Honor Society® member
Taylor Neyens
freelance photographer at Taylor Neyens Photography and Design
- Black Hawk College Moline
- photography, visual communications
- Class of 2018
- Rock Island, Illinois
Member since June 2016
About
I currently attend Black Hawk College. After receiving my Associates in Arts degree at Black Hawk I will transfer to Columbia College in Chicago. At Columbia I will major in photography/visual communications. I started my interest in photography a couple of years ago, and my passion for it continues to grow. While simultaneously attending college, working at a nursing home, and being apart of Phi Theta Kappa and Sigma Kappa Delta, I also am an entrepreneur. I do a lot of freelance photography where I take senior portraits, family, new born, modeling, and even advertising in my community. I specialize in fashion, urban photography/exploration, and fine art photography. I like to challenge myself, and be able to do it all because I believe we should never limit ourselves. My future plans consist of being a professional photographer for a well known magazine, and then eventually publishing my own. I would love to create an original interactive magazine with strictly photographs covering issues, fashion, controversies, and so forth to show how much photographs can impact society, and make a difference.
Education
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Black Hawk College
visual communications
2015 – 2018
Honors and awards
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Honorable Mentions Award
FIGGE Art Museum - 2016 - Photography
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Honorable Mentions Award
NIU Exhibition- 2017 - Photography
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Art Achievement Award
Scholarship/Award from Black Hawk College for being an outstanding student and artist
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Phi Theta Kappa
Honors Society
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Sigma Kappa Delta
Honors Society
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I plan to become a professional photographer, working mainly freelance at first, then progressing to becoming well known for my work in magazines, exhibitions, and so on.
- Graduate school interests
After completing my transfer courses at Black Hawk, I plan to get a degree for Photography at Columbia College in Chicago.
- Outside the classroom
I absolutely love photography, and everything about it. When I do not have my head in a book studying, it is looking through a lens. I enjoy urban exploration, and capturing crumbly and abandoned buildings. I am finding my style is unique, and different and photography allows you to show people the way you view things. I love reading about photography, taking and editing pictures, as well as thinking of elaborate personal project,s and ideas for photoshoots. I also, enjoy designing magazine spreads and covers. I am creative towards everything I endeavor. I enjoy traveling, and taking pictures of places I visit!
Experience
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freelance photographer
Taylor Neyens Photography and Design
Jun 2015 – Present
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waitress/hostess
Friendship Manor Nursing Home
Oct 2013 – May 2018
Volunteering
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Took pictures for a nonprofit magazine that empowers girls in the community, Fall Issue 2016
LOVE Girls Magazine
Aug 2016
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donating books to kids at trinity hospital
P.E.D.S kids at Trinity Hospital
May 2016
Languages
- English (US) Advanced
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