Yasmine Soiffer is an award-wining documentary and fine art photographer. Her work is
driven by a desire to understand and connect with others through the camera. She performs
a kind of cultural anthropology, studying people and seeking to relate on a primal human
level. Yasmine graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2008, and has
since exhibited in New York, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. She was raised mostly in Japan and
Ivory Coast; she often did not share a verbal language with her peers, so found visual arts as
a means of communication. Yasmine’s most recent work is on Israel and the Palestinian
territories, including stories on settlers, Bethlehem, and nightlife in Ramallah.
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, NY
• General Studies Certificate received June 2008
1999-2003 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
• Bachelor of Arts received May 2003
• Double Major: English / French Literature and Translation
• GPA: 3.4 (3.9 in major), Dean’s List 2001-2002, 2002-2003.
Awarded distinction on Senior Requirement in English
• Theses: “Imagining Holocaust: Postmemory and Representation”
“Desiring Salomé: A Psychoanalytic Look at the Myth of Salomé”
“Don Juan: Une Traduction Originale/An Original Translation”
2001 Reid Hall, Columbia University in Paris, Paris, France. Semester abroad
1996-1999 International Community School of Abidjan, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
• High school diploma, May 1999
Selected Exhibitions
2010 One hour Photo, AUM at Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (Adam Good, curator)
2009 HOT PINK, La Barra, Siggy Cassel, curator, New York
Shared Spaces, No Commercial Value, Natasha Chuk, curator
Bussing It !! אוטובוסידע, Ulpan Gordon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bussing It !! אוטובוסידע, Hadassah Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2008 Loisaida, Umbrella Arts / Curcio Projects, New York
Reflect: ICP Full-Time Student Exhibition, 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, 92nd 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 Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant Recipient
2010-11 Studio LLC Residency, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
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, 3rd 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 92nd St Y)
Selected Publications
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 Photographer, Peter Thomas Roth, June Jacobs, Wendy Lewis & Co.,
Tablet Magazine
Digital Tech/Photo Assistant, Saks Fifth Avenue Studios
2009-present Photographer, SoHo Synagogue
Photographer, Flash 90 Photo Agency, Israel
2008-2009 Culture and News Photojournalist, Walla, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 Photographer, Studio #2, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 Regional Editor, Expat Arts Magazine, New York, USA
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, NY
2006 Darkroom Assistant, International Center of Photography, NY, NY
2003-2004 Darkroom Monitor, Columbia University, New York, NY
1999-2000 Staff photographer for Columbia Spectator, New York, NY
Languages
Fluent French, and some Hebrew, Japanese, Spanish
Computer Skills
Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Lightroom, InDesign, Excel, Word; Advanced Retoucher;
Macintosh and PC proficient
