RESUME


CHRISTINA LISTANCO HERMANSTAD
PIQUANT MEDIA, (ORG NO 989 883 216)
Ph +47 980 29115
hermanstad@gmail.com






Education •organised, intellectual, analytical

2005 Edith Cowan University
Master of Professional Communications in Photomedia

2003 Flinders University of South Australia
Bachelor of Arts majoring in

•Development Studies
•Latin America Studies
•Screen Studies

1997 Hitra Videregåendeskole, Allmenne, Økonomiske og Administrative Fag
Majors: Biology, Social Studies, English, French

2003 WORKSHOP: Documentary Filmmaking, Australian Film, TV & Radio School

2001 WORKSHOP: Women as Leaders

Language skills: English, Norwegian, Spanish, French



Work Experience •responsible, independent, leader

Journalism
Since the completion of my Master degree 2005, I have worked as a freelance photojournalist on various contracts. I am a photographer and a writer.


2006 Blue Cross, Norway
Photojournalism and netjournalism
Portfolio: Alcoholism

2006 Bodø-Nu, Norway
Photojournalism
Portfolio: We save lives, Sleepwalker in Bodø

2006 Dagbladet AS, Norway
Photojournalism
Portfolio: Arvesynden: Martyrene i Manila, Sex på blå-resept

2006 Marie Claire, Australia, the Philippines and Brazil
Photojournalism
Portfolio: My Sexheroines, Welcome to a Hotel Adoption, China

2005 Max Pam
Assistant for world famous photojournalist Max Pam

2002 Empire Times
Photojournalism
Portfolio: Azadi, Woomera Detention Centres



Piquant Media, personal projects
2006 BUDDHA BOY
Photographic fieldwork on parapsychology and cultural psychology

2005 SEXHEROINES, Perth & Manila
Photographic fieldwork on the sex-industry in the Philippines



TV production
In addition to photography for news and documentary, I have worked as a commercial photographer on fourteen Australian short films in 2002.

2006 Deadline TV and Video, Bodø
Currently engaged in documentary work

2004 TV2 AS, Deadline TV and Video, Bodø
Weather and photographic assistant for a period of four months

2003 CHANNEL 9, Adelaide
Photo assistant for Sam Oster on Australian tv show McLeod’s Daughters

2002 Woomera Detention Centre mini-documentary (Producer Iranian poet Geranaz Moussavi)
Photographer, reporter

2002 Perth Student Radio
Radio Correspondent



NGO PRESS AND INFORMATION WORK
2006 Blue Cross, Norway
2005 SINAG Kababaihan, Christian Women's organization for sex-workers, Manila
2003 Australian Refugee Association, volunteer work, Australia



Personal interests •motivated, diverse, extrovert
I am fairly active outdoors and grab every opportunity I can get to travel and enjoy nature; rockclimbing, bouldering, diving, kayaking, capoeira, Latin and African dance, and family tree research are some of my personal interests.



References
• Lillian Vambheim,
Editor/Utgavesjef Magasinet,
lillian.vambheim@dagbladet.no,
Ph: +47 916 004 12

• Lucie Morris,
Associate feature editor Marie Claire, Australia,
Ph: +61 406 726 896

• Kolbjørn Larsen,
Producer, Deadline TV & Video AS/TV 2 AS,
Ph: +47 95 03 66 25

• David Dare Parker,
Photojournalist, mentor and coach,
Ph: +61 419 901 029