Alfred Rasho

Madison, WI, United States

About Alfred Rasho

Growing up in central Baghdad, my connection to the world was through Cinema Roxie. The moving image had a profound effect on me. Creatively, toy musical instruments were the only thing available to me, which I played endlessly as I day dreamt. As a young teen in Chicago, Illinois, I managed to save a bit of money from my $1.25 an hour part time job to buy a used Kodak Retina 3C camera, a Durst enlarger and the most basic darkroom accessories, which I set up in the basement of my parents’ house. I don’t know how we are shaped and why we are receptive to certain influences, I do know that the magic of that first photographic image, appearing out of nowhere in a bath of chemicals has never left me. Equipment and technology have changed, but I believe that it has and always will be about content and emotion evoked by the work. My career has been as an independent filmmaker. In 2001, while working as a Director of Photography on a PBS documentary film in Sudan and Egypt, I renewed my love for the still image. With photography, I felt more intimacy and a connection with my subject. I was able to take my eye away from the viewfinder, feel my surroundings and communicate with my subject. Landscapes, faces and storytelling captivate me. As a prerequisite to producing images that tell stories, whether in film or a still image, one needs to be fascinated with the human dynamics, the dynamics of seven billion of us roaming the planet. At least, that is the allure for me.

Education:

MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
B.A. Columbia College
A.A. The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts

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In my 30 plus years as filmmaker, I produced scores of documentaries and educational film including a 32 part series on the human life span (from birth through death). I have received over fifty national and international awards as independent filmmaker.
I now devote my creative energy to photography.

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