Rodrigo Jardón

Mexico

Juan Rodrigo Jardón Galeana

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Country of residence: México
• P.O.: 04350
• Mobile: (5255) 5535501268
• E-mail: jardosia@hotmail.com
• Birth date: 20/09/1987
• Place of birth: Mexico
• Sex: M
• Marital status: Single


PROFESSIONAL GOAL
My personal goal is to continue my work as a documental photographer in some agency or freelance worker for different media. In order to do this successfully, I require continuing an academic career that lets me acquire technical perfection and better social analysis capabilities.

ACADEMIC FORMATION
University Communication Degree.
Area: Journalism.
Specialty: Audiovisual Production.
National Autonomous University of Mexico. México.
Finished in February 2011.
School note: 8,7.
Thesis: Sour Soul: Trying to make a living out of Rock and Roll. Images of an independent tour.

My thesis is a photo essay about the tour of the Mexican rock and roll band called Sour Soul, during two months trough the United States of America in 2009, and shows the changes of the individuals on the road.

OTHER LANGUAGES
Spanish (First language)
English
Written: High. Spoken: High. Translation: Medium. Technical: High.
I have the possession certificate of English language by the CELE (Foreign Language Teaching Center) of the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) in 2010, valid until 2015.

SOFTWARE
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe Premiere CS4
Adobe Lightroom V. 3

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
•Photographer
Human Heritage (September 2008 - October 2008).
Sector: Culture and art.
Working area: Official photographer for Human Heritage in TAFISA´s TREX-GAMES, Pusan, South Korea, from September 26th to October 2nd 2008.
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Country: South Korea.

•Photographer
NRM COMUNICACIONES (July 2009 – Present).
Sector: Audiovisual Production.
Working area: Official photographer for the concerts organized for the Radio station 89.7 FM of NRM communications group in Mexico´s Sports Palace and “Carpa Neumática” forums, with more than 50 international artists.
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Country: Mexico.

•Photographer
ACHE PRODUCCIONES (November 2007 - November 2010).
Sector: Medios de Comunicación.
Working area: Concert photographer managed by ACHE PRODUCCIONES for brands such as Grupo Modelo, Tequila Azul and Tequila Cuervo.
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Country: Mexico.

•Journalist / Photographer
Red Bull Panamérika (December 2010 - Present).
Sector: Culture and art.
Working area: Photographer and video clip and arts critic, for the website sponsored by Red Bull.
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Country: Mexico.

• Documentary filmmaker assistant
Cáritas-CHIMAC A.C. (January 2006 - November 2007).
Sector: Culture and art.
Working area: Diverse activities in CÁRITAS Hermanos Indígenas y Migrantes Asociación Civil (Indigenous and Immigrant brothers, NGO) such as assistant for German filmmaker Gernot Schley in Mexico from January 20th to 28th 2006, curator for the exhibition "INDÍGENAOUS IN THE CITY" (Oct 12th-14th 2007) in Mexico City in the 8th annual week of the Immigrant, photographer for conferences and workshops and design of working materials.
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Country: Mexico.

•Photographer
UNE INTERNACIONAL (March 2010 - April 2010).
Sector: non-governmental organization (NGO)
Working area: Documental photographer.
Working area: Photographs of the Sahrawi people, living in the Western Sahara refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria.
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Country: Algeria.

• Photographer-Documentary filmmaker
Sour Soul (Music group) (March 2009 - March 2009).
Sector: Culture and art.
Working area: Participation as official photographer-documentary filmmaker during the recordings of the re-edition of the album "Liquid Sky Divers" with the music group SOUR SOUL in SONIC RANCH STUDIOS, Tornillo, Texas.
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Country: U.S.A.

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