007.
-SOHO Photo Gallery, 2006 National Juried Competition, New York, NY.
- Texas Photographic Society Members Only Show, San Francisco and shown at Photofest, Houston, 2006.
-St. Louis Artists Guild: Photography; Daguerreotypes to digital exhibition, 2006.
-FotoFoto Gallery; 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibiton, Huntington, New York, 2006.

GANNETT AWARDS
-Best of Gannett 2007, Public Service Award for an in depth series about the Salton Sea.
Best of Gannett 2002, 1st place photographer in all of gannett's newspapers in division II, for a selection of photographs.

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