Experience

State University of New York Cortland

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University Photographer/Videographer

  • Jun 2022 - Present



MFRphoto

• Owner

  • 2001 - Present



Michael Forster Rothbart Photography

• Freelance Photographer

  • Sep 1996 - Present



SUNY Oneonta

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• University photographer

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2020



OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)

• International Affairs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Election Observer

  • Dec 2000 - Jun 2019

  Worked as a Long-Term Election Observer (2-6 months at a time) and Short-Term Election Observer (2-4 weeks per election) for 12 elections in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Ukraine, and the U.S., seconded by the U.S. State Department. In July 2016, deployed to Ukraine to cover the Ukraine-Russia war for 6 months. Worked as a Long-Term Election Observer (2-6 months at a time) and Short-Term Election Observer (2-4 weeks per election) for 12 elections in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Ukraine, and the U.S., seconded by the U.S. State Department. In July 2016, deployed to Ukraine to cover the Ukraine-Russia war for 6 months.



afterchernobyl.com

• Ukraine

• Creator of After Chernobyl project

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2017

  Photographed and interviewed people still affected by Chernobyl, from 2007-2014. TED Books released my documentary photography book Would You Stay? about Chernobyl and Fukushima in 2013: bit.ly/TED-Would-You-Stay. A series of After Chernobyl exhibits toured in the U.S.: afterchernobyl.com Photographed and interviewed people still affected by Chernobyl, from 2007-2014. TED Books released my documentary photography book Would You Stay? about Chernobyl and Fukushima in 2013: bit.ly/TED-Would-You-Stay. A series of After Chernobyl exhibits toured in the U.S.: afterchernobyl.com



Hartwick College

• Resident Artist

  • 2012 - 2012



Fulbright

• Photographer / Fulbright Research Fellow

  • 2008 - 2009

  I received a Fulbright fellowship and spent 2 years in Ukraine, photographing and interviewing Chernobyl survivors. See more details at www.afterchernobyl.com. I received a Fulbright fellowship and spent 2 years in Ukraine, photographing and interviewing Chernobyl survivors. See more details at www.afterchernobyl.com.



Wisconsin Water Star Community Program

• Coordinator

  • 2008 - 2008



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• University photographer

  • Mar 2001 - Jan 2007

  Staff photographer for University Communications. Staff photographer for University Communications.



City of Madison, WI

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Plan Commissioner

  • 2003 - 2006



Associated Press

• Photojournalist

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2000

  Photographer based in Almaty, Kazakhstan Photographer based in Almaty, Kazakhstan



Icewalk North Pole Expedition

• Student Participant

  • 1989 - 1989