| Description: | VIOLETA ALVAREZ
713-942-7658
redeyestudios@sbcglobal.net
EDUCATION
1999-2002
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY
Major: Photography & Graphic/Web Design
1997-1998
Pratt Institute of Design
New York, NY
Major: Media Arts- Photography & Film/Video
Minor: Art History
RED EYE STUDIOS IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY PHOTOGRAPHER AND DESIGNER VIOLETA ALVAREZ. MS. ALVAREZ WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HOUSTON, WHERE SHE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN ART IN GENERAL AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN PARTICULAR AT AN EARLY AGE. FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL SHE WAS HIRED BY RANDALL JAMAIL TO WORK AT HIS REGIONAL LABEL, JUSTICE RECORDS. THE POSITION AFFORDED MS. ALVAREZ A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE HER PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. WHILE AT JUSTICE SHE CAPTURED IMAGES OF MANY PROMINENT MUSIC FIGURES INCLUDING WILLIE NELSON, KRIS KRISTOFERSON, TAB BENOIT, REV. HORTON HEAT, JESSE DAYTON, AND HORACE PINKER, AMONG OTHERS.
THE PURSUIT OF AN EDUCATION PROMPTED A MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE MS. ALVAREZ ATTENDED THE PRATT INSTITUTE, STUDYING ART HISTORY AND FILM. THE ACADEMIC CAREER CONTINUED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN MANHATTAN AS A PHOTOGRAPHY MAJOR. AT PARSONS SHE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO LEARN FROM IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS SUCH AS BILL GASKINS, AND CHARLIE HERBERT ( FOUNDER OF MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHY ) WHILE HONING HER CRAFT. LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY, VALUABLE EXPERIENCE WAS GAINED INTERNING FOR DANNY CLINCH, KNOWN MOSTLY FOR HIS AMAZING BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES OF MUSICIANS. LATER, MS. ALVAREZ HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH THE WORLD RENOWN PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID LACHAPELLE, WHO HAS ACHEIVED GREAT SUCCESS AND ACCLAIM WITH VIBRANT, ELECTRIC IMAGES FROM BOTH THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT.
IN 2002 MS. ALVAREZ MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO LEAVE NEW YORK TO BE NEAR HER MOTHER, WHO STILL LIVES IN HOUSTON. WHEN NOT WORKING ON COMMISSIONED PROJECTS, SHE CONTINUES HER WORK ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES The Perfect Family AND IS IN PRE- PRODUCTION ON A PROJECT ENTITLED The Red Curtain, Delusion of Grandeur. NOW, BASED IN HOUSTON , SHE HAS ENTERED THE BUSINESS WORLD BY OPENING RED EYE STUDIOS, MAKING HER TALENTS AVAILABLE TO THE WIDEST AUDIENCE POSSIBLE.
AWARDS:
- Scholarship to Pratt Institute of Design
- Scholarship to Parsons School of Design |