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Maria Teresa Ponce

Universidad San Francisco de Quito
PO Box17-12-841
Quito, Ecuador
Phone: 2895-723/24/25 ext. 505
email: mariap@usfq.edu.ec

Education

MFA Photography, Video & Related Media (honors), School of Visual Arts.   New York, New York, 2002-2004
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1992-1997

Languages

Language Conservation Writing Reading
Spanish Native Native Native
English Excellent Excellent Excellent

Present Position

2004-present

Coordinator of the Photography Department, School of Communication and Contemporary Art, Universidad San Francisco de Quito,   Ecuador

Professor, School of Communication and Contemporary Art, Universidad San Francisco de Quito,   Ecuador.   Introduction to Photography, Color Photography, Digital Imaging, Communication Photography, Final Project.

Employment Experience

2000-present

Freelance Photographer . Continued practice in documentary photography working for editorials such as Diners Club Magazine, and Dinediciones Publishers. Assignments address cultural and social issues. Commercial architectural photography for architects' portfolios and publications.

2003

Instructor. Miami Museum of Science, Florida. Black and White Photography, iMovies Workshop, Web Page Workshop. 2003

2002
Professor, School of Communication and Contemporary Art, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Introduction to Photography and Architectural Photography.

2001-2002
Professor, Centro de la Imgen Alianza Francesa. Quito, Ecuador. Introduction to Photography and Advanced Workshop. 2001-2002  

Awards

Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, 2004, NY

Alumni Scholarship Award, School of Visual Arts, 2004, NY

Chairman's Honors School of Visual Arts MFA Photography and Related Media Topographical Irregulars Award, 2004, NY

Aaron Siskind Scholarship Award 2003 and 2004, NY

VII Salon Nacional, Concurso Fundacion El Comercio, 2 nd place September 2002, Ecuador

Exhibits

MUDANZAS, Public Video Installation, Sponsored by Queens Museum, August 2004, Queens, New York

National Graduate Seminar Fellows Exhibition , The Photography Institute, Columbia University, June 2004, New York, New York

Video Self-Portraits, The Remote Lounge, April 2004, New York, New York

Cuento Ecuatoriano, Canal Isabell II ,   September 2003, Madrid, Spain

Los Van Van , Salsa Music Festival, Ocho y Medio, July 2002, Quito, Ecuador

SOLIPSISMOS, Galeria Alianza Francesa, July 2002, Quito, Ecuador

FOTOECUADOR II, Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo David Perez,   March 2002,   Guayaquil, Ecuador

Panoptico, Galeria El Nispero, November 2000,   Quito, Ecuador

Publications

Cuento Ecuatoriano , Exhibition Catalogue, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2003

Guayaqui l , Librimundi Ediciones, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2003

Tricolor (Ecuadorian Soccer), edited by Pablo Corral (photographer for National Geographic), Quito, Ecuador,2002

Viva la Fiesta , by Dinediciones, Quito, Ecuador, 2002

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