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((short description|American photographer (born 1962)))
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| alma_mater   = [[University of Texas at San Antonio]], [[St. Philip's College (United States)|St. Philip's College]]
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| occupation   = screenwriter, film producer, photojournalist, photographer, author
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'''Rolando Gómez''' is an American [[film producer]], [[screenwriter]], [[freelance]] [[photographer]], [[author]]<ref name=Kirkus>((cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rolando-gomez/taming-the-trouser-snake/ |title=Kirkus Review : Rolando Gómez |access-date=2018-05-31))</ref> and an alumnus of the 2021 [[National Hispanic Media Coalition]] Series Scriptwriters Program<ref name="Variety Magazine">((cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/national-hispanic-media-coalition-2021-series-latinx-scriptwriters-program-cohorts-1234812393/ |title=Variety Magazine : National Hispanic Media Coalition Reveals 2021 Series Latinx Scriptwriters Program Cohorts |date=10 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-10))</ref> and the Writers Guild Foundation Veterans Project.<ref name="Rolando Gómez Bio">((cite web |url=https://rolandogomez.com/bio/ |title=Rolando Gómez Bio : Rolando Gómez Bio |access-date=2022-09-13))</ref> In 2021 he was an on-set [[associate producer]] for the feature films, ''I Am Gitmo'' and ''Everything Will Be Fine in the End''.<ref name="IMDb Credits">((cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9817480/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 |title=IMDb Credits : IMDb Rolando Gómez Credits |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=2022-09-10))</ref> and [[Quora]] honored him in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as a Top Writer.<ref name=Quora>((cite web |url=https://www.quora.com/profile/Rolando-Gomez-5/ |title=Quora Verified Profile : Rolando Gómez |access-date=2018-05-31))</ref>

== Life and career ==
One of the original Lexar Media Elite Photographers,<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.lexar.com/dp/pro_photo/index.html |title=Lexar &#124; Pro Photographer Corner |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803063621/http://www.lexar.com/dp/pro_photo/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-08-03))</ref> after Gómez left the active-duty U.S. Army as a staff sergeant, he joined the U.S. Air Force as a civilian and served as the Chief, Multimedia Production for the Air Force News Agency (AFNEWS), now the [[Air Force Public Affairs Agency]] (AFPAA). There he served for nine years and oversaw print, radio, and television streaming content for the Air Force official website plus other internal and external media publication and broadcast products.<ref name=bio /><ref name="tech">((cite web |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/streaming-video-becoming-driver-for-web-site-traffic/ |title=Tech Republic : Streaming video becoming driver for Web site traffic |access-date=2003-07-14))</ref>

One product, AFLINK (Air Force Link), increased its download video and radio streams from 180,000 to almost 700,000 monthly in the first year under Gómez' supervision and was touted in an article by ''Tech Republic''.<ref name=tech /> In 2004, the agency honored Gómez as the AFNEWS Senior Level Civilian Employee of the Year, worldwide.<ref name=bio />

Gómez served almost nine years active-duty as a military combat photographer in the [[US Army]],<ref name="San Antonio Express News">((cite web |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SAEC&p_theme=saec&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFE758036DF9F6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM/ |title=San Antonio Express News : S.A. servicemen visiting Hanoi say bomb craters are still there |access-date=2018-05-31))</ref><ref name=bio>((cite web |url=https://rolandogomez.com/bio/ |title=Biography : Rolando Gómez |access-date=2008-12-07))</ref> and  worked directly for the CINC [[United States Southern Command]] (USSOUTHCOM), Gen. [[George A. Joulwan]], who created Operation Support Justice,<ref name="Newsweek Magazine">((cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/newest-war-197768 |title=Newsweek Magazine : The Newest War |website=[[Newsweek]] |date=5 January 1992 |access-date=2022-09-12))</ref> in Germany at [[V Corps (United States)|V Corps]] and at USSOUTHCOM headquarters in Panama for a total of four years.<ref name="Rolando Gómez Bio">((cite web |url=https://rolandogomez.com/bio/ |title=Rolando Gómez Bio : Rolando Gómez Bio |access-date=2022-09-13))</ref>

The Dept. of Defense honored Gómez as one of the "Top Five" military [[combat photographer]]s worldwide, plus awarded him the [[Defense Meritorious Service Medal]] for his actions on the [[war on drugs]] in Latin America during the [[Pablo Escobar]] era where Gómez' military unit tracked Escobar, other narcos, and the [[Shining Path]] guerrillas of Peru for 26-months as part of Operation Support Justice.<ref name=bio />  

Gómez also deployed on assignments for the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], the Olympics, Presidential Inauguration, [[Desert Storm]], [[Operation Uphold Democracy]] in Haiti, [[Operation Northern Watch]] in Turkey and the [[Rwandan genocide]] and refugee crisis in Africa plus many more world events.<ref name=Newsweek>((cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/quora-question-military-photographer-most-memorable-moments-457718 |title=Newsweek : MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS |website=[[Newsweek]] |date=14 May 2016 |access-date=2018-05-31))</ref><ref name="Amazon Author Page">((cite web |url=https://amazon.com/author/rolandogomez/ |title=Amazon Author Page : Rolando Gómez |website=Amazon |access-date=2018-05-31))</ref>

His work has appeared in ''[[PARADE]]'' (cover story), ''[[NEWSWEEK]]'', ''Rangefinder'', ''D-Pixx'', ''Peterson's 4-Wheel Drive'', ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]'', ''[[Army Times]]'', ''Airman'', ''Soldiers'', ''[[Playboy]]'', ''Netscape'', ''Studio Photography & Design'', ''PMA Daily'', and ''[[Leica World News]]'' plus other publications.<ref>Perkins, Michelle. Professional Portrait Posing: Techniques and Images from Master Photographers. Amherst Media, 2007. ((ISBN|1-58428-211-8)). Page 51</ref>

Gómez earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication, Electronic Media, summa cum laude (4.0 GPA), from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] (UTSA) in 2001 and an associate degree in Business Administration from St. Philips College, San Antonio. Gomez is also a State of Texas mediator in conflict resolution. He is listed by the University of Texas, San Antonio as a “notable graduate.”<ref name=ConferenceUSA>((cite web |url=http://conferenceusa.com/sports/2016/7/18/UTSA%20Alumni.aspx?id=1496& |title=Conference USA : UTSA Notable Alumni |access-date=2018-07-08))</ref>


== Bibliography ==

* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gómez |title=Taming The Trouser Snake: A Man's Guide to Relationships, Romance, Sex and More |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform  |location=Charleston, SC |year=2015 |pages=254 |isbn=978-1-51238-319-5 ))
* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gómez |title=Socially Smart: Twitter Plus Facebook, Marketing Multipliers And Brand Boosters |publisher=Bookbaby  |location=Pennsauken, NJ |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-62675-475-1 ))
* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gomez |title=Garage Glamour : Digital Nude and Beauty Photography Made Simple |publisher=Amherst Media |location=Amherst, NY |year=2006 |isbn=1-58428-183-9 ))
* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gómez |title=Rolando Gomez's Glamour Photography: Professional Techniques and Images |publisher=Amherst Media, Inc |location=Buffalo, NY |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-58428-210-5 ))
* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gómez |title=Rolando Gomez's Posing Techniques for Glamour Photography  |publisher=Amherst Media, Inc |location=Buffalo, NY |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-58428-238-9 ))
* ((cite book |author=Rolando Gómez |title=Rolando Gomez's Lighting for Glamour Photography: Techniques for Digital Photographers  |publisher=Amherst Media, Inc |location=Buffalo, NY |year=2010 |isbn= 978-1-58428-999-9 ))
* ((cite book |author=Jack Watson, Rolando Gómez (foreword) |title=BEYOND THE GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAPH: How to Get Started and Be Successful as a Boudoir, Glamour, and Swimsuit Photographer: With Companion DVD |publisher=Atlantic Publishing Company |location=FL |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-60138-391-4 ))

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