Vanessa Bahmani’s Profile

"We Are the 99%" Portraits By Vanessa Bahmani: 14Dec; I was compelled to start this project in the beginning weeks of the Occupy Wall Street movement because of the negative media perception that the protesters were only a bunch of crazy hippies. Through this project I have photographed hundreds of men and women in uniform, students, teachers, veterans, pilots, families, children, and even wall street employees, and members of the 1% that seek change for our country. I simply set-up a photo booth on-site, hand people a dry-eraser...; Tags: Art, Arts, Children, Civil Rights, Documentary, Family, Hope, Human Rights, New York City, and Oakland, CA, Occupy Wall Street, Photography, Protests, Revolution, School/College, Workers' Rights, Youth

Vanessa Bahmani is an Artist and Photographer born in Guatemala City and raised in Berkeley, CA. She has a B.A degree in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley, and an MFA degree in Photography from School of Visual Arts in NYC. Vanessa is a Photography educator at Nassau Community College, she exhibits her work regularly, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

VANESSA BAHMANI

Ph. 718.613.9714 | vanessa@vanessabahmani.com | www.VanessaBahmani.com

EDUCATION

School of Visual Arts

MFA Photography, Video & Related Digital Media May 2009

University of California, Berkeley

BA Ethnic Studies May 2003

AWARDS, EXHIBITS & PUBLICATIONS

CURATE NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, NY, NY Dec. 2011-Dec. 2011
Solo Show, Museum of Southern Food & Beverage, July 2011-Oct. 2011
New Orleans, LA
MLB.com, Contributing Freelance Photographer April 2011-Present
Gothamist.com, Contributing Freelance Photographer Oct. 2010-Jan. 2011
Manhattan Cocktail Classic Ramscale Gallery, NY, NY May 2010
Hot Stepz Magazine, Contributing Freelance Photographer May 2009-Sept. 2010
Orlando Weekly Dining Section, Contributing Photographer Dec. 2009-Aug. 2010
Drink Me Magazine, Contributing Freelance Photographer Aug. 2009-Dec. 2009
ISE Cultural Foundation SoHo Gallery, NY, NY July 2009-Aug. 2009
2009 NY Photo Festival Semi Finalist May 2009
Group show Powerhouse Books Arena, Brooklyn, NY May 2008-July 2008
2008 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semi Finalist May 2008