CURRICULUM VITAE
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Usman Javaid
02-10-1980
Pakistani
00923214450964
usmandf@gmail.com
usmanjvd@hotmail.com
Photographer, Digital Artist, Retoucher
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
(1997-1999)
Intermediate & Secondary Education.(Lahore, Pakistan)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
(2000)
Diploma and Certificate Courses (Photography)
& Advance Techniques ( IBACC )
Short courses in Graphic Designing. (IBACC)
Total Years of Experience: 9 years
COMPUTING SKILLS
Proficient in Mac & IBM
Have Excellent command on Adobe Photoshop ,Adobe illustrator,
Freehand, All Latest Versions
EXPERIENCE:(2001 to date)
Digital Fotoz. (Lahore, Pakistan)
Presently working as a SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER / STUDIO
MANAGER / IMAGE EDITOR
My job responsibilities: Conceptualization to Finalization of the job,
Creative Concept, Image remaking & editing. I have also done thematic fashion
photography, cultural photography, and captured the ancient archeology of Pakistan.
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Major Clients / Major Brands:
Pearl Continental Hotels and Marriott Hotels Lahore, Gwadar
JWT Lahore (a well known multinational company)
Bata Shoes Pakistan
Gourmet bakery products Walls ice cream, Yummy ice cream, Bahria Town (the
larger real estate developers), Eden housing pvt.ltd
DHA (Defense Housing Authority), Haier home appliance, Models portfolios,
Samsung, State Life. Motorola Wapda, CBR (Central Board of Revenue), Excise
Departments Govt of Punjab,
Landscape photography Theme photography for rehabilitation program of Earth
quake victims, Grain Ata (floor mill)
Shoot for leather jackets, chaps, caps, gloves for New York, Shoot for TV
Dramas, commercials, Product photography,
FREE LANCE PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ali Akbar Group, Bank Alflah, Fashion shoots, China Centre, DG cement,
Season Canola Oil, Mecca cola
Omega, United Nation (UNO), Agriculture, LDA, Education, Health, Livestock,
Environment, Irrigation,
Worked for the catalog and flyers a famous brand of New York (First Racing)
Leather Garments, jackets, chaps, gloves, skirts, etc.
Job responsibilities are same as above.
Worked for Face on, G&G, Libas, IQ, Brides & u, FAQ, Fashion Magazine.
Worked for many production houses for there Tv commercials.
Worked for JWT, Mpl, Orient McCain
Upcoming Exhibition :
Looking Forward..
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DESCRIPTION
Photography is a medium which helps one see what the human
eye usually ignores. Capturing the images of day-to-day life and
the essence of human vulnerability has always been a subject
close to my heart. My work has always been focused on the
activities of mankind, which does not hold any great importance
but is the true reflection of one’s soul. I have always been prone
to capture images of rural life while living in an urban setting.
Away from the horrors of the mechanical life of a city the
images of rural life helped me develop a connection with my
roots. It always made me feel connected to the soil that is
enriched with cultural values and its heritage.
STATEMENT
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I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE FIELD OF PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE LAST NINE YEARS,
WITH DIFFERENT BRANDS AND COMPANIES AND HAVE GAINED SOME VALUEABLE
EXPERINCE. IN MY OPINION ITS HIGH TIME TO MOVE AHEAD AND LEARN SOME
NEW THINGS IN ART LIFE AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE KEY MOTIVE TO MY CHOICE
FOR THE FIELD OF ART IS SURELY GOING TO BE PHOTOGRAPHY AS THAT’S WHAT I
AM PASSIONATE ABOUT. THE REASON FOR MAKING THIS CHOICE IS THAT
EXPLORING A DIFFERENT CONTINENT OTHER THEN MINE CAN SURELY HELP ME
BROADER MY VISION. SECONDL AS I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN SHOOTING RURAL
LIFE (FALLS IN THE SAME CATEGORY ANOTHER REASON FOE CHOOSING FIELD IS
THAT THERE CULTURE AND HERITAGE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT TO THAT OF OURS.
MY MAIN FOCUS WOULD BE ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE
I CAN HAVE WITH THE ARTISTS OVER WORD. SHARING MY PORFOLIO AND IMAGES
FROM THE RURAL LIFE OF PAKISTAN CAN HELP THEM SEE A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
FROM THE ONE THEY SEE THROUGH BBC,CNN & NETGEO INTERACTION WITH
ARTISTS AND COMMON MAN, SEEING AND BELIEVEING IN THEIR VALUES AND
TRANSMITTING THE ONE I WILL CARRY ALONG IS WHAT I AM INTENDING TO DO.
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