About Steve Goodman
Sunday, December 27th, 2009About
Steve Goodman is an American ex-pat living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and he has been a photographer since the age of ten.
Steve holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Philosophy and English Literature.
Steve worked for twenty years as a successful software and Internet company executive, but has lived, traveled and photographed extensively in Southeast Asia since 2002 and has lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia since 2005.
Please visit his blog at www.mythicaldude.typepad.com, his photoblog at www.mythicaldude.net and his website at www.stevegoodman.com.
His professional profile on Lightstalkers is at http://www.lightstalkers.org/steve_goodman/
Steve has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Nepal and India.
Steve’s photographs fall into a variety of categories: portraits, street photography, social documentary, photojournalism, urban landscape, portraits and fine art, as well as editorial, advertising and commercial work.
BACKGROUND & PROFILE:
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American Photographer – Living in Phnom Penh since 2005 – Traveling in Southeast Asia since 2002.
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Photographer since the age of ten – Professional photographer since 2004.
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Using only professional-grade equipment – Nikon digital cameras and lenses – Photo studio in Phnom Penh.
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Many prestigious satisfied and repeat clients – Strong commitment to your complete satisfaction.
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Experienced – Mature – Energetic – Patient – Creative – Constructive – Polite – Positive Attitude
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Excellent attention to detail and advance planning – insightful, sophisticated, and articulate.
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Well-educated, well-traveled and well fed (possibly a little bit too well fed).
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BA degree in Philosophy & English Literature – University of Pittsburgh USA – Post-graduate work in Business – University of Michigan USA
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Faculty Member – San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program – San Francisco, CA USA – 1994 to 1996
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Senior executive positions in sales, marketing and general management at software and Internet companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley for 20 years.
RECENT ASSIGNMENTS:
Commercial / Advertising / Events / Websites
Old Ho’s Temple Trekking Sandals | Photos for print advertisements and website Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Phnom Penh Players (Theatre troupe)
| Photographer Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Nomadic Marketing (NGO marketing firm) | E-mail marketing and website Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam |
University of Michigan | Lecture series poster – Southeast Asian Studies Program Ann Arbor, MI USA |
Vattanac Bank
| Annual calendar Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Vattanac Bank | Official event photographer – 5th Anniversary Event Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Lucky Supermarket and Lucky Mall
| Newspaper advertisement Phnom Penh, Cambodia** |
Lucky Supermarket and Lucky Mall | Official event photographer – Grand Opening** Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Phnom Penh Commercial Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening* Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Phnom Penh Music Festival | Advertisements, posters and website – Art Plus Foundation Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Natural Magazine | Billboard advertisements and posters Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Green Central Micro Finance | Official event photographer – Grand Opening Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Angkor Capital Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening* Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Best Specialized Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening* Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
ANZ Royal Bank | Newspaper advertisement – Phnom Penh, Cambodia** Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Smart Mobile | Official event photographer – Grand Opening** * Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Magic Spa | Official event photographer – Grand Opening* Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Sun Microsystems | Official Event Photographer Building Next-Gen TelCo Infrastructure Solutions Seminar Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Khmer440.com
| Many photos on website from 2003-2009 |
Global Voices.com
| Numerous photos used 2007-2008 |
The Internationalist.com
| Featured photos in a series in 2007 |
Kiko’s House.com Blog
| Numerous photos used 2006-2008 |
Typepad.com
| Photos and blog featured in 2008 |
Phnom Penh Advisor.com
| Photos used in 2007 |
Many private clients | Portraits and special occasions |
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Hired by ** AdsCom Advertising Agency * LiveWire Entertainment
Editorial / Travel / Lifestyle / Photojournalism
To Myanmar With Love A Connoisseur’s Travel Guide (with Photography by Steve Goodman) | APR – 2009 | Travel guide book – Published in April 2009 by Things Asia Press of San Francisco, California – USA I provided all 24 photographs used in the book and received sole photography credit on the cover as well as a photo and bio in the back of the book.
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Silkroads (Dragon Air’s in-flight magazine) | 2009 | Commissioned to shoot photos of businesses and executives/entrepreneurs for an article about foreign investment in Cambodia.
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CTN (Cambodian Television Network) | DEC – 2008 | Promotional photos for MyTV, a new youth-oriented TV channel.
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Natural Magazine (Cambodia) | DEC – 2008 | Photos for a feature article about MyTV.
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Natural Magazine (Cambodia)
| MAY – 2008 | Photos for a feature article about gambling casinos in Bavet (border town in South-Eastern Cambodia near Viet Nam).
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Natural Magazine (Cambodia) | MAR – 2008 | Cover photo and additional photos for cover story about a Cambodian singer and model.
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Yes Magazine (USA) | NOV – 2006 | Photo of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, MI – USA for an article about intentional communities.
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PULS SWIATA (Poland) | NOV – 2006
| Photos for cover story about Myanmar. |
Unpublished | 1999-2009 | Hundreds of photo essays and special projects. |
PHOTOGRAPHY RATES & FEES:
$50 per hour
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About
Steve Goodman is an American ex-pat living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and he has been a photographer since the age of ten.
Steve holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Philosophy and English Literature.
Steve worked for twenty years as a successful software and Internet company executive, but has lived, traveled and photographed extensively in Southeast Asia since 2002 and has lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia since 2005.
Please visit his blog at www.mythicaldude.typepad.com, his photoblog at www.mythicaldude.net and his website at www.stevegoodman.com.
His professional profile on Lightstalkers is at http://www.lightstalkers.org/steve_goodman/
Steve has traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Nepal and India.
Steve’s photographs fall into a variety of categories: portraits, street photography, social documentary, photojournalism, urban landscape, portraits and fine art, as well as editorial, advertising and commercial work.
BACKGROUND & PROFILE:
- American Photographer – Living in Phnom Penh since 2005 – Traveling in Southeast Asia since 2002.
- Photographer since the age of ten – Professional photographer since 2004.
- Using only professional-grade equipment – Nikon digital cameras and lenses – Photo studio in Phnom Penh.
- Many prestigious satisfied and repeat clients – Strong commitment to your complete satisfaction.
- Experienced – Mature – Energetic – Patient – Creative – Constructive – Polite – Positive Attitude
- Excellent attention to detail and advance planning – insightful, sophisticated, and articulate.
- Well-educated, well-traveled and well fed (possibly a little bit too well fed).
- BA degree in Philosophy & English Literature – University of Pittsburgh USA – Post-graduate work in Business – University of Michigan USA
- Faculty Member – San Francisco State University Multimedia Studies Program – San Francisco, CA USA – 1994 to 1996
- Senior executive positions in sales, marketing and general management at software and Internet companies in San Francisco and Silicon Valley for 20 years.
RECENT ASSIGNMENTS:
Commercial / Advertising / Events / Websites
| Old Ho’s Temple Trekking Sandals | Photos for print advertisements and websitePhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Phnom Penh Players (Theatre troupe) | PhotographerPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Nomadic Marketing (NGO marketing firm) | E-mail marketing and websiteHo Chi Minh City, Viet Nam |
| University of Michigan | Lecture series poster – Southeast Asian Studies ProgramAnn Arbor, MI USA |
| Vattanac Bank | Annual calendarPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Vattanac Bank | Official event photographer – 5th Anniversary EventPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Lucky Supermarket and Lucky Mall | Newspaper advertisementPhnom Penh, Cambodia** |
| Lucky Supermarket and Lucky Mall | Official event photographer – Grand Opening**Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Phnom Penh Commercial Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening*Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Phnom Penh Music Festival | Advertisements, posters and website – Art Plus FoundationPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Natural Magazine | Billboard advertisements and postersPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Green Central Micro Finance | Official event photographer – Grand OpeningPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Angkor Capital Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening*Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Best Specialized Bank | Official event photographer – Grand Opening*Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| ANZ Royal Bank | Newspaper advertisement – Phnom Penh, Cambodia**Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Smart Mobile | Official event photographer – Grand Opening** *Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Magic Spa | Official event photographer – Grand Opening*Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Sun Microsystems | Official Event PhotographerBuilding Next-Gen TelCo Infrastructure Solutions SeminarPhnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Khmer440.com | Many photos on website from 2003-2009 |
| Global Voices.com | Numerous photos used 2007-2008 |
| The Internationalist.com | Featured photos in a series in 2007 |
| Kiko’s House.com Blog | Numerous photos used 2006-2008 |
| Typepad.com | Photos and blog featured in 2008 |
| Phnom Penh Advisor.com | Photos used in 2007 |
| Many private clients | Portraits and special occasions |
Hired by ** AdsCom Advertising Agency * LiveWire Entertainment
Editorial / Travel / Lifestyle / Photojournalism
| To Myanmar With LoveA Connoisseur’s Travel Guide(with Photography by Steve Goodman) | APR – 2009 | Travel guide book – Published in April 2009 by Things Asia Press of San Francisco, California – USAI provided all 24 photographs used in the book and received sole photography credit on the cover as well as a photo and bio in the back of the book. |
| Silkroads (Dragon Air’s in-flight magazine) | 2009 | Commissioned to shoot photos of businesses and executives/entrepreneurs for an article about foreign investment in Cambodia. |
| CTN (Cambodian Television Network) | DEC – 2008 | Promotional photos for MyTV, a new youth-oriented TV channel. |
| Natural Magazine (Cambodia) | DEC – 2008 | Photos for a feature article about MyTV. |
| Natural Magazine (Cambodia) | MAY – 2008 | Photos for a feature article about gambling casinos in Bavet(border town in South-Eastern Cambodia near Viet Nam). |
| Natural Magazine (Cambodia) | MAR – 2008 | Cover photo and additional photos for cover story about a Cambodian singer and model. |
| Yes Magazine (USA) | NOV – 2006 | Photo of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, MI – USAfor an article about intentional communities. |
| PULS SWIATA (Poland) | NOV – 2006 | Photos for cover story about Myanmar. |
| Unpublished | 1999-2009 | Hundreds of photo essays and special projects. |
PHOTOGRAPHY RATES & FEES:
$50 per hour
MORE INFORMATION:
I have traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Nepal and India.I’m Steve Goodman and this is my photoblog. My other sites include my blog, and my home page. I have been traveling in SE Asia since I left San Francisco in 2002.
I was born in Detroit and have also lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, California, Bangkok Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia where I currently reside.
For more than 20 years I lived a rather conventional life with a career in sales, marketing and management of high-tech hardware, software and Internet companies, but have been traveling and pursuing my career in photography since 2002. I’m a very lucky guy!
I spend my time learning, reading, doing photography, playing guitar, listening to music, traveling, meditating and walking around to see what’s going on in this world of inestimable beauty.
We can’t choose who our family is or what we look like. There are lots of other things we can’t choose either, but we can choose to be good and even to transcend whatever current circumstances may prevail.
I’m a fun-loving, yet serious person. Private and independent.
I majored in Philosophy and still putter away at it in my mind. Got a soft spot in my heart for Buddhism and I actually studied with the 14th Dalai Lama at his temple near Dharamsala in India a few year ago. So at least I’ve got that going for me.
I absolutely refuse to define myself by, or conform to any standard or convention. Question authority. Break the dominant paradigm! Think for yourself!
Positive vibration!
My photographs fall into a variety of categories I suppose, if you’re into labeling things like that. Some street photography, are social documentary works, portraits, urban landscapes, even fine art.
CAMERA EQUIPMENT
My equipment and software tools currently include:
- Nikon D3 digital SLR camera body – 12 megapixels
- Nikon D200 digital SLR camera body – 10.2 megapixels
- Two (2) Nikon SB-800 Speedlight
- AF-S DX Nkkor ED 12-24mm f/4G IF Lens – This is an awesome wide angle lens.
- AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor ED 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF Lens – Good all-purpose zoom lens that came with the D70.
- AF Zoom Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G Lens – This lens is my least used and least favorite. Gotta use a tripod with it.
- Sigma 105mm Macro f2.8 EX DG Macro Lens – For those super close-up shots.
- AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D Lens – A fantastic lens for shooting portraits in less than ideal lighting conditions.
SOFTWARE
Adobe PhotoShop CS4
Nikon Capture NX
ACDSee Pro
DxO Optics Pro 46.1
Neat Image
Picassa
Flickr
WordPress
Typepad
Favorite Quotes on Photography
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug a camera.
- Paul Strand
It is no accident that the photographer becomes a photographer any more than the lion tamer becomes a lion tamer.
- Dorothea Lange
I photograph to find out what something will look like as a photograph.
- Gary Winograd
Photography is a tool for dealing with things everybody knows about but isn’t attending to. My photographs are intended to represent something you don;t see.
- Emmet Gowin
Life itself is not reality. We are the ones who put life into stones and pebbles.
- Frederick Sommer
A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you know.
- Diane Arbus
Photographs furnish evidence.
- Susan Sontag
I’m always mentally photographing everything as practice…. the state of mind of the photographer while creating is a blank. When looking for pictures… The photographer projects himself into everything he sees, identifying himself with everything in order to know it and to feel it better.
- Minor White
I look at the pictures I have done up to now, and they make me feel that who we are and how we feel and what is to become of us just doesn’t matter. Our aspirations and successes have been cheap and petty. I read the newspapers, the columnists, some books, I look at some magazines [our press]. They all deal in illusions and fantasies. I can only conclude that we have lost ourselves, and that the bomb may finish the job permanently, and it just doesn’t matter, we have not loved life. I cannot accept my conclusions, and so I must continue this photographic investigation and deeper. This is my project.
- Garry Winogrand
Most of my photographs are compssionate, gentle, and personal. They tend to let the viewer see himself. The tend not to preach. And they tend not to pose as art.
- Bruce Davidson
Thinking should be done before and afterwards, never while actually taking a photograph.
What is there more fugitive and transitory than the expression on a human face?
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
A photograph is a secret about a secret.
- Diane Arbus
The hundreth of a second caught so precisely that the motion is continued from the picture indefinitely: the moment made eternal.
- Hart Carne
In my view you can not claim to realyl ahve seen something unti lyu have photographed it.
- Zola
Most modern reproducers of life, even including the camera, really repudiate it. We gulp down evil, choke at good.
- Wallace Stevens
While we give it credit only for depicting the merest surface, it actually brings out the secret charcter with a truth that no painter would ever venture upon, even could he detect it.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The final reason for the need to photograph everything lies in the very logic of consumption itself. To consume means to burn, to use up – and therefore, to need to be replenished. As we make images and consume them, we need still more images; and still more.
- Susan Sontag
You can photograph anything now.
- Robert Frank
Photography is magic. You can stop time itself. Catch slivers of moments to savor and share time and again. Tell beautiful silver stories, one photo alone, or many playing together to form a book. A photograph is a sharing, it says “Hey, look at this!”, it’s a miracle, is what it is. And when you’re going good and you get a new picture you love, there’s nothing better. That’s the joy of photography, and the fun.
- Jill Freedman
Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.
- Walker Evans
The camera is my tool. Through it I give reason to everything around me.
- Andre Kertesz
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
- Dorothea Lange
“I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.”
-Garry Winogrand
Interests:
liberty, freedom, fun, possibilities, art, music, Grateful Dead, Buddhism, psychedelia, travel, Jazz, guitar, digital photography, friends, communities, solitude, meditation, books, writing, critical thinking, ideas, blogs, blogging, stimulation, random acts of kindness, other stuff
