Yasmine Soiffer is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer. As the child of diplomats, she was born in Sri Lanka and raised mostly in Japan and Ivory Coast, before settling  (mostly) in New York City. She retains a feeling of displacement, and her work lies at the cross-section of a primal search for home or common ground and a seeking to understand the self within a cultural context.

Yasmine is currently in New York City, and available for assignments worldwide. 
     

For a look at more personal projects, please visit www.yasmines.net.  

Education

2007-2008               International Center of Photography, New York

                                 • General Studies Certificate received June 2008

1999-2003               Barnard College, Columbia University, New York

                                 • Bachelor of Arts received May 2003: English / French Lit. and Translation

                                 • GPA: 3.4 (3.9 in major), Dean’s List 2001-2002, 2002-2003.

                                   Awarded distinction on Senior Requirement in English

Selected Exhibitions

2011          Nature Within, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York (Minny Lee, curator)

                  Studio LLC Exhibit: Year Zero, JCAL, New York (Louise Barry, curator)

2010          push\\PULL, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York

                  New York City, China World 3 Tiffany & Co., Beijing, China

One Hour Photo, AUM at Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC (Adam Good, curator)

2009          HOT PINK, La Barra, New York (Siggy Cassel, curator)

                  Shared Spaces, No Commercial Value (Natasha Chuk, curator)

                  Bussing It !! אוטובוסידע, Ulpan Gordon, Tel Aviv

                  Bussing It !! אוטובוסידע, Hadassah Art Gallery, Jerusalem

2008          Louisaida, Umbrella Arts / Curcio Projects, New York

                  Reflect, School of the International Center of Photography, New York

                  New: Curated by SuperGlue, Broadway Gallery, New York

2007          Art as Anecdote, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn

                  Metropoly, Makor, 92^nd Street Y, New York

2006          Visual AIDS: Postcards From The Edge, Sikkema, Jenkins, & Co., New York

                  Disappearing Brooklyn, Object Image Gallery; Brooklyn

2003          Collision, Columbia University, New York

                  SNAP, Barnard College, New York

                  Hartley Art Show, Columbia University, New York

Grants, Residencies, and Awards

2010-11    Studio LLC Residency, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning

2010          Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant Recipient

2009-10    Brooklyn Association for Discussion of Camera-based Art and Theory Member

2009-10    New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program

2009          Editorial Photo Essay, 3^rd Place, International Photography Awards / Lucie Awards

2008          Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Community Arts Grant Recipient                        

2006-’07   Makor Steinhardt Center Artists-in-Residence Program (subsidiary of the 92^nd Street Y)

Selected Publications

May ’11-present    AM New York

Dec. 2009               The Lucie Awards | International Photography Awards Annual 2009

Sept. 2009              Christian Science Monitor

Aug.-Oct. ’09         Time Out Israel

Aug. ’09-present    Yuval Sigler Publications

Sept. ’08-Apr. ’09   Walla

Oct. 2008                Green Action

Sept. 2008               W Magazine

May 2008                Shift, Volume 3

Feb. 2007                Zeek Journal

Sept. ’99-May ’00   Columbia Spectator, Daily Newspaper of the University and Community

Relevant Experience

2010-present          Freelance Photographer, clients include: Tiffany & Co., Peter Thomas Roth,

               June Jacobs, Wendy Lewis & Co., Tablet Magazine, Doppelganger Wear, AM New York

                                 Digital Tech/Photo Assistant, Saks Fifth Avenue Studios

2009-present          Freelance Photographer, SoHo Synagogue

                                 Freelance Photographer, Flash 90 Photo Agency, Israel

2008-2009               Culture and News Photojournalist, Walla, Tel Aviv

2008                         Freelance Photographer, Still Lifes, Studio #2, Tel Aviv

2007-2008               Regional Editor, Expat Arts Magazine, New York

2007                         Photo Assistant, Studio Eldad Rafaeli and Eyal Landesman, Tel Aviv

2006                         Digital Asset Management (DAM) Freelancer for photographer

                                 Jorg Bardura, NY

2005-present          Independent Freelance Photographer, New York

2006                         Darkroom Assistant, International Center of Photography, New York

2003-2004               Darkroom Monitor, Columbia University, New York

1999-2000               Staff photographer for Columbia Spectator, New York

Languages

Fluent French, and some Hebrew, Japanese, Spanish

Computer Skills