J. Jason Lazarus — Fairbanks, Alaska — lazarus@obscura-works.com
2024 – Current – Assistant Professor of Photography – University of Alaska Fairbanks – Art Department – [List Courses Taught]
2021 – Current – Gallery Director, UAF Art Department
2004 – Current – Computer Systems / Darkroom Lab & Studio / Equipment Manager — University of Alaska Fairbanks – Art & Journalism Departments
2017 – 2024 – Instructor of Photography — University of Alaska Fairbanks – Art, Communication & Journalism Departments – [List Courses Taught]
2005 – 2017 – Adjunct Instructor, Photography — University of Alaska Fairbanks – Art and Journalism Departments & Summer Sessions [List Courses Taught]
Education:
2010-2014: MFA in Photography – Summa Cum Laude – Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Ca.
1998-2003: BA in Journalism – Photojournalism – University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Ak.
Workshops / Short Form Courses Taught:
Understanding your Digital Camera (COJO 040)
Cyanotypes (COJO 040)
Lumen Printing (ART 041)
Van Dyke Brown (JRN 040)
Digital Editing: A Primer (JRN 040)
Bridging the Digital Divide (JRN 043)
Courses Taught:
Mass Media & Culture (COJO 101)
Basic Darkroom Photography (ART 283 / COJO 203)
Basic Digital Photography (ART 284 / COJO 204)
Intermediate Darkroom Photography (ART 397)
Advanced Darkroom Photography (ART / COJO 402)
Advanced Photo Seminar (ART 465/665 / COJO 405/605)
History of Photography (ART / COJO 494/694)
Alternative & Historical Photographic Processes (ART / JRN 495)
Seminar: Handmade Photographs (ART / COJO 492)
Publications & Press:
— 2024 SPE National Member Exhibition – Catalog Cover Art Selection, 2024.
— Seities {THEME:DREAMS}, work featured, Issue 12, Spring 2024.
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art, Issue 40, May 2023.
— Work Featured in: Anderson, Christina Z. The Experimental Darkroom, Contemp. Uses of Traditional B&W Photographic Materials. NY: Routledge, 2022.
— Catalyst: Interviews, work featured, 11.15.2021. – Link to Interview
— Analog Forever Magazine, work featured in “Heart of the Issue”, Summer 2021.
— Surreal Photo Series Developed with the Unusual Mordançage Process, Petapixel, 6.21.2021 – Link to Article
— Alaskans discuss some of the state’s biggest boondoggles, Alaska Insight, Alaska Public Media, 4.2.2021 – Link to Interview
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art, Issue 31, January 2021.
— Top 50 Analog Photographs of 2020 – Analog Forever Magazine – 12.27.2020 – Link to Article
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art, Issue 29, August 2020.
— Preserving the past in Photographs – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – 12.15.2019 – Link to Article
— Seeing Differently at Culture/Identity Photo Conference – KUAC Radio – 9.12.2019 – Link to Article
— At Bathhouse Cultural Center, Photographers use old Techniques in New Ways – D Magazine – 5.21.2019 – Link to Article
— Alternative Lens on Photography – Clarity Magazine – 5.16.2019 – Link to Article #1Link to Article #2
— Fairy Tales & Nuclear Bombs, Lightbox Photographic Juried Exhibition Catalog, October 2017
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art Issue 17, July 2017.
— Exhibit focuses on ghosts of war – Campus Times – University of La Verne, 10.28.2016. – Link to Article
— Remnants, Lightbox Photographic Juried Exhibition Catalog, September 2016.
— The Hand: A Magazine for Reproduction-Based Art Issue 12, April 2016.
— Portfolio Featured in Alternative Photographic Processes: Crafting Handmade Images by Brady Wilks, published by Focal Press. pgs. 186-188. 2015.
— Raising the dead: Photographer aims to catch Alaska mining relics before they fade… Alaska Dispatch News – Link to Article– Link to ADN Video Project – 2015.
— Fairbanks photographer seeks old mines: Abandoned digs hold stories. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AP Story) – Link To Article – 2013.
— Enchantment 2012, Plates to Pixels Juried Exhibition Catalog.
— Fairbanks Concert Association’s “Ovation” – Various Publications, 2007-2011
Affiliations & Service:
Member, Society of Photographic Education (SPE), 2013-Current.
— Chair, Northwest Chapter, SPE, 2018-2022
— Vice Chair, Northwest Chapter, SPE, 2016-2018.
Member, Alaska Photographic Center. 2015-Current.
— Board Member, Social Media Manager, 2020-Current
Member, Fairbanks Arts Association. 2016-Current.
— Visual Art Committee Member, 2017-2020.
— Exhibition Installation Volunteer, 2017-Current.
Member, AlternativePhotography.com 2013-Current.
Organizer, Photography Untapped, Community Photo Group, Fairbanks, Ak. 2016-Current.
Fairbanks Concert Association Event Photographer, 2007-2011.
UAF Staff Advisor for Frozen Lenses Photography Club, 2009-2016.
Portfolio Reviewer, Society of Photographic Education Northwest Conference, Teton National Park, WY., 9/2018
Portfolio Reviewer, Society of Photographic Education Northwest Conference, Corvallis, Wa., 10/2017
Portfolio Reviewer, Society of Photographic Education Northwest Conference, Seattle, Wa., 11/2016
Juror for “Up with Art” Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Fairbanks, Ak. – 2019
Juror for Fairbanks Art Association Portfolio Review, Fairbanks, Ak. – 2016
Juror for Meg Hunt Residency Program, Wrangell Mountains Center, McCarthy, Ak. – 2016
Juror for Illuminate Photography Show, The Venue, Fairbanks, Ak. – 2016
Juror for Peter MacKeith Memorial Photography Contest, UAF, Fairbanks, Ak. – 2011, 2015 & 2019