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Li Bendet, Retoucher

I'm a Sr. level retoucher whose business model is one of contrasts from working on site for clients in print and online work to working as an outside contractor in my home studio and I continue to be flexible with the type of work I do.

I have years of experience in working at high-end retouching houses, learning print and trouble shooting on jobs, as well as online and e-commerce sites, ranging from fashion and cosmetics, advertising and editorial.

For the last seven years I've worked on fine arts still life images at Christies auction house responsible for assigned high end print catalogues and online sales during busy schedule throughout the year. Working closely with specialists in all departments, color correcting and image manipulating to specifications. Also preparing images for ads.

I have also worked on site for two years at Tommy, USA on high-end images with their in-house high-end digital photo studio. This was set-up as part of a large E-commerce department with an array of product from fashion, incl. models, hair and skin as well as color correction of clothing, fragrances and watches and bedding.

For advertising I was the in-house on staff retoucher for DMB&M renamed D'Arcy for it's last year. Clients: Uncle Bens, Scope, Swiffer, Philips/Norelco, Joseph Abboud, Always and Pampers: Color correction retouched and composited on final art for magazine ads. Scope: Large format billboard. P&G, pampers Coke International, Pampers, Merrill Lynch, Crest, Ernst and Young and Prilosec: Creative concept pieces for new business.

Other on site jobs are Joshua Scott photography, Sonneman, A Way of Light for several catalogues, Berenter, Greenhouse and Webster on several Bed Bath and Beyond catalogues, and Westphal in cosmetics.

Work at Li Bendet, Retoucher home studio includes Chantecaille, Aramis and Westphal also working on Tom Ford and Bamboo, as well as Austrailan fashion and sports images for catalogues.

James Chin Group Movado Watches website images, Tom Felicia print ads and book, JLo lingerie. 80 pieces for catalogue CMYK color corrections to match product. Citibank ad campaign, Martha Stewart, Lutheran Medical Orthopedics magazine and outdoor advertising Jewelry work for o2kl and Holsted.

A more artistic and compositing flare is needed when I work on covers for Hachette, St. Martin's Press, Penguin and Time Warner.

To sum up my experience, I'm a digital compositing artist who has enjoyed both technical retouching on products and fashion and creative composites output as giclee prints seen in galleries and sold in auction.