DON GUREWITZ
51 BERKELEY STREET
SOMERVILLE, MA 02143
TEL.: (617) 666-9668
e-mail: dgurewitz@juno.com
www.dongurewitzphotography.com
PHOTOGRAPHY
Awards
2009 Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. Finalist.
2009 International Aperture Awards. Five images awarded Bronze and Silver awards.
International Photography Awards (“Lucies”). 2009. Honorable Mention for three
5-image photo essays in “People” category, and one image in “Architecture”. 1998. Six
Honorable Mention images. 1997. One Honorable Mention.
International Color Awards. 2008 Third Photography Masters Cup. Nominee with four
images in professional category Photojournalism. 2007 Second Photography Masters Cup.
Nominee with five images in professional categories: Architecture, People, Photojournalism.
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris. 2007. Judges’ “Honorable Mention”. “Peoples’
Choice” overall 1st place in “Fine Arts”, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd in “People”, Travel”, and
“Culture” subcategories of “Fine Arts” and “Photojournalism.
Second International Internet Art Competition. Sponsored by Art Periscope.com.
2007. First prize.
US-ASEAN Film and Photography Festival. 2006 Special Award winner for
work in Southeast Asia. 2003 Award recipient, “Southeast Asia Portfolio”;
award nominee, “Photo Essay”, “Single Image”.
Photo Media (Magazine) “World in Focus: Raising Environmental and Cultural
Awareness Through Photography”. 2003. Runner-up in “Indigenous Cultures”.
American Photo (magazine). Fifth American Photo Readers Contest. 1998.
Runner-up in "Landscape/Nature" and Runner-up in "Photojournalism.
Photographic (magazine). Fuji Film "New Ways of Seeing Things Outdoors."
May, 1996. Second prize.
Popular Photography (magazine). "Sunset Photo Contest." October, 1995.
Honorable Mention.
Today's Photographer (magazine). Photo of the Month. May, 1995. First prize.
Black River Publishing. "1995 Outdoor Grandeur Photo Contest." Runner-up.
Boston Globe. "1994 Photo Contest." Second Prize.
Exhibits
2010. Worldwide Photography Gala Exhibit. Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
Six images in international photography exhibit.
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Exhibits (cont’d)
2009-2010. Hannah Bacol Busch Gallery. Houston, TX. “Man, Woman and Child”. Six month
8-artist African themed fine art photography and sculpture.
2009. Sasaki (Architecture) Associates Exhibit Space. “Images of Our World”.
Watertown, MA. Two month solo show.
2009. Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Arts Center. “Myanmar: A Look at Traditional
Life in Burma”. Three month solo show.
2008. Old Schwamb Mill Gallery. Arlington, MA. “Three Somerville Photographers”.
One month exhibit.
2008. Firehouse Center for the Arts. Newburyport, MA. “Images of Our World”.
One month solo show.
2008. BECA Galery. New Orleans, LA. “Four”. Three month four artist show.
2008. Gallery at 38 Cameron. Cambridge, MA. Two month four artist exhibit.
2008. Center for Fine Art Photography. Fort Collins, CO. “Planes, Trains and
Automobiles”. International group show. One acceptance.
2007. Danforth Museum of Art. Framingham, MA. “New England Photographers
Biennial Exhibition”. One acceptance.
2007. Gaude Mater Gallery. Czestchowa, Poland. “Second International Internet
Art Competition”. Three pieces included in the exhibit.
2007. Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Arts Center. “Mustang: The Lost Tibetan
Kingdom”. One month solo show.
2007. The Gallery at 38 Cameron. Cambridge, MA. Two month group show.
2007. Arsenal Center for the Arts. Watertown, MA. “Laugh: The Art of Humor”.
Group show. Two acceptances.
2007. Micro Museum. Brooklyn, NY. “Spectrum: The Chakra Element. Yellow.”
Group show. One acceptance.
2007. “DIA Invitational Exhibit” at Denver International Airport sponsored by the
Center for Fine Art Photography. International group show. One acceptance.
2007. Asian Fusion Gallery. New York, NY. “Essence of Asia: Eastern Influence on
Western Art”. International group show. One acceptance.
2007. Arsenal Center for the Arts. Watertown, MA. “Laugh: The Art of Humor”.
Group show. Two acceptances.
2007. Rendezvous Restaurant. Cambridge, MA. Three month solo show.
2007. Red Oak Winery. Middleton, MA. “Photographs from Italy”. Long term solo
show opened in 2006.
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Exhibits (cont’d)
2006. US-ASEAN Film and Photography Festival at the National Geographic Society
in Washington, DC. Featured Guest Photographer.
2006. The Center for the Arts in Natick (MA). Two month two-photographer show,
“Portraits of Our World: Photographs from the Four Corners of the Globe”.
2006. Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. New York, NY. Six month solo show,
“Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom”.
2006. Agora Gallery. New York, NY. One month group show, “Chelsea International
Fine Art Competition Collective Exhibition”. Four acceptances.
2006. 1st Stock Gallery. Deerfield, NH. Four month solo show, “Burma Rediscovered”.
2006. Eclipse Gallery. Boston, MA. One month solo show, “Images of Our World.”
2006. Gallery 181. Lawrence, MA. Two month group show, “Art on the Wall”. Three
acceptances.
2006. Boston College Center for International Studies. Permanent solo show since 2001.
2006. Barnes & Noble Bookstore. McLean, VA. “Tales from the Far East: Images from
Southeast Asia.” Visuals for special one week children’s program.
2006. Campo di Fiori Restaurant. Boston, MA location. Three month solo show. 2004.
Weston, MA location. Two three month solo shows.
2005. The Rotunda of Union Station, Washington, DC. “Portrait of Indonesia”
sponsored by The Embassy of Indonesia. One month four-photographer show to
celebrate 60 years of Indonesian independence. Twenty prints.
2005. Panopticon Gallery. Waltham, MA. Six week nine-photographer show,
“Cuba: There is Light and Shadow/Hay Luz y Sombra”. Eight prints.
2005. Mariposa Museum. Peterborough, NH. “Images of Indonesia”. One month
solo show.
2004. The Gallery at 38 Cameron. Cambridge, MA. Two month, five-artist
show.
2004. Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Arts Center. Two month two-photographer
show, “Nepal: Two Views”.
2004. The Gallery at University Lutheran Church. Harvard University. Two
month solo show. Selection of international work.
2003-2004. Asor Gallery. Roslindale, MA. Three month solo show.
2003. The Gallery at 38 Cameron Events Venue. Cambridge, MA. Three
month solo show.
2003. Griffin Museum of Photography. Winchester, MA. Tenth Juried Exhibition.
One acceptance.
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Exhibits (cont’d)
2003. Griffin Museum of Photography. “Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom”.
Three month solo show.
2003. Brookline (MA) Arts Center. “Images of India” . One month solo show.
2003. Coldwell Banker Real Estate Offices Galleries (Cambridge and Somerville, MA).
Two month solo show in each gallery.
2003. Harvard University’s Holyoke Center Exhibit Space. One month solo show.
2003. WGBH public TV/radio. Atrium Gallery. One and a half month solo show.
2003. Eclipse Gallery. Newbury St., Boston. One month solo show.
2002-2003. Bodhi Café. Newbury St., Boston. Long-term rotating solo show.
2002. Corners Picture Framing. Cambridge, MA. One month solo show.
2002. Nichols College. Worcester, MA. Six week solo show.
2002. Trident Booksellers and Café. Newbury St., Boston. Three month solo show.
2002. Coco’s Salon and Gallery. Newbury St., Boston. Four month solo show.
2002. Mars Hill College, Asheville, NC. “At Home: Images of Traditional
Communities”. Two month solo show.
2002. Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Arts Center. “West Africa: A Glimpse at
Traditional Life in Mali”. One and a half month solo show.
2002. Club Passim (Cambridge, MA). One and a half month two-photographer
show.
2001. Gallery ISO (Boston, MA) in the studio of photographer Lou Jones.
“Rhythms and Rituals” and “Manmade”. Two month solo companion shows.
2001. Newton (MA) Free Library. One month solo show.
2001. Harvard University’s Holyoke Center Exhibit Space. Two month solo show.
2001. Arlington (MA) Center for the Arts. Juried Exhibit “Body Conscious”.
One acceptance.
2001. Stephan Coiffeur. Newbury St., Boston. Three month solo show.
2001. Cambridge (MA) Art Association. Juried Exhibit “Red”. One acceptance.
2000. Massachusetts Cultural Council. Boston, MA. Two month solo show.
2000. Blackburn College. Carlinville, IL. Two month solo show.
2000. Babel Records World Music Store. Cambridge, MA. One month solo show.
2000. Asian American Bank and Trust. Boston, MA. Selection of Asian work.
Two month solo show.
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Exhibits (cont’d)
1999. Borders-Books-Music-Café, Boston, MA. Three month solo show.
1999. Crystal Art Gallery, Boston, MA. One month show. Four pieces included
in "Orchestra of Art”, a multi-medium show presenting the works of several artists.
1998. Gallery 57. City of Cambridge (MA) Arts Council. “Observations and
Revelations: Travel Photography as Documentary Art." One month solo show.
1998. The Gallery at Zona Photographic Labs. Cambridge, MA. "Images of Our
World: The Eye of A Traveler.” One month solo show.
1997. "Art of Photography" Exhibit. Armory Art Center. West Palm Beach, FL.
One acceptance.
1996. California Poppy Festival Wildflower Photo Exhibit. Two acceptances.
1996. Gordon Parks Photography Competition Finalists' Exhibition. Fort Scott (KS)
Community College. Two acceptances.
1996. Westchester (NY) International Color Slide Exhibit. Four acceptances.
1995. Northern Counties (Great Britain) 16th International Transparency Exhibit.
One acceptance.
Publications
Shutterbug (magazine). May, 2003. Feature article and images.
Photo Life (magazine). November, 2002. Feature article and images.
Photographers' Forum magazine’s Best of Photography Annual, 1999 (book). One
acceptance. 1998. One acceptance. 1997. One acceptance. 1996. One acceptance.
1995. One acceptance.
Graphis magazine’s Amateur Photography I (book). 1998. Four acceptances.
Commercial
Revolução Nicaragüense. Editora da Unesp (São Paulo, Brazil). 2006. Cover photo.
Building Green. Lark Books, a division of Sterling Publishing. 2006. Fifty international
images.
Cambridge Affordable Housing Trust brochure. 2006 report.
TCS Expeditions “Great Faiths” and “History’s Lost Cities” excursion brochures. 2006.
Annual Cambridge (MA) River Festival. 2006 and 2001. Cambridge Arts Council. Official
Photographer. Various Arts Council and City publications and web pages.
Prealgebra. Houghton Mifflin text book. 2004. Cover photo.
The Good House Book: A Common-Sense Guide to Alternative Homebuilding. Lark
Books. 2004. Seventy international images. Cover photo.
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Elements of Design. Lark Books. 2004. Three images.
Graphique de France publishers. 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 wall calendars, mini
calendars, and poster: “Tuscany”. One image each. 2002 wall calendars: “Cuba” and”
China”. One image each.
Boston College Center for International Partnerships and Programs 2003-2004 and 20042005 Catalogues. Four cover photos.
Let’s Go Travel Guide Books. Website: all travel photos. 2002-2005.
In the Vortex of the Cyclone: Selected Poems by Excilia Saldaña. University Press
of Florida. 2002. Frontispiece photo.
Eastern Mountain Sports. February, 1998. "See the World Sale" brochure. One
photo.
Nikon calendar. 1998. April photo.
Outdoor Grandeur Calendar. 1995. July photo. Black River Publishing.
Solidarity (United Auto Workers magazine). Sept., 1995. "Hot Days in DC."
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Charities
2009. Culture and Caring. Benefit for the Jimmy Fund Clinic. One framed Iris
print. Liberty Hotel (Boston, MA). 2007. One framed Iris print
2009. Brattle Theatre. Cambridge, MA. “Art House”. Fundraiser for theatre
preservation. Two prints. 2008. Six prints. 2007. Four prints.
Primary Source. “Gala for Global Education”. Charles Hotel (Cambridge, MA).
One framed Iris print.
2008. Fenway Community Health. “The Mens Event”. Copley Mariot Hotel (Boston, MA)
Fundraiser for community health center. One framed Iris print.
2007. Mindscapes. Benefit for Mass. General Hospital Dept. of Psychiatry at the
Intercontinental Hotel. One framed Iris print.
2007. Boston Night to Save Darfur at the Royal Sonesta Hotel. Four framed Iris prints.
Seasons of Hope Calendar to benefit the Boston Living Center’s wellness
programs for people living with HIV/AIDS. One image.
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004. WGBH Public Television Annual Two Collection
Juried On-Air Auction. One framed Iris print each year.
2005. In Search of CMAC. Fundraiser for Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Art Center.
One print.
2005. LifeSavor. Benefit for Community Servings, greater Boston meal program
for people with AIDS. One print.
2004. Room to Read. Benefit for educational projects in South and Southeast Asia.
New York City. One acceptance. 2003. Pilot House, Lewis Wharf, Boston. Two
prints.
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Charities (Cont’d)
2001. Oscar Night 2001. Benefit for Positive Directions AIDS program. At
The Big Easy. Three acceptances. Oscar Night 2000. At Park Plaza Hotel,
Boston, MA. Eleven acceptances.
1999. Great Gatsby Silent Auction. Benefit for YWCA of Cambridge Hinge for Hope
program. Held at home of Boston Channel 5 TV newscaster Susan Wornick. Six
acceptances. 1998. Grand Opening Art Sale at University Park Hotel at MIT,
Cambridge, MA, to benefit the YWCA Hinge for Hope program. Two acceptances.
1999. Fine Art Exhibition and Fund Raising Event for the Perkins School for the Blind.
Held at The Museum Towers Condominiums, Cambridge, MA, and at Crystal Art
Gallery, Boston. Four acceptances.
1998. For the Love of Life: Making Dreams Come True for People with AIDS. Gallery
Of Dreams, Second Annual Fall Auction. Held at the World Trade Center, Boston.
Four acceptances.
Miscellaneous
Don’s photographs are held in numerous corporate, institutional, and private collections.
WBAI radio (NY) “Arts Magazine”. Two-part interview November 14 and 21, 2006.
Shutterbug Magazine Internet Radio. Interviewed on September 2, 2006 show.
Boston (MA) Photography Center. Juror for 2006 Juried Photography Exhibit.
Brookline (MA) Arts Center. Moderator for November 2003 Photography Salon.
Stebbins Gallery (Cambridge, MA). Juror for 2003 Annual Juried Photography Exhibit.
"Los Caminos del Espanol". Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications
cable TV program. Slides used for segment on Cuba. April 7, 1995.
Slide Lectures
Hundreds of slide lectures on travel, political and photographic subjects given in the Boston
area and throughout the U.S. All presentations based on personal travel, observation, study,
and research. Some examples:
March, 2010. “A Trek to the Tibetan Kingdom of Mustang”. Boston (MA) Public Library.
February, 2010. “A Look at Islamic Cultures Around the World”. Quincy (MA) Public Library.
May, 2008. “Myanmar: A Glimpse of Traditional Life in Burma” Harvard Travelers Club.
September, 2006. “Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom”. Marchais Museum of Tibetan
Art (New York, NY). In conjunction with 6 month solo show.
September, 2006. “Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom”. South Shore (MA)
Camera Club.
July 2006, July 2004, and July 2003. “Photography, Travel, English”. New England School
of English.
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Slide Lectures (cont’d)
June, 2006. “Burma Rediscovered”. 1st Stock Art Gallery. Deerfield, NH. In conjunction
With 3 month solo show.
May, 2006. “Documentary Fine Art Photography.” Boston Photography Center.
November, 2003. “Surviving as a Fine Art Photographer”. New England School of Photography
annual student assembly.
October, 2003. “Mustang: The Lost Tibetan Kingdom”. Griffin Museum of Photography.
In conjunction with 3 month solo show.
April, 2003. Fuller Middle School (Framingham, MA). “Ancient Civilizations”. Assembly
of 6th grade classes. March, 2003. “Islamic Cultures Around the World”. Assembly of 7 th
and 8th grade classes. February, 2002. “Mali”. 7 th grade class.
July and May, 2002. Cambridge (MA) Multicultural Arts Center. “A Trek Through
Dogon Country in Mali”. In conjunction with one and a half month solo show.
March, 2003. Shady Hill School (Cambridge, MA). “Islamic Cultures Around the World”.
Assembly of 5th and 6th grade classes. “India”. Assembly of 7th and 8th grade classes.
October, 2002. Nichols College (Dudley, MA). Fall term guest lecture. “Another
View of Globalization: A Look at Traditional Societies.” March, 2002; February, 2000;
November, 1998. "India Today". World Literature class.
April, 2002. Blackburn College. Carlinville, Illinois. “Vietnam Today” and “An
Unexpected Celebration in Bali, Indonesia”. October, 2000. “Images of Our World:
A Documentary Travel Photographer Looks at Other Realities”.
February, 2002. Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC. “At Home: Images of Traditional
Communities”. Presentation as “Dreams to Deeds” program guest artist. November,
1999. Three classes: “Traditional Life in Mali”.
January, 2002. Carleton-Willard Village retirement community, Bedford, MA.
“Amazing Turkey”. August, 2001, “Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands”. July, 2001,
“Sicily: The Mediterranean Melting Pot”. February, 2001, “Intimate Italy”. December,
2000, “Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos”. September, 2000, “A Trek to the Kingdom
of Mustang”. July, 2000, “Vietnam Today”. April, 2000, “Indonesia”. February, 2000,
“Egypt and Jordan”. November, 1999, “West Africa”. September, 1999, “China
Today”. May, 1999, “A Taste of India.” Similar ongoing lecture programs at 16 other
New England senior and assisted living communities.
December, 2001. Newton North High School (MA) special assembly. “Muslim Cultures
Around the Globe”. May, 1999. “Vietnam Today” for the New Start Program at Newton
North.
November, 2000. “A Trek to the Himalayan Land of Mustang”. Sponsored by the
Ambassador of Nepal and U.S. Representative from California Tom Lantos. Rayburn
Office Bldg., Washington, DC.
October, 2000. Harvard Travelers Club, Boston, MA. “A Trek to the Himalayan
Kingdom of Mustang”. October, 1999, “Images of China: Forbidden City to Lhasa”.
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Slide Lectures (cont’d)
October, 2000. Cambridge (MA) Arts Council. “A Trek to the Tibetan Kingdom
of Mustang”. October, 1998, "Observations and Revelations: Travel Photography
as Documentary Art" (in conjunction with solo exhibit in the city's Gallery 57).
September, 1999. Borders Bookstore, Boston, MA. “West Africa: Traditional Life in
Mali”.
October, 1998. Boston Camera Club of professional, semiprofessional and amateur
photographers. “Bali and Java”.
Fall, 1995. Five lecture series. City of Newton (MA) Community Education Program:
"Bali and Indonesia." "Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand." "East
Africa and South Africa." "Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands." "India and Nepal."
April, 1995. Weekly meeting of the Retired Persons Association at the Boston Center
for Adult Education. "Cuba Today".
November, 1994. Fourth and Fifth Grade classes of bilingual students at the Hurley Public
School in Boston. "Latin America--From Argentina to the Caribbean".
November, 1994. Boston, MA, World Affairs Council Teacher Development Seminar.
"Teaching About Cuba."
Thirty-one campuses New England slide lecture tour "Eyewitness Report: Cuba Today.”
TRAVEL
Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China incl. Hong Kong and Tibet, India, Indonesia incl. Bali and Java, Japan,
Laos, Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), Myanmar (Burma), Nepal incl. the Tibetan Kingdom of Mustang,
Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam; New Zealand, Tahiti; Ghana, Kenya, Mali, South Africa,
Tanzania incl. Zanzíbar, Zimbabwe; Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Turkey; France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece,
Holland, Italy incl. Sicily, Spain, Switzerland; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador incl. the Galápagos
Islands, El Salvador, Grenada, México, Nicaragua, Perú, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands; U.S. and
Canadian parks and wilderness areas.
WORK
1995-present. Freelance photographer.
1980-2001. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. Lynn, MA. Machinist.
1990 and 1993. NORTHWEST AIRLINES. East Boston, MA. Ramp service.
1979. CONRAIL. Allston, MA. Track repair.
CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION. Cambridge, MA. Registrar.
EDUCATION
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY. Cleveland, Ohio. B.A. Latin American History.
Dean’s List.
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Spanish language proficiency.
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Political and trade union activist. Member of International Union of Electrical Workers Local 201.
Extensive activities since 1963--including as a national organizer--in the southern civil rights and
Boston school desegregation movements, the anti-Vietnam war movement, the immigrant rights
and anti-nuclear movements, the Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Cuba solidarity movements, and
numerous strike support efforts.
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