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iNside this issue Membership Report ...... 2 atlaN ta 2011 SPE News ...... 3 Regional Conferences ...... 4 Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image 2010 Conference Review ...... 8 Thank You ...... 11 Job Opportunities ...... 15 Did you have a great time in Philadelphia? The vernacular of science and poetry are 2011 Conference Proposal ...... 18 Opportunities and Calls for Submissions ...... 20 We sure did! With nearly 1,300 attendees, infused in the methods and work of nearly Member News ...... 21 the energy and excitement at our 47th na- every photographer. Join us in Atlanta as tional conference this past March was ter- we engage and celebrate the foundations of rific. We will continue with the same quality our process. Please see the Atlanta confer- and intensity next March in Atlanta. ence proposal information on page 16 for more information on submitting a proposal. CoNgratulatioNs! SPE’s 48th National Conference, "Science, Please note: Proposals not related to the conference SPE would like to congratulate this year’s Poetry and the Photographic Image," will theme are welcome! scholarship recipients! Undergraduate stu- examine the confluence of the ideologies of dent Antonio De Jesus Lopez, from Hum- scientists and poets in the context of pho- And don’t forget to check in at www.spena- boldt State University, is the recipient of tography. The conference will reflect upon tional.org—we will be posting conference The Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for our history in the medium, our practitioners details as they become available. Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photography. Don Gregorio Antón and educators, as well as look forward to the was honored as the sponsoring faculty and latest innovations and contemporary practic- About the city: With the busiest airport in received an engraved crystal apple as part of es. The theme this year will take us into the the world, Atlanta is an international hub, the award. This prestigious award is spon- very foundations of our process, investigat- and one of the fastest-growing metropoli- sored by Freestyle Photographic Supplies. ing how we engage our experiences, and the tan areas in the United States. SPE’s con- The Crystal Apple Award includes a $5,000 visual languages we use to express them. ference venue, the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, stipend, a one-year SPE membership, and a is located in the heart of the city center, conference fee waiver. minutes from a wide range of dining, cul- tural and entertainment venues. For the past The Jeannie Pearce Award was awarded to ten years, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, June Yong Lee, a graduate student from In- diana University. This award was created for a nonprofit organization, has cultivated students working with digital technology. It the photographic arts in the region. Along includes a $500 travel stipend, a one-year SPE with galleries, museums, and educational membership and a conference fee waiver. institutions, Atlanta has fostered a rich and dynamic environment for SPE’s national The recipients of the SPE Student Awards conference. were Roger Boulay (University of New Mexico, Graduate), Sarah Cusimano Mi- les (The University of Alabama, Graduate), Veronica Ibanez (Parsons The New School for Design, Graduate), Ruth Kaplan (Ryer- son University, Graduate), Mark Kasumo- vic (Ryerson University, Graduate), Michael Mergen (Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate), Freja Mitchell (University of New Mexico, Graduate), Robin Odland (Bucks County Community College), Antonio Ra- mon (Savannah College of Art and Design, Graduate), and Travis Shaffer (The University of Kentucky, Graduate). SPE Student Awards include a $500 travel stipend, a one-year SPE roger boulay, Stack21, 2009 robin odland, High School Students, Warwick, PA, 2009 membership, and a conference fee waiver. spe SPE Membership report: 2009 Numbers 2009 Membership by Region SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION Regions Members is a nonprofit membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of 1 Northeast 224 photography and related media as a means 2 Mid-Atlantic 142 of creative expression and cultural insight. 3 Southeast 253 4 South Central 258 5 Midwest 392 Executive Committee of SPE's National Board Tom Fischer, Chair 6 Southwest 113 Michael Marshall, Vice Chair 7 West 168 Joann Brennan, Secretary 8 Northwest 61 Nancy Stuart, Treasurer International 15 Executive Director Total 1626 Virginia Morrison [email protected]

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2 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 be shared. In other words, no response would with a time stamp of no later than 11:59 SPE NEWS default to an affirmative response. pm EST on November 30, 2010. (Essays received after this time and date will not ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT SHARING If at any time you would like your name be considered.) SPE MEMBER MAILING INFORMATION removed from the postal or email list, you 5. SPE’s Writing Award Review Committee can inform SPE, but know that once your will select the winner of the writing SPE continues to work on ways to best foster email information is released, it can be shared award from nominated and delivered a partnership between photographic educa- readily. Please note: those who purchase mail- academic essays, to be announced at the tors and the photo industry. As we all know, ing lists will be asked to sign a disclosure of national conference in March each year. email has become the mainstream of com- purpose and content for their mailing. If you Participating finalists will be informed of munication. SPE’s industry partners and orga- have any questions or concerns please contact the results of the review in January and nizations have longed for SPE member email SPE’s Executive Director by phone at your the selected winning essay’s author will addresses as a method to communicate special earliest convenience! be announced, and hopefully presented, offers, opportunities, and products geared at the national conference in Atlanta, GA toward SPE members. As businesses and March 10 – 13, 2011. institutions shift from sending printed mail The 2011 SPE Conference Award for campaigns, email has become the preferred Excellence in Historical, Critical, method of communication for economic, and Theoretical Writing SPE BOARD Election environmental, and time-related reasons. SPE The SPE Conference Award for Excellence Thanks to those who submitted nominee would like to provide an email list of its mem- in Historical, Critical, and Theoretical Writing recommendations for SPE’s National Board bers, as well as a postal mailing list, to photo- was established in 2007 to honor SPE’s former of Directors elections for the 2011-2015 term graphic industry partners and organizations executive director Jennifer Yamashiro. This of office! The SPE Nominations Committee interested in reaching you. award seeks to recognize excellence in writing is preparing a slate of candidates that will be in the field of photography among the Society’s posted on SPE’s website on August 1, 2010. SPE’s relationships with many photographic members. Authors must be current members The SPE bylaws provide members with a partners and organizations have been of tre- of SPE, and nominations will be selected only period of thirty days to add to the slate before mendous value over the years, enabling SPE from presentation abstracts submitted for the the ballots are printed and mailed. In the to grow in ways that otherwise would not have Society’s annual conference under the category event that 2 percent of the national member- been possible. These industry partners and of "Lecture." The award winner will be juried ship recommends the addition of any society organizations really want to connect with SPE from completed papers. The award includes a member to the preliminary slate, the commit- members to provide pertinent information prize of $1,000 and consideration for publica- tee shall make up to four additional nomina- and access to products and services, and to tion in a future issue of the Society’s journal tions. SPE bylaws, Article IV, Section 3. serve SPE members in the same valuable ways exposure. In addition, the award recipient will they serve SPE as an organization. We believe also receive a complimentary pass to the 2011 The nomination committee will run SPE the opportunities emailed and/or mailed to national conference and exhibits fair and a elections following the schedule below: SPE members will be beneficial and in direct one-year membership to SPE. support of SPE’s mission. If no additions to the initial slate are received Timeline and Procedure: by membership during the August posting of SPE’s goal is to respect its members’ prefer- 1. Proposal submission deadline is June 1, the slate: ences and create a list that will serve those 2010, along with all SPE national confer- September 24 – First-class mailing to all who DO want information while simultane- ence proposals (see page 17). 2010 members ously serving the needs of industry partners 2. In September, the chair of the Writing October 30 – Postmark deadline for return who have contributed to SPE in so many Award Review Committee will notify the of ballots meaningful ways. All current SPE members nominees and invite them to submit a November 13 – Confirmation of vote will soon be receiving an opportunity to opt completed essay suitable for review and December – New board members out of sharing their email address, postal possible publication under the guidelines announced in winter newsletter address, or both. The choices will be: of the writing award, below. 3. Guidelines: The essay should be no more If the initial slate is modified due to speci- • Do NOT share my mailing address out- than 6,000 words in length, must be in fied membership response (see above) to the side of SPE. English, and include a list of illustra- August posting of the slate: • Do NOT share my email address outside tions. Format must follow the Chicago September 1 – If proscribed response from of SPE. Manual of Style, 15th ed. All copy must membership is received, candidates are be double spaced, using Times or Times added to the slate* You will be able to inform us of your pref- New Roman, 12 point. Authors will be October 20 – First-class mailing to all 2010 erences by returning a postcard that will be required to obtain permission for quoted members mailed to you, by responding to an email material unless it is governed by fair use. November 12 – Postmark deadline for campaign sent from SPE, or by contacting 4. Deadline: final essays should be submit- return of ballots SPE’s national office. If we do not hear from ted to SPE’s executive director in the November 17 – Confirmation of vote you by May 31, 2010, we will assume that you National Office (vmorrison@spenation- December – New board members DO give permission for your information to al.org) as a PDF attachment to an email announced in winter newsletter www.spenational.org 3 SPE Honored Educator 2011 To be considered for the Honored Educator In Memoriam Call for Nominations Award, the educator must be nominated by a SPE member Judith Taylor, 56, a full profes- The 2011 Conference Committee of the Society member of SPE. Nominations should include sor and the program coordinator of pho- for Photographic Education seeks nomina- a letter of nomination citing specifics about tography at Arcadia University, passed on tions from the membership for the Honored the educator’s contributions to the field of January 26, 2010. Her work is in collections Educator Award given annually at SPE’s photographic education and a summary of at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bryn National Conference. The criteria for selection the nominee’s career. Nominations should be Mawr College, Lehigh University, and the of the Honored Educator are as follows: submitted to the National Office at the fol- State Museum of Pennsylvania, among oth- lowing address: ers. A service was held Saturday, February 6, • The recipient has made a significant 2010, at Paoli Presbyterian Church in Paoli, contribution to the field of photographic Society for Photographic Education PA. Donations can be made to an acquisition education. 2530 Superior Ave., #403 fund to purchase the work of photographers • The contribution to the field could be Cleveland, OH 44114 in her memory: made through classroom teaching, writ- Attn: Honored Educator Award ing, publishing, museum education, or [email protected] Attn: Rita Gallagher other areas of professional practice in the 216/622-2712 (fax) Department of Prints, Drawings, field of photography. and Photographs • The recipient is a full-career educator. Submission deadline is July 1, 2010. Philadelphia Museum of Art There is no specific requirement for the P.O. Box 7646 number of years in the field, but 15 years Philadelphia, PA 19101 would generally be seen as a minimum. • The recipient has been a member of SPE. 2009 Regional Conference Reports

Northeast ❶ and ❺ MIDwest mid-atlantic ❷ Regions The Art Market November 6 – 7, 2009, in Montclair, NJ Montclair State University ❶ Northeast Conference Chair: Andrew Atkinson www.spema.org, www.spenortheast.org ❷ Mid-atlantic The last few years have been characterized by contradictory economic effects upon photogra- ❼ west phy—tightening budgets and a renaissance in ❸ southeast amateur photography exert downward pressure ❻ Southwest in many areas in the commercial market, yet ❹ south central the fine art market, particularly in photography, has massively expanded and increasingly looks to younger emerging artists to fulfill the gal- Southeast Region ❸ lery opportunities. The recent collapse of the Educators' Forum: Sean Justice, "Marketing Photographic Education to China," and Keith Crossroads market has changed the pragmatics of what to October 15 – 18, 2009, in Atlanta, GA do but not the fundamental questions: What is Shapiro, "Looking at Photography Education as a Market" Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta the relationship between the market and pho- Conference Chair: Perry Kirk tographic practice? How does the market affect Education Panel: "The Adjunct Instructor in Keynote Speaker: Gregory Crewdson photographers, their methods, their aesthetics? http://spese.blogspot.com Furthermore, now there is a renewed interest in Today’s Market" with Mark Ensslin, Bergen the role of teaching in relation to professional Community College; Stephanie Bursese, Ramapo College; Sean Fader, Fashion Institute of The conference brought together 256 educa- preparation—what is that relationship, and what tors, artists, and student photographers. There do we do now? Technology; Carl Gunhouse, Montclair State University; Markam Keith Adams, Rowan were 164 students in attendance coming from University 34 schools throughout the region and as far Keynote: Art Star Reality TV panel with pro- as Tennessee. The largest groups of students ducer Christopher Sperandio, juror Carlo Honored Educator Award, Scholarship Awards: in attendance came from SCAD Atlanta (62), McCormick and artists Bec Stupak and Travis East Carolina University (15), and University of LeRoy Southworth. Honored Educator: Leigh Metzler, "Sucking the Plastic Tit: The New Culture of Sexual Terrorism"; imagemakers Sean Georgia (34). There were 19 presenters from Martha Madigan. Warhol and the Market dis- the southeast region: George Blakely, Daniel cussion with Neil Baldwin and Neil Ganis Fader and Amber Hawk Swanson; Warhol Panel and Gallery Reception Kariko, Mark Maio, Chip Simone, Elizabeth Brady Robinson, Forest McMullin, Michael 4 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 Oliveri, Mark Malloy, Joseph Mougel, Taj Forer, between Russia's Wild East and the Wild West West Region ❼ Michael Itkoff, Ruth Dusseault, David Strohl, of the USA," internationally recognized aut- Document and Identity Patrick Keough, Heather Freeman, Jeff Murphy, hor and humorist Ian Frazier perfectly set the December 4 – 6, 2009, in Oakhurst, CA Robert Graham, Rod Fincannon, and Phoebe tone for the conference. Both Alec Soth and Evergreen Conference Center Brown. There were five presenters from outside Paul Shambroom framed their work against a Keynote Speaker: Catherine Opie the region coming from as far as California: context of the vast archive of imagery on the Conference Chairs: Erika Gentry, Kathleen Gregory Crewdson, Mary Virginia Swanson, Web today—though both in different ways, and Laraia McLaughlin and Julia Bradshaw Robert Konuch, Aimee Tomasek (Valparaiso Gary Hallman was honored for his 30+ years www.spewest.org University, IN), and Stan Strembicki (Washington of service to photographic education. Speakers University). Students and professionals had the included Jeffris Elliott, Marcella Hackbardt, Under a cold, clear sky during December 4 – 6 opportunity to have their portfolios viewed by Peter HappelChristian, Dominic Lippillo, John 2009, 83 SPE members attended Document & 19 different educators and professionals. Two Engelbrecht, Jonathan Johnson, Aaron Lurth, Identity, the 2009 SPE West Unconference & schools gave presentations on their graduate Chris Mortenson, Mark Malloy, Ashley Miller, Retreat at The Evergreen Conference Center programs, Georgia State University and East Colleen Mullins, Becky Olstad, Chris Tetrault, (ECCO). ECCO is located on the north side of Carolina University. Additional financial sup- Scott Murphy, Jeff Nilan, Rebecca Potts, Jason the beautiful mountain village of Oakhurst, CA, port came from Calumet Photographic, REM, Reblando, Mike Reinders, Natasha Montgomery, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains just south of MAC Group, B&H Photo, Capture Integration, Mark Schoon, Caroline Houdek, Justin Newhall, Yosemite National Park. Department of Art—UWG. "The Crossroads Christopher Burnett, Joel Eisinger, Christine Exhibition" was juried by Anna Walker Skillman McVay, Garin Horner, Michael Sawdey, and Nestled into lodge-style accommodations and of Jackson Fine Art. Eighty-eight people sub- Mary Virginia Swanson. The weekend's festivi- served authentic camp food, participants arri- mitted approximately 350 works. Forty-five were ties were capped by a self-guided gallery tour ving early had the opportunity to attend a pre- chosen for the exhibition. around the Twin Cities and Halloween dance conference bus field trip to see Ansel Adams's party. Approximately 200 attended from as far original darkroom and house in Yosemite Valley, South central Region ❹ away as California and North Carolina! lead by Steve Dzerigian and TAAG curatorial Crosswinds: A Cross-Pollination Retreat staff, or attend a Digital Workflow workshop October 15 – 17, 2009, in Thibodaux, LA southwest Region ❻ lead by Patricia Russotti. Friday evening, all parti- Conference Chair: Deborah Lillie Photography Now cipants arrived to break bread together and after- www.spesouthcentral.org November 13 – 15, 2009, in Tucson, AZ ward enjoyed student award announcements Amphitheater High School and Honored Educator Robbert Flick's (USC) Crosswinds: A Cross-Polination Retreat allowed Conference Chairs: Andrew Bevington & presentation "Looking at Now and Then." A the members of the South Central region to Jennifer Loshaw wine and cheese reception followed. come together for an informal and wonderfully www.spesouthwest.com relaxing fall conference. Deborah Lillie, associ- On Saturday early risers enjoyed yoga or a run ate professor of art at Nichols State University, Photography Now was held at Tucson's Amphitheater around the lake, and a hearty group breakfast. put together a wonderful docket of speakers High School and was designed to encourage Then they started in on imagemaker presen- from the region and we honored the educational high school photography students to deepen tations and professional development work- prowess of Kenda North, professor of art at their exploration of photography. Thursday and shops by Julia Schlosser; Stephen Johnson; UT Arlington. North delivered an inspirational Friday events were heavily attended by high Sarah Christianson; Nigel Poor; Diane Meyer; lecture that can be found in the Fall Newsletter school students while the evening lectures and Kim Mowbray, Rachel Hubbard and Renee on our regional website www.spesouthcentral. Saturday lectures were attended by professors, Peck; Dore Bowen and Liena Vayzman; Douglas org. The conference highlights included boat department chairs, museum professionals, and Dertinger; Amanda Keller Konya; Sant Khalsa; tours of the coastal swamp lands, a crab boil at administrators. and Sean McFarland. Saturday’s grand finale was the Kenny Hill sculpture garden, and both mem- Keynote Speaker Catherine Opie’s presentation bers and student members exhibitions. Portfolio What we found is that the students were highly "American Photographer" followed by a casual reviews and general reverie at the hotel in the encouraged and had a lot of support from their members portfolio review and social. evenings plus the wonderful flavors of Louisiana professors. Their work was strong and showed meant that fun was had by all! great promise. On the other side, the professionals Sunday after breakfast Kate Jordahl lead the found time to unite, and share ideas and stories. teaching discussion "Teaching Photography Midwest Region ❺ Some reunited for the first time after many years. Online" while some members chose to tour West Freeze/Thaw: Cycles in the American Heartland The lectures were intimate displays of new work, Coast Imaging’s Oakhurst facility and others October 29 – 31, 2009, in Minneapolis, MN conversations of how a body of continued work continued home or attempted to tour snow- Holiday Inn Metrodome began, evolved and continues to grow. We shared covered Yosemite. Feedback about the retreat- Conference Chair: Colleen Mullins conversations over dinner and united once more style gathering was positive as members enjoyed Featured Speaker: Alec Soth with our passion for photography. Round table getting to know each other in close quarters. It Honored Educator: Gary Hallman discussions on curriculum, panel discussions on seems that this group likes being trapped toge- www.midwestspe.org the diversity of photography programs, and ther for camp-style meals and bunking in rooms workshops in Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop with twin beds! We felt fortunate to host Flick The Midwest Regional Conference was hosted gave focused time for in-depth discussion and and Opie for the entire weekend and enjoyed by The Art Institutes International Minnesota granted a solid understanding of how we are all their company throughout each day. Thanks to at the Holiday Inn Metrodome. With his talk growing and how we can all learn from one ano- you all for making it a success. For more infor- "From Siberia to the Great Plains: Connections ther. Inspiration was the end result. mation and photos visit www.spewest.org. www.spenational.org 5 Northwest Region ❽ Berger (UW) as SPENW Honored Educator. The and two viewpoints on working with international Reflex region has presented one of Berger’s prints to the NGOs. White House, landscape, pro-sports, and November 6 – 8, 2009, in Seattle, WA university for permanent display. For the month MFA student imagemakers had opportunities to Conference Chair: Walter Bodle of November the Benham Gallery scheduled an present their work and ideas. "Margaret Bourke- www.spenw.org exhibit of the photographic works created by the White: The Early Years" offered a dramatically faculty at the University of Washington: Rebecca close look at the photographic education of this The Northwest Regional Conference opened Cummins, Ellen Garvins, Michael Van Horn, and famous woman. with a special look at "The Robert Mapplethorp Paul Berger. Polaroids" by the exhibit’s curator, Sylvia Wolf, The final Sunday sessions included an outline and director of the Henry Art Gallery. A variety of presentations during the Saturday demonstration by Rosanne Olson on how to teach sessions included two demonstrations on alter- good lighting techniques and a workshop on digital The closing special reception at the Benham native processes, a panel discussion about issues work flow by Richard McEnery. Gallery enabled the region to recognize Paul and concerns related to high school curriculum, Upcoming 2010 Regional Conferences

Northeast region ❶ Proposals for lectures, workshops, panels, and "Change" was a seminal word in our last presi- www.spenortheast.org demonstrations are now being accepted. Contact dential election. Change may result in an altered Michael Peven at [email protected]. perspective, metaphorically, politically or per- Mid-atlantic Region ❷ sonally. Taking a closer look at motivations or changes within the medium of photography and Tentative: Midwest Region ❺ photographic education while locating ourselves Mid Atlantic Region Fall Members' Event Time for Light as photographers, artists, or educators in today’s October 29, 2010 in New York City September 30 – October 2, 2010 in Kalamazoo, MI world provides a vantage point for understan- PhotoPlus Expo Frostic School of Art ding the power of change as transformation. 12:00-5:00 pm Portfolio Reviews (nominal fee) Western Michigan University Taking stock of where the medium is and where 5:00-7:00 pm Cocktail Networking Party for Conference Chairs: Bill Davis, Adriane Little, it may be going gives us the opportunity to ack- members and sponsors Shuichi Murakami, and Ginger Owen nowledge our past and may provide insight into www.spema.org Keynote Speaker: Lucy Lippard Featured Exhibition Artist: Yinka Shonibare the gains and limitations of the current techno- logies. A closer look at photography’s present, ❸ Featured Speaker: Laura Letinsky Southeast Region Honored Educator Panel: TBD gives rise to challenges while paying homage Grounded www.midwestspe.org to our past traditions, heritage and mentorship. October 21 – 24, 2010 During this conference we will explore the The Aloft Hotel in Tallahassee, FL The 2010 Regional SPE Time for Light conference ways that artists, activists or educators engage in Conference Chairs: John Mann and will be a collaborative meditation on the past, socially responsible practices as a means to use George Blakely present, and future contributions of lens-based the medium to inform our senses, educate or as http://spese.blogspot.com media to art, society, and culture. The conference an agent of social change. invites imagemakers and theoreticians to exam- Hosted by Florida State University, the 2010 ine and share the benefits and consequences of West Region ❼ SPESE regional conference will discuss photog- photography to the societies and cultures behind November 12 – 14, 2010 in San Diego, CA raphy as a means of exploring the world imme- or in front of the lens. So that imagemakers may San Diego City College and the Museum of diately around us. The conference will present a better understand the past, record the present, Photographic Arts wide range of artists and critics who will explore and shape the future, the MWSPE Time for Light Featured Speaker: Lucy Lippard the many social, political, or poetic uses of pho- conference will culminate in the restoration, Honored Educator: John Divola tography that make us feel Grounded. Featured renewal, and new discoveries of historic and Conference Chairs: Julia Bradshaw and conference speakers are artists Amy Stein and post-historic photographic discourse and prac- Morgan Konn Matthew Coolidge. tice. As we move forward and look backward, www.spewest.org the conference will convene in Kalamazoo to ❹ South central Region make and take time for light. Northwest Region ❽ Spirits of the Times www.spenw.org October 7 – 9, 2010 in Fayetteville, AR Special Event: Photo Fest, Kalamazoo Art Hop, Photography Now University of Arkansas October 1, 2010: more than 60 galleries and November 5 – 7, 2010 in Portland, OR Conference Chair: Michael Peven businesses will host photography/lens-based Speakers: Sally Schoolmaster and Wei Hsueh of Featured Speaker: Danny Lyon exhibits throughout the city of Kalamazoo. Pacific Northwest College of Art www.spesouthcentral.org Conference Chairs: Chris Bennett and southwest Region ❻ Laura Valenti On Display: "The Bikeriders," Photographs Altering Perspectives by Danny Lyon, Crystal Bridges Museum of October 22 – 24, 2010 in Prescott, AZ Panel discussions on current teaching modes, American Art; "Black in White America," Prescott College including a high school instructor panel and a Photographs by Leonard Freed, Fine Arts Center Conference Chair: Deborah Ford BFA/MFA instructor panel. There will also be a Gallery, UA; "SCSPE Members and Student www.spesw.org presentation on how to market your photography. Exhibits," Fayetteville Underground 6 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 MAC-ON-CAMPUS.COM

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Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field the well-informed conference schedule. En able efforts of Executive Director Virginia in the Photographic Arts Foco, Inc., is a nonprofit photography - or Morrison; Advertising, Publications & Ex- 47th Annual SPE National Conference ganization dedicated to nurturing and sup- hibits Coordinator Nina Barcellona; Reg- March 4 – 7, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA porting photographers of diverse cultures, istrar Meghan Borato; Office & Accounts Philadelphia Marriott Downtown primarily those of Latino, African, and Asian Manager Carla Pasquale; and National Con- heritage, and Native Peoples of the Ameri- ference Planner Sheryl Banks. Our profes- Submitted by SPE national board members: cas and Pacific. (www.enfoco.org ) sional staff were also tirelessly assisted by Erika Gentry, Nate Larson, and National Conference onsite staff, including Lupita Murillo Tinnen The City of Philadelphia was the ideal setting the registration team of Ashlae Shepler and for an inclusive and diverse conference. Phil- Alison Smith, volunteer team of Morgan Almost 1,300 attendees came from all over adelphia received its name from the original Ford and Jacqui Ozcelik, portfolio review the world to listen to amazing artists of di- planner and Quaker pacifist William Penn, team of Shannon Randol and Adrianna San- verse backgrounds speak about how they who saw his tract of land as a place where tiago, and exhibits team member Meghan are participating, and being perceived, in people from every background could live Fischer. This year was also a record year for the world today. Additionally, the weekend together in harmony. Local committee chair student volunteers, whose unwavering en- included an impressive variety of industry Jeannie Pearce and her diligent committee thusiasm is always appreciated! and panel presentations, portfolio reviews, ensured that no stone was left unturned in the exhibits fair, and shared camaraderie and introducing the fair city known for its his- In addition to the support of our magnifi- connections found at every SPE national toric landmarks and cultural riches, ranging cent staff and volunteers we are perpetually conference. Photographers, curators, educa- from the Philadelphia Museum of Art atop grateful to our partners for their support of tors, students, and industry exhibitors gath- the "Rocky steps" to the Blockson Afro- our diverse programming and awards. Our ered under one roof in the "city of brotherly American collection at Temple University. Gold Level Sponsors were Adobe Systems love" to celebrate the bringing together of Inc., Freestyle Photographic Supplies, MAC curious minds and to recognize the achieve- The conference hotel, the Philadelphia Mar- Group, Sprint Systems of Photography, and ments by artists of all backgrounds. riott, was at a prime location to enjoy much The Tiffen Company. Silver Level Sponsors of the city by foot. Fondly remembered are were The American Society of Media Pho- 2010 Conference Co-Chairs Hannah Frieser delicious Philly eats from nearby Chinatown tography (ASMP), Bostick & Sullivan, Inc., and Miriam Romais were exceptional in envi- restaurants and especially the Reading Ter- Fujifilm USA, Maine Media Workshops, Mid- sioning the conference, following the theme's minal Market, where attendees were able to west Photo Exchange, and Savannah College suggestion during an SPE Multicultural Cau- choose from a huge array of bakeries, res- of Art and Design. Equally important was the cus meeting. A special community partner- taurants, farm stands, and coffee shops, and support of the host institution consortium, ship with En Foco, Inc., this year illuminated even purchase chocolate lungs! Other local The University of the Arts and Ursinus Col- travel options during the conference includ- lege. Finally, we are grateful to the Pennsylva- ed bus trips to vibrant local galleries and col- nia Council on the Arts for their support. leges as well as self-guided tours of oddities

Photo: Caryn Photo: Coyle at the Mutter Museum, Eastern State Peni- Thursday kicked off the conference with tentiary, and historical locations such as In- nine different industry seminars including dependence Hall. "Toying with Creativity: The Joys & Frus- trations of Plastic Cameras" with Michelle Organization of the successful 47th annual Bates, sponsored by Freestyle Photographic national conference could not have been Supplies; "What’s New in Adobe Lightroom" possible without the ongoing and remark- by Rick Miller, sponsored by Adobe Systems, Inc.; and "19th Century Photography in the 21st Century" with Dana Sulli- van, sponsored by Bostick & Sullivan, Inc.; among others. After a day filled with the much-needed and informative seminars came an enjoyable eve- ning with keynote speaker Kip Fulbeck, whose con- tagious energy and good humor left everyone in Keynote Speaker Kip Fulbeck 2010 SPE National Board of Directors standing from left: Erika Gentry, Nate Larson, Tom Fischer, Nancy Stuart, Michael the room feeling excited Marshall, Cass Fey, Jim Stone, Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Joann Brennan, Betsy Schneider, and Richard Gray. Sitting from left: Jeff Curto, Christina Z. Anderson, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, and Sama Alshaibi. Photo: Virginia Morrison 8 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 and enthusiastic about the coming days of tendees were invited to partake in the First Photo: H the conference. Fulbreck’s talk/performance Friday gallery openings of the "hipstoric" arris Fogel about multiracial Americans entitled "I Old City neighborhood, including 40-plus Hope You Don’t Mind Me Asking, But …" galleries. Many attendees took advantage of was well received and left the audience with the free bus transportation provided by the a hunger for more. Afterward, a reception Philadelphia Photo Arts Center and Drexel sponsored by The Tiffen Company was a University that shuttled people to the Phila- nice toast to the evening where Kip Fulbeck delphia Photo Arts Center and Gallery 339 signed copies of his book and friends were to view several exhibitions and attend recep- able to discuss the evening and plan for the tions. Others were taken on a bus trip to Ty- SPE board member Arno Rafael Minkkinen introduces invited speakers weekend. Many stayed up into the wee hours ler School of Art at Temple University where Pierre-Yves Mahé and Jean-Luis Marignier sharing portfolios at the informal portfolio they were able to tour the facilities and en- Photo: Peter Croteau share while others conversed in the conve- joy a reception for the photography faculty, nient and swanky hotel bar. MFA students, and alumni show.

Friday began with a welcome breakfast with Saturday began with the Industry & Educa- the exhibitors as they opened their booths tion Forum, moderated by national board for the annual exhibits fair. The advice, sup- member Jeff Curto with panelists Veronica port, and information from a variety of pho- Cotter, HARMAN Technology/ILFORD tographic sources, including photographic PHOTO; Patrick DelliBovi, Freestyle Pho- suppliers, publishers, and professional orga- tographic Supplies; and Libby Rowe, from nizations, are always popular among attend- the University of Texas at San Antonio and ees. Registration continued and attendance chair of the SPE south central region. The swelled as people came in from all around forum discussed trends and issues surround- in anticipation of the day’s speakers. The ing the current photographic curriculum, day was filled with inspiring presentations by including the teaching of traditional dark- talented imagemakers such as Pablo Delano, room practices, among other dynamic topics Wendel A. White, Priya Kambli, Tuba Koy- formed from the recent Industry & Educa- men, Osamu James Nakagawa, Mariah Do- tion survey. Stimulating presentations con- ren, Johanna Paas, and Ellen Garvens. Pro- tinued with imagemakers Donald E. Camp, gramming also included informative lectures Ginger Owen-Murakami, and graduate stu- by Joel Eisinger, Carola Dreidemie, Don dents from across the country. There were Gregorio Antón, Jessica Ingram, Robert more thought-provoking lectures by Yi-hui Muffoletto, and Susan Sponsler-Carstarphen. Huang, Douglas McCulloh, Erina Duganne, Invited speaker Renée M. Mussai discussed and Bill Gaskins. Several more invited speak- Thursday Industry Seminar leader Jay Kinghorn during Autograph ABP, an international photo- ers and panelists gave insightful presenta- "I Need a Workflow That Works for me." Sponsored by ASMP graphic arts charity that addresses issues of tions over self-portraiture, stereotypes, race, Photo: H cultural identity and human rights. cultural identity, rethinking photographic arris Fogel education, and different aspects from the Several panels explored issues of identity, history of photography, including an over- family, and relationships. A particularly live- view of Latino photographers by Elizabeth ly and well-attended panel included artists Ferrer. Demonstrations also continued with Deborah Willis with David Graham, Phyllis Adobe’s "Best Practices" and "Beyond Pho- Galembo, Coco Fusco, Hank Willis Thom- toshop—What Next?" as, Wafaa Bilal, and Carla Williams, who spoke on the topic of "Unexpected Desire." After a full day of excellent presentations, at- Among the vigorous and dynamic discus- tendees were invited to return to the exhibits Dana Sullivan of Bostick & Sullivan, Inc., demonstrates alternative sions were the films sponsored by both the fair for the annual print raffle and silent auc- process photography in the exhibits fair Women’s and Multicultural caucuses. Last but tion, where we were able to raise additional Photo: H not least, Rick Miller presented Adobe Dem- funds for SPE. Thank you to everyone who arris Fogel onstrations of Lightroom. Friday night’s fea- contributed to the worthy cause and congrat- tured speakers, sponsored by Sprint Systems ulations to all the raffle winners! Following of Photography, were Hulleah Tsinhnahjin- the close of the auction and raffle, everyone nie and Veronica Passalacqua. Their talk, made their way to the award presentations. titled "Visual Sovereignty: International In- Deborah Willis was recognized as the 2010 digenous Photography," was both informa- Honored Educator for her countless achieve- tive and poignant as each discussed Native ments by friends, colleagues, past students, American photographers and their struggle and her son, Hank Willis Thomas. Admirers to represent themselves. After the talk, at- gave touching accounts of Willis through SPE conference attendees lineup for Hank Willis Thomas book signing at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. 2010 SPE Honored Educator Deborah Willis poses with her son www.spenational.org 9 Intimate views of the Professional Portfolio Sessions and Student Portfolio Critiques. Images by Caryn Coyle their interactions with her as an educator, The Professional Portfolio Sessions & Stu- Photo Exchange. Conference attendees boo- curator, historian, and role model. Other dent Portfolio Critiques ran smoothly and gied on the dance floor and creatively posed awards presented were the Freestyle Crystal successfully again this year thanks to the im- for the photo booths until the wee hours. Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement mense efforts of coordinators Shannon Ran- in Black and White Photography, the Jeannie dol and Adrianna Santiago, and their group The Philadelphia conference was a huge Pearce Award, SPE student awards, the Gar- of student volunteers. These sessions con- success thanks in large part to the count- ry B Fritz Imagemaker Award, and the SPE tinue to help both student and professional less hours of work from our amazing SPE Award for Excellence in Historical, Critical, imagemakers get valuable feedback on their staff and dedicated volunteers. Boundless and Theoretical Writing. images and explore opportunities for mov- gratitude is due to our two brilliant confer- ing their work forward. A big thank you goes ence co-chairs, Hannah and Miriam, the The presentations ended with the featured out to the many reviewers who gave their extraordinary SPE staff, and to every single speaker Dawoud Bey, sponsored by The time to the process. Several opportunities person who helped make this year’s confer- University of the Arts, whose presentation also existed for informal portfolio sharing ence so tremendous. Make sure to save the titled "Beyond Diversity and Toward Inclu- throughout the conference and a more for- date and we’ll see you next year at the 48th sivity," was insightful and inspiring. He spoke mal (and crowded) Curator Portfolio Walk- Annual National Conference, "Science, Po- on ways artists and institutions can create a through was held on Saturday evening. It was etry and the Photographic Image," to be held more inclusive relationship and showed as amazing to see so much great work, and the in Atlanta, GA, March 10 – 13, 2011, at the an example his project with the Walters Art buzz of conversation continued long past Sheraton Atlanta Hotel. Museum in Baltimore. The project included the formal conclusion of the event. collaboration with a diverse group of teen- Become a fan of SPE on Facebook and view all of agers who explored issues of identity in art The conference closed after the Portfolio the conference dance party images! Within Facebook, history and engaging the students in curato- Walkthrough with the traditional and popu- search "Society for Photographic Education." rial activities. lar dance party on Saturday night sponsored by MAC Group, Fujifilm USA, and Midwest

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10 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 Thank You! 2010 Conference Speakers + Graduate Student Presentations 2010 SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE Presenters Kelly Flynn, Garrett Hansen, Gazelle Sam- PRODUCT DONORS Keynote Speaker: Kip Fulbeck izay, Travis Shaffer, Leilani Wertens Thank you all for your very generous donations! Featured Speakers: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie 21st Editions; Adobe Systems, Inc.; Aperture and Veronica Passalacqua 2010 Portfolio Reviewers Foundation; Aquatech Water Imaging; Featured Speaker: Dawoud Bey Liz Allen, Jimmie Allen, Jeanne Anderton, Archival Methods; AVA Academia; Bostick & Honored Educator: Deborah Willis Iwan Bagus, Steven Benson, Steve Brown, Sullivan, Inc.; Bron Imaging Group; Calumet George Blakely, Terry Boddie, Walter Photographic; Clarellen; Jeff Curto; Decode Invited Speakers Bodle, Steve Brown, Stephanie Bursese, Joy Books; Digital Silver Imaging; Eastman Susan E. Evans; Elizabeth Ferrer; Pierre- Christiansen Erb, Gary Colby, James Colby, Kodak Company; Tom Fischer; Focal Press, Yves Mahé and Jean-Luis Marignier; Renée Kelli Connell, Louisa Curtis, Jeff Curto, an imprint of Elsevier; Fujifilm USA; John M. Mussai; Deborah Willis with Wafaa Bilal, Andrew Darlow, Sylvia de Swaan, Samantha Ganis; Erika Gentry; Getty Publications; Coco Fusco, Phyllis Galembo, David Graham, DiRosa, Julia Dolan, Paul Dunlap, Diana GTI Graphic Technology, Inc.; HARMAN Hank Willis Thomas, and Carla Williams Edkins, Angela Faris-Belt, Rod Fincannon, technology/ILFORD PHOTO; Hasselblad; Harris Fogel, Mary Foltz, Dana Fritz, Larry Henry Horenstein; Houston Center for Seminar and Session Presenters Gawel, Hamidah Glasgow, Mary Goodwin, Photography; ioSafe, Inc; Kramer Portraits; Tom P. Ashe, Michelle Bates, Susan Carr, Leah Gose, Arlene Gottfried, Jay Gould, Lark Photography Books; LaserSoft Imaging, Judy Herrmann, Richard Kelly, Jay Kinghorn, Myra Greene, Frank Hamrick, Peter Inc.; Lens Pro To Go/StudioShare.org; Tim McLaughlin, Rick Miller, Tim Plumer, HappelChristian, Alexander Heilner, Kenneth Lensbaby; Light Impressions; Lomographic Patricia Russotti, Dana Sullivan Hoffman, Deborah Hollis, Anni Holm, Mark Society USA; M.V. Swanson & Associates; Jensen, Steven Johnson, Jonathan Johnson, Martha Madigan; Mary Virginia Swanson; Imagemaker Presentations Darlene Kaczmarczyk, Daniel Kariko, Dennis Stephen Marc; Midwest Photo Exchange; Donald E. Camp, Pablo Delano, Mariah Do- Keeley, Ray Klimek, Bill Kouwenhoven, Museo Fine Art; Museum of New Mexico; ren and Johanna Paas, Bennie Flores Ansell, Andrea Land, Shelley Langdale, Chris Levine, NIK Software, Inc.; Nikon Inc.; Elaine O’Neil; Ellen Garvens, Wing Huie, Jessica Ingram Phillip Andrew Lewis, Susan Lipper, Tracey ORIENTAL Photo USA; Philadelphia Photo (Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award Winner), Longley-Cook, Mark Malloy, John Mann, Arts Center; Photo District News (PDN); pho- Priya Kambli, Tuba Koymen, Osamu James Martino Marangoni, Karen Marshall, Gabriel to-eye; Photo-Imaging Consultants/www. Nakagawa, Ginger Owen-Murakami, Wendel Martinez, Heather McClintock, Kristen digital2you.cc; Precision Digital Negatives; White Merola, Patrick Millard, Rachelle Mozman, Princeton University Press; Print File, Inc.; Bruce Myren, Zach Nader, Rebecca Nolan, Random House, Inc.; Rocky Nook; Shades Lecture Presentations Kenda North, Ginger Owen-Murakami, Sejal of Paper, Inc.; Sigma Corporation; Snaptotes; Don Gregorio Antón, Carola Dreidemie, Joel Patel, Ashley Peel-Pinkham, Ric Petry, Brent Southeast Museum of Photography; Jane Eisinger, Bill Gaskins and Erina Duganne, Yi- Phelps, O. Gustavo Plascencia, Amie Potsic, Alden Stevens; Tamrac; Tamron USA, Inc.; hui Huang, Douglas McCulloh, Susan Spon- Janet Pritchard, Grant Ray, Rachel Reisert, Temple University Press; The Center for sler, Janet Zandy Patrick Renschen, Susan Ressler, Jacinda Fine Art Photography; The Photo Review; The Russell, Roger Sayre, Frank Schramm, Jes Print Center; The Tiffen Company; The Panel Presentations Schrom, Micheal Sell, Martina Shenal, Patricia University of Chicago Press; Think Tank Claude Baillargeon with Sara Angelucci, Ra- Simonite, Lanola Stone, Greg Strelecki, Photo; Western Digital; John Willis fael Goldchain, and Christina Leslie; Son- Andrew Strout, Eric Sung, Laura Valenti, sereé Verdise Gibson with Donald E. Camp, Jacqueline van Rhyn, Colette Veasey-Cook, 2010 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Dorothy Imagire, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Deirdre Visser, Terri Warpinski, John Willis, Hannah Frieser (Co-Chair), Miriam Romais and Ariel Shanberg; Katharine Kreisher with M. Laine Wyatt, Cheryl Younger (Co-Chair), Sama Alshaibi, Carlos Diaz, Myra Tulu Bayar, Amber Johnston, Suzanne Szucs, Greene, Michael Marshall, Ariel Shanberg, and M. Laine Wyatt; Jane Noel with Cybèle 2010 RAFFLE PRINT DONORS and Terri Warpinski Clark-Mendes and Sonsereé Verdise Gib- Sama Alshaibi, Dawoud Bey, Bill Burke, Ian son; Jolene Rickard with Erica Lord, Kimo- van Coller, Jeff Curto, Susan E. Evans, Harris 2010 PHILADELPHIA LOCAL COMMITTEE wan Metchewais, and William Wilson; Gazelle Fogel, Bill Gaskins, Myra Greene, Jessica Jeannie Pearce (Chair), Mary Brown, Donald Samizay with Coriana Close, Catherine Mari- Ingram, Zig Jackson, Chris Jordan, Priya E. Camp, Harris Fogel, Colette Fu, Martha no, and Rae Strozzo; Clarissa Sligh with Gay Kambli, Martha Madigan, Osamu James Madigan, Barbara Proud, Stuart Rome, Sandy Block, Clare Charles Cornell, LaToya Ruby Nakagawa, Jeannie Pearce, Stuart Rome, Sorlien, and William Williams Frazier, Vicki Kluthe, and Sylvia Sukop Wendel White, Carla Williams, Deborah Willis, Mark Woods Academic Practicum Workshop 2010 PEER REVIEW PANEL Presentations Lynn Estomin, Lola Flash, Erika Gentry, Roberto Muffoletto, Charles Thomas Deborah Jack, Sonya A. Lawyer, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Shuichi Murakami, Rebecca Nolan, Marta Sánchez Philippe, Nancy Stuart www.spenational.org 11 2010 NATIONAL & CONFERENCE Exhibits Team Lynn Estomin, Curator, SPE Women’s STAFF & SUPPORT Nina Barcellona and Meghan Fischer Caucus Film Festival Many thanks to all for your contributions and talents! Volunteer Team Tom Porett, Conference Videographer Morgan Ford and Jacqui Ozcelik Virginia Morrison, SPE Executive Director Conference Photographers Portfolio Review Team Lou Caltabiano, Caryn Coyle, Peter Croteau, Sheryl Banks, National Conference Planner Shannon Randol and Adrianna Santiago Jessica Gibson, and Moriah Grace Lancaster

Registration Team Carola Dreidemie, Curator, SPE Meghan Borato, Carla Pasquale, Ashlae Multicultural Caucus Film Festival Shepler, and Alison Smith Philadelphia 2010 sponsors and exhibitors

Our warmest thanks go to our 2010 sponsors and exhibitors who made our Philadelphia conference possible! gold level Sponsors – Adobe Systems Inc., Freestyle Silver level Sponsors – The American Society of Media Photographic Supplies, MAC Group, Sprint Systems Photographers (ASMP), Bostick & Sullivan, Inc., of Photography, and The Tiffen Company Fujifilm USA, Maine Media Workshops, Midwest Photo Exchange,and Savannah College of Art and Design

host institution Consortium – The University of the Arts and Ursinus College SPE's 2010 Conference was supported in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Thank you!

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S   P T           ( ) - . . 2011 Conference Description 48th SPE National Conference – March 10-13, 2011 spe Atlanta, GA – Sheraton Atlanta Hotel

Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image

Since its inception, photography has been inexorably linked to science. The connection is not limited to optics and chemistry. The very heart of the scientific method—exploring, observing and recording—is paralleled in the working process of photographic artists. The objective is often the same in each, to come to a better understanding of, and relationship to, the world around us. So too is the goal of the poet, to delve into life, embodying and revealing that experience. The language of each relies upon their respective compelling and evocative qualities to convey a shared experience and understanding of our world.

SPE’s 48th National Conference in Atlanta, "Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image," will examine the confluence of the ideologies of scientists and poets in the context of photography. The conference will reflect upon our history in the medium, our practitioners and educators, as well as look forward to the latest innovations and contemporary practices. The theme this year will take us into the very foundations of our process, investigating how we engage our experiences, and the visual languages we use to express them.

Presentations and discussions from photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians and professionals will examine our philosophies, share our discoveries and celebrate our accomplishments. The Exhibits Fair will highlight the latest in the photographic industry from cameras and computers, to books, media, and institutions. Industry Seminars and Training Sessions will provide opportunities to learn and hone skills, and the ever-popular portfolio reviews, both formal and informal, will provide opportunities to get feedback on your work, and to be inspired by others.

The vernacular of science and poetry are infused in the methods and work of nearly every photographer. Join us in Atlanta as we engage and celebrate the foundations of our process.

Michael Marshall 2011 Conference Chair

About the City: With the busiest airport in the world, Atlanta is an international hub, and one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States. Our conference venue, the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, is located in the heart of the city center, minutes from a wide range of dining, cultural and entertainment venues. For the past 10 years Atlanta Celebrates Photography, a nonprofit organization, has cultivated the photographic arts in the region. Along with galleries, museums and educational institutions, Atlanta has fostered a rich and dynamic environment for our conference spe Society for Photographic Education SPE National Office 2530 Superior Avenue, #403 Cleveland, OH 44114

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18 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 2011 Conference Call for Proposals 48th SPE National Conference – March 10-13, 2011 spe Atlanta, GA – Sheraton Atlanta Hotel

Science, Poetry and the Photographic Image

SPE welcomes proposals from all photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians and professionals from other fields. Topics are not required to be theme-based, and may include but are not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory and criticism, multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, effects of media and culture, educational issues, funding, and presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance and installation. All submissions are reviewed by a ten-member peer review panel, which forwards recommendations to the 2011 conference committee. The National Board’s Executive Committee approves the final conference program to assure the broadest representation of concerns in the field.

Eligibility: 2010 SPE members are eligible to submit a proposal Submit your materials online: for consideration. Individuals who have presented at two SPE • Confirm or renew your 2010 SPE membership. national conferences since 2008 (Denver) are not eligible. SPE • Create an account at http://spenational.slideroom.com and welcomes proposals from all photographers, writers, educators, follow the instructions provided. For technical support, curators, historians and professionals from other fields. Topics contact [email protected]. are not required to be theme-based, and may include but are • Submit portfolio (there will be a $10 fee per submission) in not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory one of the six possible formats. and criticism, multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, • Include name, address, phone, email, title of submission, effects of media and culture, educational issues, funding, and additional speakers/panelists presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance, • A 500-word abstract detailing the work submitted and installation. For more information regarding eligibility and • A 250-word biographical summary for each intended incentives, go to www.spenational.org. participant • Up to 20 images around 1280 x 1280 px at 72 ppi Proposals can be for any of the following presentation format: Please note: proposals outside the scope of the theme are also welcomed as submissions. Submission Deadline: June 1, 2010 • Lecture - presentation on historical topic, theory, or another artist’s work; considered for the SPE Award for Excellence in Historical, Critical and Theoretical Writing • Imagemaker - presentation on your own artistic work; considered for the Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award, Questions? Please direct any inquiries to the granted to first-time imagemaker presenters demonstrating SPE national office at 216/622-2733 outstanding achievement as determined by the peer review or [email protected] committee • Panel - a group led by a moderator to discuss a chosen topic Society for Photographic Education • Demonstration - a "how-to" presentation 2530 Superior Ave., #403 • Graduate Student - short presentation of your own artistic Cleveland, OH 44114 work and a brief introduction to your graduate program 216/622-2733 phone (must be enrolled in a graduate program) 216/622-2712 fax • Academic Practicum Workshop - lectures (one presenter, one time slot) and panels (more than one presenter, two www.spenational.org time slots) that address educational issues

www.spenational.org 19 their craft, create images for their portfolios, The Women's Committee of the Opportunities and develop business and marketing development Philadelphia Museum of Art Calls for Submissions skills and explore markets for their work. The Deadline for Entries: May 15, 2010 mentoring program will be composed of The Women's Committee of the Philadelphia approximately six sessions spread out over Museum of Art is pleased to announce its CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR SPE’S two months in the summer of 2010. first photography portfolio competition. A T-SHIRT DESIGN jury of nationally recognized photography SPE is looking to our members to design YPA is recruiting mentors, media partners and experts will select six entries for inclusion SPE’s next new T-Shirt! In addition to the sponsors for the program. They seek to create in a 16" x 20" portfolio to be published in glory that comes with having your creation partnerships and build relationships with all an edition of twenty-five in fall 2010. Peter modeled by fellow SPE members, we’ll offer participants and welcome all volunteers, sugge- Barberie, the Museum's Brodsky Curator of the winning designer a complimentary con- stions and donations. SPE members interested Photographs, will select one additional honor- ference registration to the 2011 SPE national in participating as mentors are encouraged to able mention entry to be sold as an individual conference in Atlanta, GA. inquire A.S.A.P. Once mentors are in place print in a limited edition. we'll follow up with additional information Presentation: Designs must be 12" by 14" and requests for student recommendations. Each winning photographer will be awarded or smaller. The design must be suitable for $1,000. The honorable mention photogra- screening in one color onto either the front or Please contact: Deborah Free or Lynn Martin pher will be awarded $500. The Museum will back of a T-shirt and should include "SPE" or Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) exhibit the portfolio and the individual print "Society for Photographic Education." Files [email protected] in fall 2010, and copies of both will enter the must be a 300 dpi flattened TIFF in RGB at www.youngphotographersalliance.org permanent collection. actual size and file size cannot exceed 1MB. 585/768-7880 Files submitted outside specifications will not Jurors will include noted photographer Tina be considered for judging. thE Bakery Photographic Collective Barney; Melissa Harris, editor-in-chief, Aperture Deadline for Entries: ongoing Magazine; and Peter Barberie, The Brodsky Email entry file(s) along with the first name, The Bakery Photographic Collective offers Curator of Photographs, Alfred Stieglitz last name, email and phone number of the ongoing artist residencies at our shared dark- Center, Philadelphia Museum of Art. SPE member submitting original design to room in Westbrook, ME. The purpose of [email protected] by 5:00 pm EST the residency is to provide a space for artists All applications must be submitted online. For on July 1, 2010. to work on a specific body of work. Selected information please visit www.pmaphotocom- artists are provided with 24-hour access to petition.org. Entries will be juried by SPE’s national office darkroom facilities for a period of one week staff in consultation with the national board. to one month. There are no fees associated The Women's Committee of the The competition is open to current (2010) with the program, however artists are respon- Philadelphia Museum of Art SPE members. Membership information is sible for their own housing and transporta- P.O. Box 7646 available at www.spenational.org. tion. The Bakery will provide chemistry and Philadelphia, PA 19101 darkroom equipment. Visiting artists must [email protected] Retention of designs: The winning entry provide their own paper and are invited to becomes the exclusive property of SPE. SPE join in group discount paper orders with other STRANGE BEAUTY has exclusive rights to the reproduction of the Bakery members. Deadline for Entries: May 18, 2010 winning entry and the submitting artist relin- It is through the ordinary that we are able quishes all rights to such design. All proceeds Artist-in-residence requirement: to recognize the extraordinary or strange. from the sale of T-shirts will go to Society for • Visiting artists are asked to present and Break down the conventions of beauty and Photographic Education in support of future discuss their work at some point during look beyond the traditional to the unusual. programming and initiatives. their residency. The artist may choose "Strange Beauty" is found in the unfamiliar, whether attendance is limited to Collective evoking wonder and awe. Beauty is found in YPA Mentoring Program members or open to a broader public. the unexpected. Young Photographers Alliance (YPA) is an • Proficiency in printing/operating B&W, educational foundation dedicated to rallying color, and digital equipment The Center for Fine Art Photography is Fort the resources of the creative community and • Visiting artists are asked to donate Collins, CO, invites photographers working in general public in support of young talent. YPA a framed print of their work to The all mediums, styles, and schools of thought to is launching a mentoring program through Collective's annual fundraising silent auc- participate in its exhibitions. The jurors will be which professional photographers coach and tion and exhibition. Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching. educate college students and recent graduates and together will create projects on a spe- Bakery Photographic Collective If selected for this exhibition, featured artist’s cified theme addressing an important social Warp Mill 90 Bridge St., Suite 265 work will be seen by an international audience issue that will have broad public visibility. The Westbrook, ME 04092 of collectors, curators, art consultants, and program offers students the ability to work other advocates of fine art photography. Visit with successful photographers to fine tune www.c4fap.org for submission information. 20 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2010 PHOTOPLACE GALLERY Calls 4. Abstraction in Photography emerging technologies, effects of media and for Submissions Deadline for Entries: August 16, 2010 culture, education, funding, and imagemaker PhotoPlace Gallery offers five different calls We often think of the camera as a tool for presentations of work in photography, film, for submissions May – September 2010. The recording minute details of the visual world, video, performance, and installation. All sub- juror for each exhibition will select forty in images that sometimes seem so real they missions are juried by a peer review panel. photographs for exhibition on the walls of could be mistaken for actual experience. But Visit www.midwestspe.org/conferences.html PhotoPlace Gallery and on the gallery website. photographs can also build on abstract elements for more information. An additional thirty-five images will be chosen inherent in the medium, such as blur, and in the for PhotoPlace's "On-Line Gallery Annex." visual world, such as pattern and texture. For Contact: Adriane Little, All selected work will be included in a full- "Abstraction in Photography" PhotoPlace seek [email protected] color exhibition catalogue. To help artists images that utilize abstract components as their 269/387-5803 defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery will mat primary mode of expression. Fields of color and frame work selected for exhibition at no and exquisite shapes found in nature, linear Contrasting Landscapes charge, providing artists provide prints sized designs discovered in the built environment, Deadline for Entries: August 1, 2010 to our pre-cut mat and frame sizes. For further blur created in-camera or with vintage process- Work made in all photographic processes, information visit www.vtphotoworkplace.com es—the sky’s the limit. Juror: Stephen Strom both traditional and digital, are accepted for or e-mail [email protected]. entry. May be representational or non-rep- 5. Wide-Awake Dreaming resentational, and rural, urban, or suburban PhotoPlace Gallery Deadline for Entries: September 13, 2010 landscapes. Fine art images should empha- 3 Park St. Dreams and fantasies often seem like the size unique composition, pattern, shape, and Middlebury, VT 05753 terrain of stories and poems, rather than the color/contrast. Apply online at LH Horton 802/989-2359 literal lens of the camera. However, from Jr Gallery website: www.deltacollege.edu/div/ the early days of the medium to the present, finearts/deptdca/gallery/call.htm. 1. Photos with Words: Image and Text the capacity of the photograph to suggest, in Photography as well as to state, has preoccupied visionary LH Horton Jr Gallery Deadline for Entries: May 24, 2010 photographers. For "Wide-Awake Dreaming" San Joaquin Delta College A photo is purported to be worth a thousand PhotoPlace Gallery seeks images that conjure 5151 Pacific Ave. words. As visual images, photos communicate states of mind, memories, emotions, meta- Stockton, CA 95207 on multiple levels in complex ways. But what phors, and the surreal through their subjects Contact: Jan Marlese, happens when words are part of a photo- and style. Juror: Russell Joslin [email protected] graph? How can images and text communicate in connected, parallel, or divergent ways? This PHOTOcentric juried exhibition will explore the many ways in Deadline for Entries: June 1, 2010 which photographs can incorporate words and Garrison Art Center announces a call for submis- Member News the meanings that can result from such com- sions for "PHOTOcentric," a juried photography binations. Words may be part of the image, exhibition September 3 – September 26, 2010. It captioned beside or below, within the print, or is open to any photographic medium. Six images Lawrence mcfarland included as a wall label. Juror: Liz Lee are $40 ($30 for members), plus $5 for each Congratulations to Lawrence McFarland for additional image. Best in Show wins a solo show being named a Fellow of the John Simon 2. Flight at Garrison Art Center. First Place wins an online Guggenheim Memorial Foundation for 2010. Deadline for Entries: June 21, 2010 exhibition on Garrison's website. Jurors: Harvey The Foundation's Board of Trustees met on PhotoPlace Gallery seeks photographs explor- Stein and Stephen Shore. For more information April 13, 2010 to consider the Committee of ing the theme of flight. From birds to bal- visit www.garrisonartcenter.org. Selection's recommendations for the 2010 lerinas, from airplanes to dust motes, subjects Fellowships. This year, after considering the that capture the experience of lessening grav- Garrison Art Center recommendations of panels and juries con- ity’s pull will constitute this juried exhibition. 23 Depot Square, Garrison Landing sisting of hundreds of distinguished artists, Juror: David Bram Garrison, NY 10524 scholars, and scientists, the Board of Trustees has granted 180 Fellowships. All information 3. Self-Searching: The Art of MWSPE 2010 Call For Proposals can be accessed on their website, www.gf.org Self Portraiture Deadline for Entries: July 8, 2010 Deadline for Entries: July 19, 2010 The SPE Midwest Region (MWSPE) proudly EVERGLADES The art of self-portraiture in photography welcomes proposals for panels and/or work- The University of Georgia Press recently is the theme of this juried exhibition at shops from photographers, writers, educators, published Everglades, Outside and Within by PhotoPlace Gallery. Self-portraiture can take curators, scholars, historians, and profession- Marion Belanger with an essay by Susan Or- a variety of forms, from direct confronta- als from other fields for the 2010 MWSPE lean. After reading The Orchid Thief by Susan tions with a face or body, to the discovery of Conference in Kalamazoo, MI. Presentations Orlean, and with a Guggenheim Fellowship surrogate portrait objects or narratives. Juror: may include, but are not limited to, work- in hand, Marion Belanger headed south to Aline Smithson shops, historical surveys, contemporary theory and criticism, interdisciplinary approaches, Continued on page 23 www.spenational.org 21

Continued from page 21 painstakingly created a method for printing on metallic-leaf that has been hand-applied the Everglades to discover for herself what to print-making paper. This process yields a the writer had seen and so vividly captured shimmering, yet worn, surface, which empha- in prose. Belanger went to find wilderness. sizes the depth and dimension of the images Instead she found a puzzling dichotomy: vi- as well as their understated seductiveness. sually, it is often hard to know whether one is outside or within this "natural" sanctuary, Henry Horenstein's exhibition correspond- thus blurring the lines between what is natu- ed with the release of his latest book, Show, ral and what is not. published by Pond Press in a limited edition. Since 2001, Horenstein has explored the on- PEACE WARRIORS AND SOLITUDES stage and off-stage world of the burlesque resurgence of recent years. During the lat- "Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Pho- ter half of the 20th century, burlesque had tographs by Carl Chiarenza" was on display deteriorated from a rich theatrical tradition at the Lynchburg University Daura Gallery into merely strip clubs, the emphasis going January 18 – March 5, 2010. Carl Chiarenza's from sexy to sex. Since the mid 1990s, the exhibition featured twenty-four silver gelatin neo-burlesque movement has revived and and Iris prints from two recent series of ab- updated traditional burlesque, returning the stract works—Peace Warriors (2003) and Soli- emphasis to the tease, rather than the strip. Carl Chiarenza, Solitudes 315, 2004 tudes (2004)—inspired in part by the artist's Like earlier burlesque, its contemporary reactions to the war in Iraq. Regarding these form embraces style and humor, and events series, Chiarenza has said that they evolved encompass a range of performance types, in his studio, while he was working with a including classic striptease, modern dance, collage whose elements began to resemble a comedy, drag, and an array of other variety samurai. Frustrated by the actions of the U.S. acts. As with his earlier profiles of country government in Iraq and the Middle East, the music, horse racing, and baseball, Horen- artist deliberately created work in which fig- stein's individual portraits come together as ures are suggested, resembling soldiers, the a compelling look at an intriguing subset of grim reaper, and Don Quixote. Finding him- American art and entertainment. self in need of introspection, the Solitudes series emerged as purely abstract, sensuous Gallery 339 imagery with smooth, reflective shapes and 339 South 21st St. lush tonality. This exhibition was organized Philadelphia, PA 19103 by the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, www.gallery339.com University of Richmond. Contact: [email protected] Daura Gallery Lynchburg University BC Space: Mything in Action 1501 Lakeside Dr. "BC Space: Mything in Action" was on view Carl Chiarenza, Peace Warrior 484, 2003 Lynchburg, VA 24501 February 6 – April 11, 2010, at The Cali- 434/544-8343 fornia State University, Fullerton's Grand Central Center. The exhibition is a thirty- features the photographs of SPE Members: Roger Boulay, Susan Moore, Rylan Steele, 'SHOW' AND 'DRAWN FROM NATURE' five-year retrospective of major artists asso- ciated with the influential BC Space Gallery Scott Weber, and Owen Wexler. Also on view From January 29, 2010 – April 3, 2010, Gal- in Laguna Beach. SPE members in the show is a companion exhibit, "Two Perspectives" lery 339 presented "Drawn from Nature," an include Darryl Curran, Douglas McCulloh including the work of SPE member Mark exhibition of photographs by Stuart Rome Patrick Nagatani, and Sheila Pinkel. Taylor as well as an exhibition by photographer Henry Horenstein titled "Show." The California State University, Fullerton Randall Library Gallery Grand Central Center University of North Carolina Wilmington In "Drawn from Nature," Rome specifically 125 N. Broadway 601 S. College Rd. focuses on fossil records of plants and ani- Santa Ana, CA 92701 Wilmington, NC 28403 mals as well as contemporary animal tracks, www.grandcentralartcenter.com thus adding an element of temporal am- biguity to his already-complex scenes. The FORCES OF NATURE new images are also distinct in the unusual Photographing America 2008-2009 Francis Schanberger had an exhibition of printing process that Rome has developed Photographs will be on exhibit in the Univer- work in Kettering, OH, titled "Forces of to present them. Beginning with few prec- sity of North Carolina Wilmington's Cultural Nature" that included Vandyke Brown pho- edents for this type of digital printing, Rome Art Building, March 3 – April 2, 2010, on Randall Library, 1st Floor Gallery. The exhibit Continued on page 25 www.spenational.org 23

Continued from page 23 Hard boys + bad girls and A New Leaf Amazing grace Liz Lee's A New Leaf Series will be exhibited tography. The exhibition was on view April Thomas McGovern recently released two at the 20th Annual International Conference 5 – April 30, 2010. www.frangst.com publications of his work. Hard Boys + Bad on Virginia Woolf. The Art & Rare Book Ex- Girls is a project about aspiring professional hibit theme is "Virginia Woolf and the Natural Rosewood Gallery wrestlers in San Bernardino, CA. He also World," and will be shown at the Anne Wright 2655 Olson Dr. published Amazing Grace, a project about two Wilson Fine Arts Gallery in Georgetown, KY, Kettering, OH 45420 small African-American Evangelical churches from May 13 – June 9, 2010. in Brooklyn, NY, which includes a foreward DAZZLING by SPE exposure editor Carla Williams. Hard The A New Leaf series will also be exhibited Dazzling, new work by Sonja Rieger will be Boys + Bad Girls book launch and solo ex- at the American Association for the Ad- on display at Beta Pictoris Gallery April 9 – hibition will be held at Andi Campognone vancement of Science Art/Science Exhibi- May 22, 2010. www.mauscontemporary.com Projects on Saturday, May 9, 2010. tion in the Schneider Museum at Southern Andi Campognone Projects Oregon University. In conjunction with the Beta Pictoris Gallery 558B West 2nd St. summer conference of the American Asso- 2411 Second Ave. North Pomona, CA 91766 ciation for the Advancement of Science, Pa- Birmingham, AL 35203 cific Division. The exhibition will run June .MATRIX 13 – September 10, 2010. SCENES FROM JESUSLAND The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center's exhi- E. Brady Robinson has a solo exhibit at the bition titled ".matrix," is on display through- Orlando Museum of Art titled "E. Brady May 15, 2010. In printmaking, prints are cre- Robinson: Scenes from Jesusland" May 6 – ated from a single original surface, technically 30, 2010. www.ebradyrobinson.com known as a matrix. In this exhibition, the idea of the matrix or mold is used as a meta- Orlando Museum of Art phor for both infinitely reproducible and sa- 2416 North Mills Avenue cred images. The participating artists share Orlando, FL 32803 an inherent interest in pushing the limits of www.omart.org the printed image and how it is created, used, and disseminated. SPE member Donald E. DWELLINGS Camp is included in this exhibition. Libby Rowe's photographic series Dwellings was chosen as one of ten finalists for the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Grand Prix FotoFestiwal 2010 in Lodz, Po- 1400 N. American St., Suite 103 land May 6 – 30, 2010. Rowe will travel with Philadelphia, PA 19122 her work to the opening weekend in May. 215/232-5678 Dwellings was also on exhibit at the Todd www.philaphotoarts.org Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University Contact: Sarah Stolfa, in January. More images in the series can be [email protected] seen at www.libbyrowe.com. Libby Rowe, Go Forth and Multipy, 2008

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