Griffin Shapiro Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

• Penumbra Foundation is a non profit organization that brings together the Art and Science of Photography through education, research, outreach, public and residency programs.
• Develop in-person and online curriculum that aligns with Penumbra’s mission, goals, and vision.
• Hire and work directly with instructors, planning classes, handling payroll, ordering materials, managing budgets, and maintaining state of the art facilities: Darkrooms, shooting spaces, scanners, printers, etc.
• Create workshop content, including photos and videos for online promotion via website and social media.
• I also manage our tintype portrait studio, plan fundraising and pop-up events around NYC, maintain Penumbra’s website, and send out weekly email newsletters to members.

• Highlight Studios is a full service commercial rental studio owned & operated by Penumbra Foundation.
• In-house studio manager and producer, handling bookings and working with production companies, brands, photographers, and directors on photo and video shoots, documentaries, castings, still-life shoots, and more.

Greater New York City Area

• NYC-based freelance photographer, videographer, and production coordinator.
• Portraiture, still-life, branded content, surfers, live music, events, fine art landscapes, and more.
• First assistant and digi-tech for numerous photographers on e-commerce, editorial, fashion, and still-life shoots.
• 1st AC, 2nd AC, B Cam, BTS cam operator, and production manager on commercial shoots as well as low budget indies, music videos, and more.

New York, NY

New York, NY

Long Beach, NY

• Social media coordinator: promoting the festival through various digital platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and maintaining the festival’s website
• Editing promotional banners and videos for press releases – using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, and iMovie
• Researching films to write summaries and reviews for each screening and assisted in film award selection
• Recruiting event sponsors, collected giveaways for raffles, assisted the festival's creative director and helped with overall festival direction
• Responsible for creating the overall look and feel of the festival through direct coordination with the festival's Creative Director

Department Of Environmental Sciences

• Research assistant under graduate student Laura Cattell Noll
• Gathering and analyzing data on nitrogen flux and flows in the production of crops and livestock at Timbercreek Organic Farm (located in Charlottesville & operated by UVA alumni)
• Weekly field work and sampling (stream gauge, lysimeter sampling, weather conditions, etc.)
• Data used to calculate nitrogen fluxes via laboratory analysis; resulting in the expansion of the nitrogen footprint tool to other institutions

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Science

Minor in Global Sustainability through UVA's School of Architecture

Education record

Activities and Societies: Intel Siemens Finalist - San Jose, CA