Patrick Semansky | New Orleans Photographer

Contact

E-mail psemansky@gmail.com

Cell (650) 576-8481

About

I am a New Orleans-based photographer available for professional assignment work in South Louisiana, the Gulf South and elsewhere. I specialize in editorial, commercial, documentary, portrait and multimedia work.

Along with my freelance work, I have three seasons of experience working as an assistant for New Orleans Hornets NBA team photographer Layne Murdoch.

I graduated from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif., and in September 2006, I moved to Louisiana to spend 16 months performing post-hurricane volunteer work.

Available services include

Submission of handout pictures to The Associated Press for commercial clients

Ability to travel with studio lights and backdrops for location work

On-site picture editing and transmission (with Verizon air card)

Audio/video recording and editing

Where have my pictures appeared?
In print, online and television outlets including:
The Chicago Tribune CNN The Colbert Report The Daily Show The Dallas Morning News ESPN	Fast Company Magazine Fox News The Los Angeles Times MSNBC The New York Times Newsweek	NPR.org Sports Illustrated TIME USA Today The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post
My pictures have also been featured on photojournalism blogs including:
The Big Picture (The Boston Globe) Big Shots (The Boston Globe) Captured (The Denver Post) Day in Photos (The Washington Post) Lens (The New York Times) Photo Journal (The Wall Street Journal)

Clients include
Editorial	Other
The Associated Press The Baton Rouge Advocate Bloomberg News European Pressphoto Agency Getty Images MSNBC.com The New York Daily News The Washington Post	The Carnegie Corporation of New York The Conference Board Harvard University Heineken USA McDonald's The NBA Northwestern University Tide

Recognition

The Wall Street Journal - "Photo Journal" pictures of the week - week of Jan. 23, 2010 (click to view picture 15 of 30) and week of Feb. 8, 2010 (click to view picture 3 of 17)

The Associated Press - Best Domestic News Photos of 2009 (click to view picture)

ESPN's SportsCenter - "Freeze Frame" sports picture of the week - Nov. 25, 2009 (click to view picture)

Council for Advancement and Support of Education - Gold medal for photography - "Katrina at Three" - Santa Clara Magazine, Santa Clara University's alumni magazine, Fall 2008

Recipient, The Yarka Vendrinska Photojournalism Memorial Fund, for study at the Maine Photographic Workshops, 2007

Recipient, The President's Volunteer Service Award, 2007

Copyright notice

The images on this website are copyright © 2006-2010 Patrick Semansky, 2007-2010 The Associated Press, 2007-2010 The Baton Rouge Advocate, 2009-2010 Bloomberg LP, 2010 European Pressphoto Agency, 2008-2010 Getty Images or 2007-2010 NBA Entertainment. All rights reserved.