Mitch Korolev
Grand Junction
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Videographer
Center for the Performing Arts
Carmel
01.2025 - 05.2025
- Awarded a $2,500 grant for a collaborative project titled 'Native Ecosystems: Wild Stories Retold,' with a local jazz composer and vocalist, which was performed live to an audience of roughly 300 people.
- Researched three groups of species native to Indiana (spring ephemerals, oak trees, and fireflies) to better understand their ecological roles.
- Filmed, organized, and edited over 8 hours of footage for the final 15-minute product over the course of 7 days.
- Collaborated with local scientists and environmental activists to provide additional insights and action items for the audience, including handing out over 100 native seed packets for people to plant in their gardens and yards.
Photographer
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Mato Grosso
02.2024 - 05.2024
- Documented climate change research in the Amazon Rainforest through photographs and videos.
- Collaborated with the client via a 'shot list' to guarantee satisfaction and a wide range of imagery.
- Leveraged scientific background to inform which pieces of the research were most important to photograph.
- Organized over 10,000 photos; carefully edited the best 200 in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop for immediate use and distribution.
- Adapted to challenging environmental conditions, including frequent rainfall and extreme temperatures.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Sustainability
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN12-2021
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN12-2021
Awards and Grants
- 2025 New Works at Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts Grantee - "Native Ecosystems: Wild Stories Retold"
- 2024 International Landscape Photographer of the Year Finalist - Top 202 entries
- 2024 Landscape Photography Magazine Finalist - Curves competition
- 2024 Landscape Photography Magazine Semi-Finalist - Blue Hour competition
Publications and Features
- 2025 Spoke + Blossom, print feature, "Tree whisperers: the ins and outs of how scientists track the health of Colorado’s forests"
- 2024 Spoke + Blossom, print feature, "Nightscapes"
- 2024 Woodwell Climate Research Center, digital feature, "How climate change is allowing fire to devastate the Amazon Rainforest"
- 2024 Woodwell Climate Research Center, digital feature, "Tanguro Science Symposium displays 20 years of Amazon Research"
- 2024 Woodwell Climate Research Center, digital feature, "20 years at Tanguro Field Station"
- 2024 Woodwell Climate Research Center, digital feature, "New to engineering? No problem: Research Assistant Zoë Dietrich builds her own carbon-monitoring chambers"
- 2024 Woodwell Climate Research Center, digital feature, "Global forest carbon storage, explained"
Artist Statement
My photography straddles the fence between artistic expression and environmental science communication. After spending years in an academic research environment, I have come to realize that much of the knowledge scientists have uncovered sits locked away in dense scientific papers, excluding the majority of the public. Climate science may be divisive in today's political environment, but photography and videography tap into the deep, bipartisan desire for adventure and connection with the land.
Timeline
Videographer
Center for the Performing Arts
01.2025 - 05.2025
Photographer
Woodwell Climate Research Center
02.2024 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Sustainability
Indiana University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Indiana University
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