About

My name is Cliff Etzel. I’m a regional award winning photojournalist who has been a visual content creator since 15 years of age.

This pretty much sums it up in what I do:

Reporter. Camera operator. Sound technician. Lighting technician. Writer. Narrator. Editor. Those aren’t seven jobs. They’re one job – Mine.

I’m a SoloVJ; a solo video journalist.

Past Accomplishments & Awards for my photojournalistic work:

• 1992 – 1 of 99 out of 847 applicants accepted to the Eddie Adams Workshop attending as a member of the “Green Team”. While there, I was 1 of 15 special merit award winners for my work. This award resulted in the publication of a photodocumentary project I had shot over the course of 18 months.
• 1993 – Society of Professional Journalists (Willamette Valley Chapter) – 1st place Photo Page, Third place each for Feature Photos and Sports Photography
• 1994 – Society of Professional Journalists (Willamette Valley Chapter):  2nd place – Best feature photo.

In my past still work, I specialized in photo documentary and slice of life stories. Since discovering the new paradigm of self contained video production, I now focus my energies in the Solo VJ paradigm, solo video program and creating that content to be cross platform – the ability to distribute across multiple distribution channels with an emphasis on people-based stories, arts, travel and documentary work.