IN-DEPTH TIMELINE OF MAGGIE HALLAHAN’S PHOTOGRAPHIC INSPIRATIONS AND CREATIONS

 

1969—At age Seven Maggie visited the photography exhibit at the Oakland Museum, “Family of Man.” This was a pivotal photographic moment for her.  She was inspired and moved by the powerful stories each image revealed. From that moment on she did everything she could to photograph.

1975-78—At age 14 Maggie attended a summer workshop led by Ansel Adams in Yosemite. At age 15 and 16 she assisted in dye transfer photographic printmaking, the ultimate in color prints.

1977—Maggie assisted photographer Brett Weston with the printmaking of his Alaska photo series.

1978—At age 16, she graduated from Reseda High School in California as Valedictorian and winner of many national photography awards.

1978 to 1981—She attended Sonoma State University, earning a BA in Expressive Arts.

1981—Maggie spent the semester in Sumatra, Indonesia, photographing the matriarchal culture of the Muslim religion.

1982—She earned school credits while working in Tokyo and Hong Kong for Fuji Press.

1982-1989—Maggie worked as a foreign correspondent in Tokyo and covered events at home in San Francisco for publications such as U.S. News, Business Week and the San Francisco Examiner. Major events she photographed included the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru and the death of Emperor Hirohito.

1984-1985—She worked as a foreign correspondent based in Cairo, covering events in Egypt, Tunisia, Israel and South East Asia for UPI and AP.

1988—Maggie covered the Summer Olympics in South Korea. Her photographs were published in Time magazine, U.S. News, San Francisco Examiner, Burda Publications and dozens of Japanese magazines.

1989—She covered the Loma Prieta earthquake in northern California. Her photographs were published on the front cover of Newsweek and other magazine all over the world.

1991-1999—Maggie worked as a feature photographers for Focus magazine in Munich, Germany.  She covered the demise of the Soviet Union; human in vitro fertilization; solar energy; the turnover of Hong Kong to Chinese control; women motorcycling to Sturgis, South Dakota; Burning Man; X-Games; United States military toxic waste; the Canadian referendum; Florida travel; Hawaii travel; white-water rafting in the Grand Canyon; the Israeli elections and the race for the land speed record. She also photographed for:

• United Nations Population Fund (1994-1998)

• United Nations International Conference on Population and Development with Tipper Gore (1994)

• United Nations, Mukatom trash dump in Egypt, working with Jane Fonda (1994)

• The United Nations International Conference on Women in Beijing, China with Hillary Clinton (1995)

• The United Nations Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary in San Francico, Ca with President Bill Clinton (1995) First digital Photography and web site for the United Nations.

• Mungo Park, Microsoft's online adventure travel site, in Labrador, western Newfoundland, Placentia Bay and St. John's (1997)

• MSNBC, shooting Richard Noble flying his Thrust II in the Black Rock Desert (1997-98)

• Online show for kids’ education. Directed and wrote 6-month multimedia pilot for JP KIDS/PBS (1999)

• Martha Stewart Living Omni. Worked closely with Martha Stewart, web casting photos while she wrote as we traveled and covered stories on the Nagano Olympics, the California Wine Country and her homes and offices (1997-1999)

Film, Television, Press and Unit Photography

• Monsters—Pixar and Disney International

• What Dreams May Come—Dream Works

• The Incredibles—Pixar and Disney International

• Ants—Universal Studios Home Video

• Cars—Pixar and Disney International

• Pirates—Disney International and ILM

• Finding Nemo—Pixar and Disney International

• Shrek—Dream Works

• TV Commercials

• PBS Documentaries

Advertising Clients since opening her SF Studio in 99'

Applied Bio System

AMO

California Office of Emergency Service

CBS

CH2M

DHL

Disney

Electronic Arts

EI Solutions

Ford

Gap

Google

Hartson

Hewlett-Packard

IBM

ILM

Kaiser

Kodak

Living McKesson

Martha Stewart

Microsoft

Openwave

Paramount

Pew Foundation

Pixar

Red Cross

SF Fisherman’s Wharf

Sumitomo Chemical

The GAP

Trans America

United Airlines

United Nations

United Way

Universal

U.S. West

Visa International

Yahoo

 

Exhibits

1982—Sonoma State University

1991-1999—“Maggie Hallahan Photography Portfolio Best”

McKesson, Visa, TransAmerica

2000—28 images in California’s Governors office

2000—18 images in California State Capitol Museum

2001-2006—Maggie’s solo exhibition “ State of Emergency” toured California museums.  Starting at the Oakland Museum in 2001. The California Endowment for the Arts sponsored the traveling exhibit though 2006. The exhibit, featuring 45 dramatic photographs of California disasters and a portrait series of emergency workers.  Maggie’s training as a fire fighter enabled her to shoot behind-the-scenes images of the 1991 Oakland Hills fire as well as other disasters.

Memberships

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)

Adobe Lightroom

During the summer of 2006 Maggie was invited to travel in a small group of photographers to Iceland on the Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop Adventure 2006.  In Iceland she photographed and then processed the image file in Adobe Lightroom for the book Photoshop Lightroom Adventure: Mastering Adobe's Next Generation Tool for Digital Photographers by author and photographer Mikkel Aaland, published by O’Reilly 

Adobe Lightroom and the book Photoshop Lightroom Adventure release in the spring of 2007.

Non-profits and Foundations

For the past two decades, Hallahan has worked for non-profits and foundations including the Acumen Fund, Amnesty International, American Red Cross, Planned Parenthood, the Craigslist Foundation, the Pew Foundation, Malaria No More, Olyset Nets and the United Nations. She uses her expertise to help organizations tell their story and is currently focusing her attention on malaria prevention issues in Africa, South America and Asia.

Maggie Hallahan Photography

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