EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, Continuing Education, Providence, RI 2010
Certificate in Digital Photography
Scott Kelby’s Adobe Photoshop for Digital Photographers Workshop 2010
New England School of Photography, Boston, MA 2005
Advanced Contemporary Portraiture
Center for Women & Enterprise, Boston, MA 2005
Women’s Business Certification Program
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC 2000
Coursework in black and white photography
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville, NC 2000
Associates Degree, CAD Systems Management Program
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHOTOGRAPHER/ OWNER, Rebecca Skinner Photography, Franklin, MA 2005 – present
Rebecca Skinner Photography provides Portrait Photography and Fine Art Photography.
CAD DRAFTER/ OWNER, Ellipse CAD Solutions, Franklin, MA 2000 – 2009
Ellipse CAD Solutions provided drafting services for engineering consultants, contractors, and architects.
DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN, Cutler Hammer, Asheville, NC 2000
CAD OPERATOR, United Engineering Group, Asheville, NC 1999-2000
CAD OPERATOR/ INTERNSHIP, Square D 1999
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER, Audrey Goforth Photography, Asheville, N.C. 1997-1999
Responsibilities included photographing with medium format camera, lighting of subjects using off camera flash or reflectors, carrying equipment and clerical work such as filing, ordering, masking negatives, putting together wedding albums, and answering phone.
CUSTOM COLOR PRINTER, West Star Photographic, Asheville, N.C. 1998-1999
Responsibilities included custom printing both color and black & white film, running E-6 and C-41 through dip and dunk processors, maintaining processors, shooting internegatives, conversion negatives, and 4x5 duplicates.
DEPARTMENT HEAD/ CUSTOM COLOR PRINTER, J.W. Photo, Raleigh, N.C. 1994-1997
Responsibilities included making the highest quality finished color print possible, sizes ranging from wallets up to 30x40 murals, daily maintenance on RA-4 processor and inventory control.
MANAGER, Instant Replay / Jack Rabbit Photo, Raleigh, N.C. 1992-1994
Responsibilities included opening and closing of store, mixing chemistry, regular maintenance on C-41 processor and Noritzu machines, inventory control, machine printing B+W and color prints up to 11x14, color balancing.
RELATED SKILLS
PHOTOGRAPHY
Expertise in color negative and positive/ slide processes including medium and large format
Familiar with black & white film processes including film development and printing
Comprehensive knowledge of digital camera operation
Extensive experience with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for image development and printing
Extensive experience with ink-jet printing, specifically Epson 3800 & Epson P800
COMPUTER
Extensive knowledge of PC as well as familiarity with Macintosh
Knowledge of the following programs: Lightroom, Photoshop, Silver Efex Pro, ProShow Gold, CAD, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
Experience with Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Unseen, Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, MA - 2017
White.Black.Monochrome, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA - 2017
Small Works Show, Chandler Gallery, Cambridge, MA - 2017
Member Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA - 2017
Iteration, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA - 2017
The Boston Home Decor Show, The Cyclorama, Boston, MA - 2016
The Boston International Fine Art Show, The Cyclorama, Boston, MA - 2016
Divergent Thinking, Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery, Framingham, MA – 2016
Members Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA - 2016
Award of Merit - Stairway
2016 Red Biennial, Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2016
Out of Order, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA – 2016
Small Works Exhibition, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA – 2016
Out of the Woods: Fairy Tales Re-Imagined, Somerville, MA – 2016
22nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2016
Juried Art Exhibition, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA – 2016
Franklin Art Association "Spring Show", The Black Box, Franklin, MA - 2016
First Place - Unaccompanied
Reflections, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA - 2016
Franklin Art Association "Fall Show", Tri-County, Franklin, MA - 2015
First Place - Desolation
Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA – 2015
Connections II, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA – 2015
All Cape Cod, Cape Cod Art Association Exhibit, Barnstable, MA – 2015
Franklin Art Association “Spring Show”, Black Box, Franklin, MA – 2015
Best in Show – Falling Down
The Photographers Show, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2015
Texture, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA – 2014
First Place – Unfinished Business
8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2014
New England Collective V, Galatea Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA – 2014
20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2014
See the Light, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2014
Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA – 2014
All Cape Cod, Cape Cod Art Association Exhibit, Barnstable, MA – 2014
Franklin Art Association “Spring Show”, Dean College, Franklin, MA – 2014
First Place – Tossed
Honorable Mention - Time
Foxboro Art Association “Spring Show”, Foxboro Library, Foxboro, MA – 2014
First Place - Serenity
Wicked, Fountain Street Art Gallery, Framingham, MA – 2014
Winter Wonderland, Photography Center of Cape Cod, S. Yarmouth, MA – 2013
Member’s Exhibit, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA - 2013
Small Works Exhibit, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA – 2013
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow, Norfolk Library, Norfolk, MA – 2013
19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2013
Community of Artists, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA – 2013
What Goes Around, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2013
The National, Cape Cod Art Association Exhibit, Barnstable, MA – 2013
Renewal, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA – 2013
Arts in Bloom, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA – 2013
Flower Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2013
Radius, RISD Alumni Exhibit, Keeseh Studios, Providence, RI – 2013
Secrets, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2013
Snow & Ice, Moose Hill Gallery, Sharon, MA – 2013
Solo Exhibition, Medfield Public Library, Medfield, MA – 2012
Blue, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2012
Landscape/ Seascape Show, Post Road Art Center, Marlborough, MA – 2012
Solo Exhibition, Blue Glass Café, Boston, MA – 2012
On the Threshold, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2012
Grafton Fine Arts & Music Festival, Grafton Cultural Council, Grafton, MA – 2012
Second Place – Tiny Shadows
Off the Wall, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA – 2012
18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2012
All Cape Cod, Cape Cod Art Association Exhibit, Barnstable, MA – 2012
First Place – Quiet Morning
Arts in Bloom, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA – 2012
First Place – Calathea Makoyana
Outwitting History, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2012
The Fine Art of Photography, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA – 2012
Southern Mass. Arts Festival 2012, Mansfield, MA
First Place – The Golden Hour
Second Place – Door to Nothing or Everything
Scratching the Surface, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2012
2011 Members’ Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA – 2011
Juror’s Choice – Rusted Web
A Second Look, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2011
17th Annual Juried Exhibition, Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA – 2011
Juried Portrait Show, Belmont Gallery, Belmont, MA – 2011
Southern Mass. Arts Festival 2011, Mansfield, MA
1st Place – Porthole
2nd Place – Rusted Web
Art Exhibit, Premier Image Gallery, Ashland, MA – 2011
1st Place – Rusted Web
South Shore Arts Festival, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA – 2011
2nd Place – Rusted Web
Rhythm of Nature: Explosion of Rebirth, Moose Hill Gallery, Sharon, MA – 2011
Two Person Show, Guilford Public Library, Guilford, CT – 2011
F2.8 presents “Let the Light In”, Norfolk Library, Norfolk, MA – 2011
Four Person Group Show, Woodshed Gallery, Franklin, MA – 2011
Nature & Her Ways: Two Person Show, Jane’s Frames, Franklin, MA – 2011
No Hearts, No Flowers, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2011
Show of Hearts – Cancer Benefit, Post Road Art Center, Marlborough, MA – 2011
Illuminations Gallery at Mass. General Hospital, Boston, MA – 2011
Northeast Prize Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2011
Grafton Fine Arts & Music Festival, Grafton Cultural Council, Grafton, MA – 2011
2nd Place – Bike
Neighborhoods of Boston Exhibition, Moakley Federal Courthouse, Boston, MA – 2010
Solo Exhibition, Dover Public Library, Dover, MA – 2010
Solo Exhibition, Dick & Jane's General Store, Walpole, MA – 2010
Solo Exhibition, Holliston Public Library, Holliston, MA – 2010
Solo Exhibition, Perks Coffeehouse, Norwood, MA – 2010
Open Art, Competition & Exhibit, Premier Image Gallery, Ashland, MA – 2010
First Place, Other Media – Photography – Thistle
Journeys, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA – 2010
Neighborhoods of Boston, Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA – 2010
Illuminations Gallery at Mass. General Hospital, Boston, MA – 2010
Focus, Cultural Arts Alliance, Hopkinton, MA – 2009
Second Place - Trees
Take a Closer Look, Macro Photography Exhibit, Warwick Library, Warwick, RI – 2009
Summer in the Valley, The Trustees of Reservations, Dover, MA – 2009
Most Outstanding From the Past Photograph in the Professional Class
Earth, Sea and Sky: Approaching Landscape Photography, Rhode Island School of Design Student Exhibit, Cranston Library, Cranston, RI – 2008
Summer in the Valley, The Trustees of Reservations, Dover, MA – 2008
Most Outstanding Scenic Photograph in the Professional Class
Most Outstanding Plant Life Photograph in the Professional Class
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"9 Haunting Photos of Nature Reclaiming Forgotten Structures", article, Upworthy, 2016.
"Franklin Photographer Finds Beauty in the Lost" article, Metrowest Daily News, 2016.
“Photo exhibit at Moose Hill Gallery in Sharon captures winter’s beauty”, article, Metrowest Daily News, 2013.
Interview, Norfolk Cable Access, 2012.
“Arts in the Spotlight”, interview, Mansfield Cable Access, 2012.
"Fine Art, Friends & Frames in Franklin", article, Franklin Local Town Pages, 2011.
"Animals of the Biomes Marine Biology Center", book, Biomes, 2011.
“Illuminations”, calendar, Mass. General Hospital, 2011.
“Members Favorite Places 2009”, book, Stony Brook Camera Club of Wrentham, MA, 2009
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS
Core Artist Member - Fountain Street Fine Art Gallery
Member - Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
Member - Providence Center for Photographic Arts
Member – Griffin Museum of Photography
Member – Stony Brook Camera Club
Member – Franklin Art Association
Member – Cape Cod Art Association
Member - Cambridge Art Association
Member – Hopkinton Center for the Arts
Member – The Attleboro Arts Museum
Member – The Danforth Art Museum
Juror – Blackstone Art Association Photography Exhibit, Uxbridge, MA – 2011
Juror - "Reflections" Photography Exhibit, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA - 2016
Juror/ Curator - "Abandoned, Lost or Forgotten" Photography Exhibit, Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA - 2017