minh carrico

After 18 years of working as a designer, photographer, and producer in
the advertising and magazine industry, Minh Carrico is tu rning his attention
towards a teaching career. In fall of 2007, he began teaching graphic
design and photography at Edmonds Community College just outside of
Seattle,Washington. Bringing his passion for visual communications and nearly
20 years of real world experiences to the classroom. Minh's tenure track
position will continue to resonate his passion for visual communications
through the use design and photography.

Minh started his career in 1991 as an editorial magazine photographer
while attending St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. He opened a
commercial photography studio in 1993 and began making photographs
for advertising agencies and design firms. After six years, he moved to
New York City to further pursue his photography career and began
exploring a career in print graphic design.

His design and photography clients includes 3M, Atlantic Records,
Benjamin Moore Paints, Chris Buck, Detour Magazine, Michel Gondry,
Annie Leibovitz, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, MTV, Time Out New
York Magazine, and Whole Food Market Inc.

Growing up in a rural area of Little Rock, Arkansas during the 70's and
80's, he attended high school just outside the city limits. Where he
joined the year book staff during his freshman year. It was the
whispering click of the shutter that began his creative passion for
visual images.

Outside of the classroom, Minh is producing a documentary of still
photographs made during his numerous trips to Vietnam. Along with
writing a screen play based on his experience of growing up as a
Vietnamese-American in Arkansas.