Andrew J. Tonn

Mobile: 614-406-2644
www.andrewtonnphoto.com
andrewtonnphoto@yahoo.com

EDUCATION

1999
M.A. in Creative Writing/Fiction
Thesis: A Novel, The Dead Travel Fast
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

1991
B.A. in English Literature, minor courses of study in History and Anthropology
Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina

Foreign Study: Swedish For Immigrants (SFI), Komvux, Lund; Escuela Sakribal, Xelaju, Guatemala; Harlaxton College, Grantham, England; Cambridge University, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England; Centre des Etudes Linguistic et Culturel, Paris, France.

EXPERIENCE

Media Director

2006–2010
S.A.R.A. (Sharing America’s Resources Abroad), Ohio/El Salvador/Ukraine: Media Director for an Ohio-based, multi-national, medical and humanitarian relief organization. Responsibilities include website, networking and new-media design and content, photo-essays, print literature, traveling photo exhibits and informational and documentary films directed towards fundraising and awareness • Filmed and edited The Children of the Mangroves: News From El Salvador, a feature-length documentary on child labor issues in El Salvador • Shot, edited and produced the documentary film series Faces of Transcarpathia: S.A.R.A. in the Ukraine. Elected to S.A.R.A. Board of Directors, 2010.

Select Freelance Photography/Writing/Film Clients

2004–2009
Film I Skåne/Cine Skåne, Ystad, Sweden: Filmed and produced a series of seven short, web-based films and photo essays on independent cinemas in southern Sweden • Lund University: English language editor • Wired Magazine • APC Magazine • Minority Rights International • Graphic Publications and The Wooster Weekly News, Ohio: freelanced regular photos and articles for two years • Photographed various commercial, portrait and documentary jobs • Continued working with Central America Medical Outreach and other organizations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico • Shot a photo essay on New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina.

2002–2003
Wayne Center For the Arts, Wooster, Ohio, Photography Instructor
Taught manual camera and black and white darkroom work to teens and adults.

2001–2002
Central American Medical Outreach, Honduras, Documentary Director
Documented medical programs and relief work in a seven-month series of weekly web articles and photos for a medical relief organization. Produced a short video and comprehensive photo essay on life in Honduran Western Highlands. Covered the 2001 Maduro/Ponce Honduran presidential campaign.

2001–2002
Casa de la Cultura, Santa Rosa de Copan, Honduras, Photography Instructor
Taught adult photography classes in Spanish, instructed students in the technical aspects of camera use, photographic composition and darkroom and digital printing techniques.

1999–2001
The Daily Record, Wooster, Ohio, Staff Writer
The Daily Record Orrville Bureau Chief 2000–2001. Staff Writer for daily newspaper
Covered local, regional, national and international news and features, police and fire, community events, government, school board, arts and entertainment. Provided photographic coverage for articles and a weekly column on photography and technology issues. Took vacation time and went to Honduras to write a five-part series on a medical relief organization.

Wayne County Schools, Ohio, Substitute Teacher for grades 3–12

Other: South American Explorer’s Club, Red Cross Disaster Relief trained, Varsity Saber Team Captain, Eagle Scout with two palms, PADI Open Water SCUBA certified, Features Editor College Newspaper, experienced black and white darkroom printer, familiar with Macintosh and Windows, video editing, word processing, page layout, Photoshop, Nikon and Leica film and digital systems and Nikonos underwater cameras.