Doug Rea is a freelance still, video & FAA certified aerial photographer, editor and multimedia producer for humanitarian and media organizations. He has shot story assignments in France, Haiti, India, North and South America, Puerto Rico and Sub-Saharan Africa.  He has also produced stories in South America, the Middle East, and Europe.

Rea’s motorsports images have been represented in a wide variety of news publications including the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, ESPN, Christian Science Monitor, Dallas News, Denver Post, USA Today and many others.

Rea’s architectural still, video and aerial imagery center on design, detail and environment. The goal is to interpret a designer’s passion and visualization for both place and space.

In addition to working as a photographer, Rea has been retained as a consultant for Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Eastman Kodak Co., GE Aerospace, 3M Corporation, APTEC (Hong Kong), Axios International, Cornell University, Forensic Imaging Limited, John Deere & Co,  KelbyOne, Poloroid, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Sabbatical-X, State University of New York, TeamLift, The National Museum of the American Indian, The OPUS Group, Weyerhauser Paper Company, XEROX, Yale University, several U.S. based news media organizations, photographic studios, digital labs and museums. His services for these clients include photography, editing, workflow optimization, color management for quality reproduction, software development, and wireless image transmission.

Professor Emeritus Rea was on the photography faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology since 1983. During his tenure Professor Rea served as the Department Chair of Photojournalism Program from 2002-2010. In addition to visual journalism, Rea pioneered studies in digital photography, digital imaging, large production photography, as well as courses focused on team building, project planning, development and management.

Expertise:

  • Freelance photography, videography, aerial photography and videography for editorial & humanitarian projects

  • Editing assets for visual storytelling

  • Motorsports visual journalism (IMSA & FIA, IndyCar & NASCAR) for the Associated Press

  • Architectural & Estate still photography, aerial & videography

  • Aerial photography & videography (licensed FAA unmanned pilot, fully-insured)