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iNside this issue san Francisco 2012 Director's Column ...... 2 Membership Report ...... 3 Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in Photography SPE News ...... 4 Regional Conferences ...... 5 2011 Conference Review ...... 8 Thank You ...... 11 Mark your calendars for SPE's 49th nation- Please see the full San Francisco conference Job Opportunities ...... 17 al conference to be held in San Francisco proposal description on page 20. Informa- Opportunities & Calls ...... 17 March 22 – 25, 2012! It will be exciting for tion on how to submit a proposal can be SPE 2012 Call for Proposals ...... 20 SPE to be situated in the Hyatt Regency ho- found on page 21. Please note: Proposals not Member News ...... 24 tel, right across from the Bay Bridge and the related to the conference theme are welcome! Ferry Terminal with its artisan food vendors and shops. The hotel was used in the filming And don't forget to check in at www.spena- of Mel Brooks's High Anxiety, and has a dra- tional.org—we will be posting conference CoNgratulatioNs! matic soaring atrium area that will be a per- details as they become available. SPE would like to congratulate this year’s fect spot to share portfolios. Situated on the scholarship recipients! Graduate student Embarcadero, there is easy access to many About the city: San Francisco is a dy- Roger Boulay, from the University of of San Francisco's most popular spots, and namic and mythical city defined by its dis- New Mexico, is the recipient of The Free- the 2012 conference team is already hard at tinct neighborhoods, world-class museums, style Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black and White Photogra- work planning what promises to be a pro- breathtaking beauty and its history of politi- phy. Adrienne Salinger was honored as the vocative program that will generate a lot of cal and cultural trailblazing. From the Gold sponsoring faculty mentor. This prestigious ideas and conversations. Plan now to make Rush and the dot.com boom to Harvey award is sponsored by Freestyle Photo- sure you can be there! Milk and the Beats, there is no city like San graphic Supplies. The Crystal Apple Award Francisco. It is a place where photography included a $5,000 stipend, a one-year SPE "Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public/Pri- has a strong tradition and an imposing pres- membership, and a conference fee waiver. vate Divide in Photography," will examine ence; from Ansel Adams to Larry Sultan photography's relationship with intimacy and countless photographers of note have made The SPE Award for Innovations in Imaging voyeurism. From its inception, photographs the San Francisco Bay Area their home and in honor of Jeannie Pearce went to Nadia Sablin, a graduate student from Arizona have been used to sustain, affirm, or remem- their inspiration. San Francisco and the sur- State University. This award was created ber loved ones, expressing intimate and pro- rounding areas including Berkeley, Oakland, for students working with digital technol- found connections between people. At the Marin County and San Jose are home to a ogy. It includes a $500 travel stipend, a one- same time photography has offered voyeuris- long tradition of photography and nurtur- year SPE membership and a conference fee tic pleasure, allowing the viewer to see with- ing hosts to numerous active and vibrant waiver. out being seen, to take visual pleasure with- photography galleries, museums and non- out risk to oneself. Rarely can photographs profit spaces, as well as some of the stron- The recipients of the SPE Student Awards themselves be clearly divided into one or the gest photography programs in the country. were Joe Addison, University of Colorado other of these categories. Images become We invite you to the 2012 conference to Denver, Undergraduate; Carissa Battaile, Collin College, Undergraduate; Christiana voyeuristic or intimate based on context, so- experience the richness, beauty, and inspira- Caro, University of Arizona, Graduate; cietal expectations and interpretations. tion of San Francisco. Daniel Coburn, University of New Mex- ico, Graduate; Karen Garrett de Luna, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Graduate; Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate; Sar- ah-Marie Land, Saint Louis Community College, Undergraduate; Johnny Picardo, Bucknell University, Undergraduate; Areca Roe, University of Minnesota, Graduate; and Ambereen Siddiqui, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate. SPE Student Awards included a $500 travel stipend, a one-year SPE membership, and a confer- ence fee waiver.

Karen garrett de luna, Parents (Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow), 2010 Director's Column SPE Membership Report: 2010 Numbers Northwest International 1% 4% A brief Director's Column...

2010 Membership by Region West Wow—What an amazing gathering of energy, Northeast 10% creativity, and talent in Atlanta! I felt breath- Regions Members 14% Southwest less at the scope of the content, and the bustle 1 Northeast 329 7% Mid-Atlantic is a nonprofit membership organization of artwork shared and discussed. It will take 2 Mid-Atlantic 219 9% that provides a forum for the discussion of me awhile before everything sinks in and takes 3 Southeast 436 photography and related media as a means root towards new ideas and initiatives to con- 4 South Central 229 Midwest of creative expression and cultural insight. tinue to make SPE even better. 5 Midwest 497 23% Southeast 6 Southwest 157 16% Executive Committee of SPE's National Board Caucus News 7 West 173 Tom Fischer, Chair There were some terrific meetings with the 8 Northwest 87 South Central Michael Marshall, Vice Chair Multicultural and Women's Caucuses in International 27 16% Nate Larson, Secretary Atlanta. Both groups are engaged with the Total 2154 Nancy Stuart, Treasurer membership in such positive ways, including encouraging their members, as we encour- Senior 4% Sustaining 1% Executive Director Photo: Nina Barcellona Virginia Morrison age ALL members, to participate in SPE's [email protected] board elections by submitting names for consideration, and by VOTING. We hope to and ideas and vision for SPE, rolled up its 2010 Membership by Level Adjunct 12% Registrar make online voting a reality this year. Kudos sleeves and had many fruitful conversations Meghan Borato to Kristen Fecker Peroni for the Women's Level Members [email protected] about SPE's annual budget, mission state- Caucus Exhibition in Atlanta, and for Chuy ment, identity and branding, among other Adjunct 253 Advertising, Publications & Exhibits Coordinator Benetiz stepping into a leadership role with topics. We welcomed new board members Regular 911 and Newsletter Editor & Designer the Multicultural Caucus. Good things are Liz Wells and Steve Benson, and thanked Jim Student 873 Student 41% Nina Barcellona happening with SPE's caucuses—if you wish Stone and Lupita Murillo Tinnen for their ser- Senior 90 Regular 42% [email protected] to be a part of them, indicate your interest in vice on the board. Nate Larson stepped into Sustaining 27 your online member profile. Office & Accounts Manager and Regional Liaison the Executive Committee as Secretary, join- Total 2154 Carla Pasquale ing Chair Tom Fischer, Vice-Chair Michael [email protected] Annual Members' Meeting Headlines Marshall, and Treasurer Nancy Stuart. For We had a very informative annual members' details and contacts for SPE's various board exposure Editor meeting in Atlanta in which we asked for committees, visit http://www.spenational. Carla Williams ideas for improved national and regional org/about/board-committees. [email protected] benefits, as well as ideas for celebrating SPE's exposure Editor (as of Spring 2012) 50th anniversary. The array of responses was Looking forward to a robust national board 2500 Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw dazzling…some highlights which we look for- nominations process and election, as well 2154 ward to exploring for implementation: make as outstanding array of proposals for the 1971 1845 1892 1835 exposure Designer the member gallery area of the website avail- 2012 conference in San Francisco, "Intimacy 2000 1809 1757 Amy (Van Dussen) Schelemanow able for public viewing, a print on demand 1610 1626 and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide 1472 book of member work, fireworks ( ! ) during in Photography." Proposal deadline is June 1367 1500 1261 1312 SPE National Office the 50th anniversary conference in Chicago 1, 2011! 1083 1100 2530 Superior Ave., #403 and more. There was a guided tour of SPE's

Cleveland, OH 44114 quantity 1000 Phone 216.622.2733 website, and encouragement for members 713 Fax 216.622.2712 to explore areas that are still relatively unde- Virginia "Ginny" Morrison rutilized, including the "conversations" areas SPE Executive Director 500 www.spenational.org (www.spenational.org/conversations). March 2011

National Board Update 0 SPE's national board went to work before 1984 1993 1994 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 and after the conference for its marathon SAVE THE DATE! three days of board meetings. It takes com- year March 22 – 25, 2012 mitment and tenacity to sit at a conference table for three days and plow through an 49th SPE National Conference incredible amount of work in service of SPE Membership History Hyatt Regency San Francisco SPE. The group, so generous with their time San Francisco, CA

2 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 3 Yamashiro, and will be selected from propos- tee shall add up to four additional nominees. SPE NEWS als submitted to the lecture track for the SPE SPE bylaws, Article IV, Section 3. 2010 Regional Conference Reports national conference. The winner will be juried Wwsebsite Ne from completed papers and includes a prize We hope to conduct online voting this year Northeast region ❶ ❽ Northwest Improvements continue to be made to SPE's of $1,000, consideration for publication in a through SPE's website. The slate will be both The Experiential in Photography ❺ MIDwest new website, but we really want members to future issue of the Society's journal, exposure, a mailed and emailed to current members and will November 5 – 7, 2010, in Providence, RI help in this process by using the conversations complimentary pass to the 2012 national con- direct them to the website to cast their ballot. Chace Center, RISD Museum, Rhode Island areas (www.spenational.org/conversations). ference and a one-year membership to SPE. School of Design The nominating committee will run SPE elec- Conference Chair: Bruce Myren ❶ Northeast These are intended to be a powerful feature Timeline and Procedure: Proposal submis- tions following this schedule: www.spenortheast.org of the site, but will only gain traction through sion deadline is June 1, 2011, along with all SPE October 21: First-class mailing/email of member use. It will help SPE become the national conference proposals (see page 21). board elections slate to all current Our conference theme aimed to consider the ❷ Mid-atlantic go-to place for information on so many top- members ways in which the experiential plays a role ics, a veritable "Wiki" for photography and In the fall, the chair of the Writing Award November 30: Deadline for membership vote in the creation and theorizing contemporary December 5 photographic education. And it will serve to Review Committee will notify the semi-finalists : Confirmation of vote photographic and related practices as well as ❼ west January: maintain relationships and networks among and invite them to submit a completed essay New board members announced the resulting presentation and consumption ❸ southeast members. suitable for review and possible publication in SPE Members' Winter Newsletter of work that engages and comments upon ❻ Southwest under the guidelines of the writing award, below. experience/s, broadly defined. ❹ south central In response to member suggestions, plan to SPE honored educator 2012 Call Guidelines: The essay should be no more implement an online voting component in time for Nominations In addition to the normative understanding of Expo held at the Jacob Javits Center in New conference's own show, Grounded, was an than 6,000 words in length, must be in English, for the next national board elections! We are The Society for Photographic Education the experiential, that of being there, the theme York City. Approximately 60 people were in exhibition juried by Robert Fichter that high- and include a list of illustrations. Format must excited to think that this might increase mem- seeks nominations from the membership for considers how artists use experience-their own attendance. lighted the best of the region's offerings, ber participation in board elections, and really follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. the Honored Educator Award given annually or others-as a part of their working method to showcasing close to 50 works from SPESE All copy must be double spaced, using Times serve to "get out the vote." Current member- at SPE's National Conference. The criteria formulate and express concepts/work. Papers Southeast Region ❸ members. or Times New Roman, 12 point. Authors will ship will be required to cast a vote for up to for selection of the Honored Educator are addressed work that incorporates memories Grounded be required to obtain permission for quoted four names on the slate of candidates, and each as follows: or the other senses, performances or series October 21 – 24, 2010, in Tallahassee, FL South central Region ❹ material unless it is governed by fair use. member will only be able to vote once. meant to understand others' experiences, cap- Aloft Hotel Spirits of the Times • The recipient has made a significant turing a unique place or experience in another Conference Chair: John Mann October 7 – 9, 2010, in Fayetteville, AR Deadline: final essays should be submitted to We are also exploring the logistics of mak- contribution to the field of photographic space/place, etc. Lastly, how does the viewer's www.spese.org UA Global Campus, UA Fine Arts Center, SPE's executive director, Virginia Morrison at ing SPE member portfolios available to the education or consumer's own experiences prior to, duri- University of Arkansas [email protected] as a PDF attach- general public for viewing, possibly at each • The contribution to the field could be ng, and after the presence of the work change The 2010 SPE Southeast conference, titled Conference Chair: Michael Peven ment to an email with a time stamp of no later member's preference, and/or possibly just made through classroom teaching, writ- the reception/understanding? Grounded, was held in Tallahassee, FL and www.spesouthcentral.org than 11:59 pm EST on November 30, 2011. designated portfolios. Watch for news on this ing, publishing, museum education, or hosted by Florida State University. Participants Essays received after this time and date will aspect of the site in the next few months. other areas of professional practice in Speakers: came from as far as Nebraska and New The SCSPE Conference took place at the not be considered. the field of photography. Sharon Harper, "Photographing the Invisible" York to take part in a conversation about the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Please be aware that the information listed in • The recipient is a full-career educator. Meggan Gould, "Site-seeing" contemporary photography world. Featured Featured speaker was Danny Lyon whose SPE's Writing Award Review Committee will your member profile will be what SPE uses There is no specific requirement for the Janet Pritchard, "Seeing Yellowstone with speaker Amy Stein started the conference with talk was on Friday evening, October 8 and select the winner of the writing award from for mailing and membership data manage- number of years in the field, but 15 years New Eyes" a talk about her own work and process while was open to the public. There were approxi- nominated and delivered academic essays, to ment. So take a minute to be sure your profile would generally be seen as a minimum. Jan Howard,"Joe Deal's West & West: giving insight into what it means to be a young mately 150 people in attendance. The SCSPE be announced at the national conference in settings are to your liking, and if you need • The recipient has been a member of SPE. Re-imagining the Great Plains" artist balancing a career in photography. Two Honored Educator for 2010 was Sonja Rieger March each year. Participating finalists will assistance making any changes, let the national Monica McTighe, "Embodiment, Experience, full days of artist lectures and portfolio shar- who spoke on Friday afternoon. be informed of the results of the review office staff know. To be considered for the Honored Educator and Photographic Images" ing followed, giving participants opportunities in January and the selected winning essay's Award, the educator must be nominated by a Michelle Sheppard, "Breaking the Bubbles to share their work with their peers. Matthew The program was held at the UA Global author will be announced, and presented at Now that SPE's membership runs on a sub- member of SPE. Nominations should include and Rebuilding the Boxes: Re-Thinking Coolidge spoke eloquently about the goals Campus and UA Fine Arts Center with pro- the national conference in San Francisco, CA, scription year, please keep an eye out for a letter of nomination citing specifics about Creativity After Standardization" of the Center for Land Use Interpretation, gramming from 5 graduate students and 9 March 22 – 25, 2012. notices that will remind you to renew based the educator's contributions to the field of Rachel Somerstein, Lorraine Doran, and Gil Leebrick presented a moving video regional members who presented a variety of on your date of purchase. Don't miss out on photographic education and a summary of Elizabeth Cornell, and Alden Jones, "The of Honored Educator John Scarlata speak- lectures. They included: Peter Calvin "Don't the benefits of SPE membership throughout SPE National Board Election the nominee's career. Nominations should be Image, Written: Using Photography to ing about the motivations of his working Lose Your Way," Elizabeth Claffey, "Blood the year. Thanks to those who submitted nominee submitted to the SPE National Office: Teach Writing" methods. Work: Between Sickness and Health," Amy recommendations for SPE's National Board Homes George, "Alternative Photographic ❷ The 2012 SPE conference Award for of Directors election for the 2012-2016 term Society for Photographic Education Mid-atlantic Region In addition to the lectures and portfolio Processes: Then and Now," Frank Hamrick, of office! The SPE Nominating Committee Fall Member's Event Excellence in Historical, Critical 2530 Superior Ave., #403 sharing, the conference was augmented by "The Book as Object," Lawrence Jasud, "Wild is preparing a slate of candidates that will be Cleveland, OH 44114 October 29, 2010, in New York, NY three exhibitions. The exhibition, HyperReal: Things," Chris Jordan, "Suburban Sublime," and Theoretical Writing posted on SPE's website on August 1, 2011. Attn: Honored Educator Award Jacob Javits Center Landscape as Commodity, was curated by Daniel Gongke Li, "Dreams," Diane McGurren, The SPE Conference Award for Excellence The SPE bylaws provide members with a [email protected] www.spema.org Kariko and explored the contemporary use of "From Here to Cool: Documenting Texasville in Historical, Critical and Theoretical Writing period of thirty days to add to the slate. In the 216.622.2712 fax the landscape in photography. George Blakely in Image and Text," Leighton McWilliams, recognizes distinction in writing in the field of event that 2 percent of the national member- Instead of a fall regional conference, the Mid- curated a large exhibition titled Appetite, that "Alfred Chaney Johnson: New York Portrait photography. The award originated in honor ship recommends the addition of any Society Submission deadline is July 1, 2011. Atlantic region hosted a SPE members and included a wide range of photographic prac- Celebrity and Commercial Photographer," of SPE's former executive director, Jennifer member to the preliminary slate, the commit- vendors free social event during the PhotoPlus tice showing our interaction with food. The Vesna Pavlovic, "Transparencies," Sherwin

4 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 5 Tibayan, "Screen Captures," Rene West, Carlos Diaz, Lightworks, Photographs from West Region ❼ Rich presentations included "Blasted Kaczmarczyk with an enlightened look at ubi- presented example and importance of photo- "City Walls," Ashley Whitt, "The Fairy Tale the Collection of the Kalamazoo Institute New Sites Photography" (Amundson, Gour, Cummins, quitous "Scene Modes" on today's popular graphic artists book, and Dianne Kronberg's Deaths," and Betsy Williamson, "Rethinking of Art. November 12 – 13, 2010, in San Diego, CA Emmons), "Fictional Meme" (Sell), and digital cameras. lecture presented "Science, Music, Poetry (and Art History." San Diego City College and the Museum of "Childhood is a Strange Country" (Tres). The Photography)"—possible as a prologue to the southwest Region ❻ Photographic Arts most surprisingly wonderful presentation came Western Washington University brought a stu- SPE National Conference in Atlanta, GA. Midwest Region ❺ Altering Perspectives Conference Chairs: Julia Bradshaw and from Grand Rapids, Michigan via Hoag and dent panel to showcase work. Laura Russell Time for Light October 22 – 24, 2010, in Prescott, AZ Julia Schlosser September 20 – October 2, 2010, in Prescott College www.spewest.org Kalamazoo, MI Conference Chair: Deborah Ford Western Michigan University www.spesw.org 157 people attended New Sites. Friday began Upcoming 2011 Regional Conferences Conference Chairs: Bill Davis, Adriane Little, with a walk-through of the Jerry Uelsmann Shuichi Owen-Murakami, and Ginger Owen- Change was a seminal word in our last pre- and Maggie Taylor exhibition at the Museum Northeast region ❶ AND Like a river, the photographic image runs West Region ❼ Murakami sidential election. Change may result in an of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park led by Mid-atlantic Region ❷ through many artistic media. As a resource, Survival www.midwestspe.org altered perspective, metaphorically, politically Amber Lucero-Criswell, director of education Photographers and the Published Image (tentative) a point of inspiration, a means to an end, a November 18 – 19, 2011, in Santa Cruz, CA or personally. Taking a closer look at motiva- at MOPA. Immediately following the walk- November 4 – 6, 2011, in Syracuse, NY supporting element, or a nal product in its Cabrillo College Time for Light The 2010 Midwest Regional SPE tions or changes within the medium of pho- through was a reception for the photography Lightwork and Syracuse University own right, its power is undeniable. At times Conference Chairs: Lesley Louden and conference was a collaborative meditation on tography and photographic education while faculty exhibition at San Diego City College. Conference Chair: Hannah Frieser taking us on meandering journies, other times Jessica Hayes the past, present, and future contributions of locating ourselves as photographers, artists, or The honored educator, John Divola gave a Keynote Speaker: Alec Soth challenging us with swift currents, images pro- Keynote Speaker: Liz Cohen, Artist in lens-based media to art, society, and culture. educators in today's world provides a vantage thorough presentation of his work in the Honored Educator: Doug DuBois vide a fertile soil from which artistic meaning Residence in Photography, Cranbrook The conference invited imagemakers and theo- point for understanding the power of change grand auditorium at MOPA on Friday eve- www.spenortheast.org & www.spema.org may grow. The planning committee welcomes Academy of Art reticians to examine and share the benefits and as transformation. Taking stock of where the ning. Saturday presentations, lectures, panel submissions for panels, lectures, imagemaker Honored Educator: Bran Taylor, Professor consequences of photography to the societies medium is and where it may be going gives us discussions, as well as education and ven- SPE's Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions presentations, graduate student presentations, and Chair, Department of Art and Art and cultures behind or in front of the lens. the opportunity to acknowledge our past and dor fairs, all took place at San Diego City are joining forces for this conference on the and demonstrations that celebrate the pho- History, San Jose State University may provide insight into the gains and limi- College. In addition, there were formal port- current state of publishing. Photographers tographic medium and its ability to bridge www.spewest.org The Conference was hosted and sponsored by tations of the current technologies. A closer folio reviews, graduate reviews and a raffle. are facing a very different world of publishing artistic media. Western Michigan University, Frostic School look at photography's present, gives rise to Following dinner, Lucy Lippard gave a pre- today with fewer options to work with a book The conference invites imagemakers, theoreti- of Art in Kalamazoo, MI on September 30 challenges while paying homage to our past sentation as the keynote speaker to an audito- publisher and entirely new opportunities for Midwest Region ❺ cians and historians to propose papers and – October 2, 2010. An institutional consor- traditions, heritage and mentorship. During rium full of photography aficionados. Many self-publishing and online promotion. The www.midwestspe.org workshops that consider the notion of sur- tium of hosts included Kalamazoo College, this conference we explored the ways that members went back to the Park Manor Suites 2011 conference will present viewpoints from SPE's Midwest Region will not have a 2011 vival. Survival, as endurance, can describe the Kendall College of Art and Design, Kalamazoo artists, activists or educators engage in socially for an informal portfolio sharing and the jam- artists, publishers, and bloggers who have regional conference. Members are encouraged sustainability of a custom or belief. Survival, Book Arts Center and Kellogg Community responsible practices as a means to use the packed day ended with renewed connections found unique ways to bring the best photog- to attend other regional conferences. as evolution, can investigate a natural process College. Generous sponsorships were support- medium to inform our senses, educate or as and interesting conversations. raphy to the image hungry public. Events will resulting in change. Survival, as individuals, ed through the Arts Council of Kalamazoo, an agent of social change. include lectures, panel discussions, portfolio southwest Region ❻ can illuminate an inner-journey. Works may Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Downtown Northwest Region ❽ reviews and exhibitions, including the exhibi- Photographic Truths and Other Illusions also address survival on a local or global Kalamazoo Incorporated, Discover Kalamazoo, This conference, hosted by Prescott College in November 5 – 7, 2010, in Portland, OR tion "America" by Alec Soth at the Everson November 11 – 13, 2011, in Santa Fe, NM level as an artist, photographer, educator, Christopher and Margo Light Community northern Arizona, was well attended by mem- Newspace Center for Photography Museum of Art. Santa Fe Community College, School of professional, community, species, culture, or Foundation, Best Buy, and The American bers from around the southwest. Exhibits Conference Chairs: Laura Valenti and Arts & Design environment. Questions that explore the sur- Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). included a juried members' exhibition hosted Chris Bennett Southeast Region ❸ Conference Chair: Andre Ruesch and vival of the current state of the medium of by Yavapai College (Carol McCusker was the www.spenw.org Zone [5] Jackie Heigle photography, including both traditional and The following events occured: juror) and Stuart Klipper/Joan Myers at the October 28 – 30, 2011, in Myrtle Beach, SC www.spesw.org new genres, in relation to artistic practice, 1. Evening events featuring noteworthy speak- Prescott College Art Gallery with an additio- Newspace Center for Photography joined Coastal Carolina University commercial use, and photo-education are wel- ers: Keynote: Lucy Lippard; Honored nal exhibit of images by the late Bill Jay from SPENW in the planning and presenting the Conference Chairs: Easton Selby and The lack of objective truth in photography comed. The conference also invites educators Educators: Nathon Lyons, Jennifer his "Photographers Photographed" series. A 2010 SPENW conference. Co-Chairs Laura Rebecca Nolan appears to remain as uncontested as the intent to propose workshops related to this topic as Yamashiro, and Cheryl Younger; Featured Tribute to Bill Jay, hosted by Mary Virginia Valenti and Chris Bennett developed a relaxed www.spese.org to somehow provide it anyway. Often this is well as topics related to teaching. All propos- Speakers: Laura Letinsky, Colleen Plumb, Swanson and James Hajicek, celebrated the schedule and a rich program of panels and done through declared subjectivity in partially als are peer reviewed by the SPE West Board. Lori Nix, Sylvie Belanger and Jen Blazina, life of the late educator/historian/friend. An speakers. The opening "Northwest Territory: South central Region ❹ or totally constructed, manipulated or other- The deadline for submissions is September followed by a reception and exhibition exhibit at the Raven Cafe featured works by Women in Photography" panel discussed past A River Runs Through It: Perception vs. Reality, wise staged works. Yet, just as often, it is done 18, 2011. related event Emily Matyas, Adam Thorman, and Mark and present gender issues in the West. TV, Inconvenient Truths and Other Reactions on by pointing the lens in a particular direction, 2. Daily lectures and panel discussions, Hendrickson. the Battle of the Alamo often at great risk to the photographer, to Northwest Region ❽ 92 lecturers The Educators' Panel continued the dialogue September 29 – October 1, 2011, in convey what has occurred. Visual Evolution 3. Professional and student portfolio review Book signings were offered by David Taylor started last year concerning best practices dea- San Antonio, TX November 4 – 6, 2011, in Spokane, WA sessions – 107 sessions, over 50 reviewers and Margaret Stratton and portfolio reviews ling with students, administrators, and being a University of Texas at San Antonio and You are invited to submit your proposal for a Spokane Falls Community College 4. Open portfolio sharing – over 70 participat- were conducted by southwest region educa- teacher-artist. Photographic books, alternati- Southwest School of Art presentation on how you speak truth to power Conference Chairs: Ira Gardner and ing artists tors. Keynote speakers were Judy Natal and ve processes, copyright and tax consequences, Conference Chair: Libby Rowe and Kent Rush or to no one in particular. Please submit your Melissa Rackham 5. Kalamazoo Art Hop-Photo Fest (featuring Stuart Klipper. Other presenters included location photography and developing special Keynote Speaker: Carrie May Weems presentation proposals to [email protected] www.spenw.org over 60 exhibiting photographers in down- David Taylor, Cass Fey, Greg MacGregor, photographic projects were tossed about at the Invited Speaker: Laura McPhee no later than May 31, 2011. town Kalamazoo with over 1,200 attendees) Alexandra Overby, Joseph Labate, Martina conference sessions. Honored Educator: Luther Smith 6. Special Exhibitions: Yinka Shonibare, Shenal, and Don Fike. A local photo field trip www.spesouthcentral.org Confirmed presenters include Patrick Student Juried Exhibition, SPE Pin-up to the Granite Dells was included. Nagatani, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Exhibit and raffle, WMU library exhibits, Eugenia Parry, and Joel-Peter Witkin. 6 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 7 Photo: Marlene Photo: Marlene Photo: Marlene 2011 Atlanta Conference Review H H H awthr awthr awthr one one one T T T homas Science, Poetry, and the Photographic Image Thursday, March 10 featured a series of pre- charted how his vision moved from his very homas homas 48th SPE National Conference conference seminars that attracted a large early interest in street photography and the turnout and offered a wide array of valu- outside world, to a more internal desire to March 10 – 13, 2011 able information including a student semi- deal with the present moment. As the work Atlanta, GA nar by Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan evolved, he began to realize that optics and the kae Grant that was moderated by Dennis camera itself could be a subject of his pho- Review by incoming editor of SPE's exposure, Keeley, and industry seminars such as "How tography. Now shooting digitally, in his most Walking through the Curator Portfolio Walkthrough Professional Portfolio Session Sharing work at the Curator Portfolio Walkthrough

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Daniel Milnor and sponsored by Blurb. At where he is making photographs that engage H The Curator's Roundtable organized by Kalia us how important it is to thank people who arris Fogel The 48th annual SPE National Conference "A Counterculture of Images," Robert Hirsch the landscape, in order, as he described, to Brooks with Hannah Frieser and Miriam are important to you throughout your career. represented one of the largest attended con- presented a visual anthology he is developing satisfy an impulse to leave a mark behind. His Romais addressed several important ques- Her brief visual presentation was really just ferences to date, with an attendance of 1,200. of the 1960s—featuring images of the civil talk was captivating, and for me, he created a tions regarding negotiating with curators, a teaser and made many of us in the audi- The conference rooms, lobbies, and hallways rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and profound connection between the intimacy galleries, dealers, museums, and other insti- ence yearn for more. As a historian interested of the Sheraton Atlanta overflowed with a other events—culled from photographs in of his family photography and his personal tutions that were raised by the audience. in women and 20th century photography, lively sense of excitement that energized the the public realm. Hirsch also introduced his relationship with photography that became SPE's counsel, Allan Harris also offered his I was delighted for the refresher course on diverse and vibrant SPE members and new latest book, Exploring Color Photography: From a recurring thread I pulled through various expert legal advice. Susan R. Ressler and Neimanas's rich and unique career that cer- friends who attended the conference. I was Film to Pixels. The publisher, Focal Press (an presentations at the conference. Stephanie S. Turner presented their stim- tainly deserves a more prolonged look. particularly delighted to see so many young Imprint of Elsevier), sponsored the seminar. ulating work, "Photography as a Medium Busy at the Eastman Kodak Company booth people at the conference, both students and Following his talk, Hirsch received some visu- Friday, March 11 offered a full day of pre- for Co-Evolutionary Animal-Human Catherine Wagner was the featured speaker Photo: Marlene professionals, which I interpret as a very good ally insightful questions regarding his editorial sentations, lectures, panels, and workshops, Conversations," in their SPE Conference Friday evening and her presentation was sign for the present and future of SPE. choices and image selections that encouraged including two morning sessions devoted to

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The conference theme, "Science, Poetry, "What Students Want... What They Expect T The panel discussion, "In the Second Life of overview of her career. Her lecture was a homas and the Photographic Image," was woven Conference proceedings officially opened to and What the Need from Their Education," Avatars and Photographic Education" was treat for those familiar with her work and a throughout the conference proceedings. a packed house on Thursday evening for the by Jill Waterman with Bruce Myren, Layne fascinating and offered a valuable new per- valuable introduction for those who were not. The city of Atlanta, and the Sheraton hotel, keynote lecture by photographer Abelardo Sizemore, Rafael Soldi, and Deidra Tyree, spective on technology and modes of educa- Wagner discussed her longstanding interest in offered a warm welcome. I happened into the Morell titled, "Pictures in Pictures." Morell which featured educators, recent graduates, tion that have real social implications. science, an interest that came to her unexpect- lunch buffet at the hotel restaurant on day one provided a photographic survey of his life and current students sharing their insights edly, as well as ideas about observation and of the conference when they were offering a and career, beginning with a series of family and experiences, and "Classroom 2.0: Using The selection of graduate student presenta- beauty. As she articulated, she uses beauty in traditional Southern-comfort food feast: fried photographs from his early days as a young Social Media," presented by Erika Gentry tions was also very impressive. Several of her work as a formal strategy to reckon with chicken, greens, macaroni and cheese, and boy in Cuba, to the brownie camera he pur- with Michelle Bogre, Jeff Curto, Mark Malloy, them, including talks by James E. Bentley III, observation. She concluded with a discussion pie for dessert. The food was great (did you chased while living in New York at 14 years and Wayne Morse, that considered how social Emma Powell, and Nadia Sablin, incorpo- of her more recent projects that bring art into happen to try it?) and the staff was warm and old, through his celebrated camera obscura media can be successfully integrated into the rated some element of family photography the public domain, including "Ghost Grove," friendly. To me, it was the perfect welcome to images started at home in the early 1990s after classroom experience. or family history into their artmaking process. an installation piece at the Los Angeles Police Atlanta and I knew from that moment that it the birth of his first child, ultimately ending For example, Emma Powell's project, "A Life Department's Downtown headquarters that was going to be a fine conference. with his more recent landscape work. Morell There was also a fine selection of imagemaker Reviewed: George Eastman Through the honors the city's historic citrus groves. presentations including Stephen Chalmers's Viewfinder," tied together her own personal introduction to a recent body of work titled, relationship to photography (growing up the On Saturday morning the conference enthusi- homas T "Unmarked," where he tracks and photo-

one daughter of a photographer and a photogra- astically returned to the theme of science and graphs the often quiet and contemplative awthr phy historian) and a history of photography the photographic in the panel on "Inarticulate H landscapes and landmarks where serial mur- and photographic technology, as discovered Speech and the Chart: Investigating the derers were known to have discarded their through the biography of George Eastman, Scientific Concept in Photography" by Steve Photo: Marlene Photo: victim's bodies. Focusing on the West Coast, thus uniting a kind of personal poetics and Bliss with Jay Gould, Peter HappelChristian, General Session presentation in progress Chalmers's photographs, combined with text technological history. It was great to see how and Aspen Mays, that investigated notions of Photo: H

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each graduate student worked through their scientific documentation and "proof." Steven is Fogel humanity, or the lack thereof, encouraging process, ultimately reaching a better sense of Skopik gave a fascinating lecture "On the viewers to refocus on the disconnect between themselves and their work. Their energy and Orders of the Photographic Sublime" that a pervasive fascination with serial murders in optimism was also contagious. traced the history of beauty and the sublime the media yet relative disregard for their vic- in 19th century art in order to map a con- tims. In his lecture, "A Look Between Science The evening commenced with SPE's 2011 temporary sublime in photography. Skopik and Poësis: Phenomenology as a Philosophy Honored Educator award presented by suggested that diverse works by artists such of Contemporary Photographic Vision" Patrick Nagatani to Joyce Neimanas. She was as Gursky, Burtynsky, and members of the William Nieberding outlined philosophies of lively and gracious in thanking mentors, teach- Dusseldorf school, for example, can be seen vision and proposed phenomenology as a dif- ers, students, muses, and colleagues who had as part of a trajectory that in some sense ferent way to approach photographic vision helped her over the years, reminding all of attempts to photographically tame contempo- Lunch with the Exhibitors, sponsored by Innova Art Ltd. Student Portfolio Critique in progress and photographic education. 8 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 9 rary culture much in the same way that 19th regarding the possibilities of collaboration putting together an insightful program that Photo: H century landscape photographers attempted and collectivism as opposed to the individual was rich and stimulating. A special thanks also Conference Raffle Winners arris Fogel to wrestle with the awe-inspiring grandeur of focus of some art production. Invited speaker goes out to the 2011 Peer Review Panel, Local nature. Justine Cooper gave an excellent talk on "Arts Committee, and SPE National Board of Print: Tom Barrow Print: Jacinda Russell Item: Manfrotto Tripod Winner: Arno Rafael Minkkinen Winner: Allyson Klutenkamper Winner: Jill Waterman Side Effect." Her work functions at the inter- Directors for all of their hard work and valu- John Mann with Kelli Connell, Matthew section of art, science, and technology, and able contributions leading up to the event. And Print: Pinky Bass Print: William Tolan Item: onOne Software Winner: JT Blatty Winner: Corey George Winner: David Freund Gambler, and Brian Ulrich participated in an was a perfect fit for this year's theme. Her of course, SPE's amazing staff and dedicated intriguing panel discussion on "Reinvesting presentation was lively, playful, and inspiring, volunteers managed to troubleshoot as need- Print: Paul D’Amato Print: V. Elizabeth Turk Item: onOne Software Winner: Amanda Pfister Winner: George Slade Winner: Stephanie Smigiel Collective Creativity and the Collaborative and was a fitting segue to the final hours of ed, insuring not only that the conference was a Community" that introduced the photograph- the conference. success, but also that everyone had a great time. Print: Jason Demarte Print: Jerry Uelsmann Item: Nik Software’s Complete Winner: Diane Fox Winner: Bob Gwaltney Collection Ultimate Edition ic collective Piece of Cake (POC). Mann's A note of thanks to SPE's fearless Executive from Nik Software, Inc. summary of the history of arts collectives Carolyn Guertin was the last featured speaker. Director, Virginia Morrison; Meghan Borato, Print: Rita DeWitt Print: Brian Ulrich Winner: Lorraine Boogich Winner: Karen VanMeenen Winner: Jenny Kuhla was particularly enlightening and the discus- Her talk on digital technologies and new Registrar; Carla Pasquale, Office & Accounts Item: Adobe Photoshop sion pointed to many interesting questions media art, "Freeze Frame: Image, Space- Manager; Nina Barcellona, Advertising, Print: Scott Hilton Item: Nikon D3100 DX Lightroom 3 Raffle MC's Steve Bliss and Lawrence McFarland with SPE National Board Secretary Nate Larson Winner: Gloria Fite Camera Winner: Ann Simmons-Myers Time, Text," suffered from some technologi- Publications & Exhibits Coordinator; and Winner: Rebecca Zeiss Photo: H cal glitches of its own. (Isn't it funny how the National Conference Planner Sheryl Banks. Print: Tomiko Jones Item: Mary Virginia Swanson arris Fogel homas T Winner: Anne Leighton Item: Capture Integration Consultation one technology talks always have the most trouble The national office staff was also aided by Massoni Software Winner: Allison Jerek

awthr Winner: Lawrence McFarland H with their technology?) Nevertheless, I found onsite conference staff including the registra- Print: Tomiko Jones Item: Inkjetmall RCS 2880 that she offered some valuable insight on how tion team of Ashlae Shepler, Alison Smith, Winner: Suzanne Winterberger Item: iPad from Little, Brown Kits for Epson our culture has moved from a spatial experi- and Adrianna Santiago; the volunteer team and Company Winner: Jeannie Pearce Photo: Marlene Photo: Print: Nate Larson + Marni Winner: Ruth Adams ence of the world to one based entirely on the of Morgan Ford, Jacqui O'Neill Ozcelik, and Shindelman Item: Sony NEX-3 Camera temporal, or time. Allison Retter and exhibits team member, Winner: Deborah Jack Item: iPad Winner: Alex Getz Winner: Ann Simmons-Myers Meghan Fischer; portfolio review team of Print: Michael Marshall Item: VASA Project Workshop Congratulations to Lynn Estomin for orga- Shannon Randol and Tim Skehan; conference Winner: Libby Rowe Item: Jim Stone Lecture from for Your School Pearson Education Winner: Rachelle Raymer Gilbert nizing the Women's Caucus Film Festival photographers Marlene Hawthrone Thomas Print: Holly Roberts Winner: Nancy Rumfield SCAD Atlanta exhibition, Saturday night excursion and Neil Chowdbury for organizing the and Sara E. Hopkins and conference videog- Winner: Amy Holmes George Happy raffle winner Libby Rowe Multicultural Caucus Film Festival. Screened rapher Adam Forrester. is Fogel

arr over two days of the conference, the film H Thank you! festivals featured an impressive selection of We also value the support of our part- Photo: Photo: independent, international films and videos, ners and sponsors including 2011 Host 2011 Conference Speakers + Mark Kasumovic | Michael Mergen | Emma Shelia Pree Bright, Ellie Brown, Peter and were an important contribution to the Institution SCAD – Savannah College of Art Powell | Nadia Sablin Bugg, Javier Carmona, Jamason Chen, Joy conference. and Design; Gold Level Sponsors: Adobe Presenters Keynote Speaker: Abelardo Morell Christiansen Erb, Doug Clark, Matthew Systems, Inc., Canon USA, MAC Group, Featured Speakers: Catherine Wagner Imagemakers • Pinky Bass | Stephen Clowney, Jim Colby, Wendy Cooper, Ashley Many people enjoyed the Henri Cartier- and Sprint Systems of Photography; Silver Featured Speaker: Carolyn Guertin Chalmers: "Unmarked" | Rebecca Cummins Craig, Jeff Curto, Mia Dalglish, Sylvia de Bresson exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum Level Sponsors: American Photo & Popular Invited Speaker: Justine Cooper | Bill Davis | Jason DeMarte | Scott Hilton | Swaan, Stephanie Dowda, Paul Dunlap, Ruth of Art, either on their own or as part of the bus Photographer The American Society of Honored Educator: Joyce Neimanas Jessica Ingram | Tomiko Jones | Adam Mag- Dusseault, Rod Fincannon, Nancy Floyd, excursion that also included a tour of SCAD Media Photographers (ASMP), Focal Press Checking out the Digital Silver Imaging booth Honored Educator Presenter: Patrick yar | Judy Natal | Vesna Pavlovic | Grant Harris Fogel, Pam Fox, Jason Francisco, Atlanta, a generous conference supporter. (an Imprint of Elsevier), Innova Art Ltd., and Nagatani William Ray | Jacinda Russell and Nancy Dana Fritz, Larry Gawel, Rafael Goldchain,

homas Sony Electronics.

T Douthey | Michael Sherwin | Jeffrey Wolin Emily Gomez, Mary Goodwin, Marita one The exhibits fair was active and Friday's lunch Gootee, Elizabeth Greenberg, Patti Hallock,

awthr Seminar & Session Presenters • Tom H with the exhibitors sold out long before I I personally want to thank some old and new P. Ashe, Judy Herrmann, Robert Hirsch, Lectures • Melissa Fleming | William Frank Hamrick, Peter HappelChristian, Kim managed to get a ticket. The raffle was anoth- SPE colleagues who helped me round out this Richard Kelly, Julieanne Kost, Peter Krogh, Nieberding | Susan Ressler and Stephanie S. Harkins, Ken Hassell, Chuck Hemard, Akemi

Photo: Marlene Photo: er big success and although I did manage to review by sharing their insights on the confer- Rick Miller, Daniel Milnor, Phil Mistry, and Turner | Steven Skopik | Anne Whiston Spirn Hiatt, Aspen Hochhalter, Kenneth Hoffman, get a raffle ticket, sadly I did not come home ence including SPE member and imagemaker Brian Smith Annie Hogan, Anni Holm, John Holmgren, with any prizes. Stephen Chalmers, SPE Northeast Regional Panels • Steven Bliss with Jay Gould, Peter Jerry Holsopple, Barbara Houghton, Nancy Chair Bruce Myren, National Board Member Academic Practicum Workshops • Erika HappelChristian, and Aspen Mays | Arthur Howell-Koehler, Adam Jacono, Leena A hearty congratulations to 2011 Conference Liz Wells, and longtime SPE member and Gentry with Jeff Curto, Mark Malloy, and Fields with Paul Berger, Catherine Dutton, Jayaswal, Tom Jimison, Steven Johnson, Committee, chaired by Michael Marshall, for former board chair, Cheryl Younger. and Susan kae Grant | Jennifer Hoag with Mary Shannon Johnstone, Scott Jost, Daniel Eager bidders at the silent auction Daniel Castro | Douglas Holleley | Amy Holmes George and Christina Z. Anderson Christine Shank and Jose Velazco | John Kariko, Dennis Keeley, Patrick Keough, Ray I do hope to see you all in my home state Mann with Kelli Connell, Matthew Gamber, Klimek, Bill Kouwenhoven, Alicia Lange, homas homas | Jennifer Litterer with Andy Bloxham, Da- T T of California next year at the 49th Annual and Brian Urich | Jill Waterman with Bruce Phillip Andrew Lewis, Jonathan Long, Mary one one vid Allen Jones, Kyle Petersen, Walker Picker-

awthr National Conference titled, "Intimacy and awthr Myren, Layne Sizemore, Deidra Tyree, and Ann Lynch, Mark Malloy, Paho Mann, H H ing and Bethany Souza | William Nieberding Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide in with Keith Shapiro and Alexandra Overby Rafael Soldi Brenda Massie, Heather McClintock, Katy Photography," to be held in San Francisco, McCormick, Patrick Millard, Amy Miller, Photo: Marlene Photo: Photo: Marlene Photo: CA, March 22 – 25, 2012. Conference propos- Demos • Dan Burkholder | Kalia Brooks 2011 Portfolio Reviewers Colleen Mullins, Rebecca Nolan, Kenda als are being accepted through June 1, 2011. with Hannah Frieser and Miriam Romais Nate Abramowski, Liz Allen, Julie Anand, North, Andrew O'Brien, Rob O'Neil, Ginger Jeanne Anderton, Danielle Avram, Wendy Owen-Murakami, Kristen Fecker Peroni, Graduate Students • James Bentley III | Babcox, Iwan Bagus, Claude Baillargeon, Stefan Petranek, Ric Petry, Michael Peven, Christin Boggs | Karen Garrett de Luna | Lisa Berry, George Blakely, Michelle Bogre, Brent Phelps, Sandra-Lee Phipps, Walker SPE National Board Treasurer Nancy Stuart with Keynote Speaker Abelardo Morell Informal portfolio sharing 10 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 11 Pickering, Janet Pritchard, Rachel Reisert, 2011 coNfERENcE coMMiTTEE Women's Caucus Exhibition Jurors Susana Reisman, Susan R. 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SPE Newsletter final.indd 3 2/16/11 10:46 AM 2012 Conference Description 2012 Conference Call for Proposals 49th SPE National Conference – March 22-25, 2012 49th SPE National Conference – March 22-25, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Hyatt Regency San Francisco San Francisco, CA – Hyatt Regency San Francisco

Intimacy and Voyeurism: Intimacy and Voyeurism: The Public / Private Divide in Photography The Public / Private Divide in Photography

Photography’s relationship with intimacy and voyeurism is as old as the medium itself. From its SPE welcomes proposals from member photographers, writers, educators, curators, historians inception photographs have been used to sustain, affirm, or remember loved ones, expressing and professionals from other fields. Topics are not required to be theme-based, and may intimate and profound connections between people. At the same time photography has offered include but are not limited to, imagemaking, history, contemporary theory and criticism, voyeuristic pleasure, allowing the viewer to see without being seen, to take visual pleasure without multidisciplinary approaches, new technologies, effects of media and culture, educational risk to oneself. Rarely can photographs themselves be clearly divided into one or the other of these issues, funding, and presentations of work in photography, film, video, performance and categories. Images become voyeuristic or intimate based on context, societal expectations and installation. All submissions are reviewed by a ten-member peer review panel, which forwards interpretations. a ranking to the 2012 conference committee for their consideration and selection. The National Board’s Executive Committee approves the final conference program to assure the broadest The advent of digital technology and its attendants—constant surveillance, social networks, camera representation of concerns in the field. phones, instantaneous dissemination and nearly infinite reproducibility—has shifted the already blurry boundaries between the public and the private. We can instantaneously share our experience with those far away, and enter the personal lives of strangers across the globe. There is more access to images and information than ever before, with less control over the ways in which these images are seen and ultimately interpreted. It is a collapsing of space and time changing our relationships Eligibility: Current SPE members are eligible to submit a Award for Excellence in Historical, Critical and Theoretical to images, each other and the world. proposal for consideration. Individuals who have presented Writing. The cash award, originated in honor of former at two SPE national conferences since 2009 (Dallas) are not executive director Jennifer Yamashiro, recognizes excellence eligible. To join SPE visit www.spenational.org. in writing in the field of photography among the Society’s What does this mean for the artist, the photographer, the historian or curator? members. Presentation categories: Join us in 2012 for an exciting discourse addressing aspects of intimacy or voyeurism, the lines Please note: proposals outside the scope of the theme are also welcomed as Submit your materials online: between the public and the private as well as related issues, both contemporary and historical. submissions. • Confirm or renew your SPE membership. • Lecture – presentation on historical topic, theory, or • Create an account at http://spenational.slideroom.com and another artist’s work follow the instructions provided. For technical support, • Imagemaker – presentation on your own artistic work contact [email protected]. Panel San Francisco is a dynamic and mythical city defined by its distinct neighborhoods, world-class • – a group led by a moderator to discuss a chosen topic • Submit portfolio (there will be a $10 fee per submission) in Demonstration museums, breathtaking beauty and its history of political and cultural trailblazing. From the Gold • – a “how-to” presentation one of the six possible categories. Graduate Student Rush and the dot.com boom to Harvey Milk and the Beats, there is no city like San Francisco. It • – short presentation of your own artistic • Include name, address, phone, email, title of submission, is a place where photography has a strong tradition and an imposing presence; from Ansel Adams work and a brief introduction to your graduate program additional speakers/panelists to Larry Sultan, countless photographers of note have made the San Francisco Bay Area their (must be enrolled in graduate program at time of • A 500-word abstract detailing the work submitted home and their inspiration. San Francisco and the surrounding areas—including Berkeley, Oakland, submission) • A 250-word biographical summary for each intended Academic Practicum Workshop Marin County and San Jose—are home to a long tradition of photography and nurturing hosts to • – lectures (one participant numerous active and vibrant photography galleries, museums and nonprofit spaces, as well as some presenter, one time slot) and panels (more than one • Up to 20 images around 1280 x 1280 px at 72 ppi of the strongest photography programs in the country. We invite you to the 2012 conference to presenter, two time slots) that address educational issues experience the richness, beauty and inspiration of San Francisco. Accepted submissions are eligible for a discounted rate to Submission Deadline: June 1, 2011 attend and present at the 2012 SPE national conference. Current membership is required to participate as a conference speaker. The speaker rate is limited to one Questions? Please direct any inquiries to the discounted speaker fee per imagemaker presentation; one SPE national office at 216.622.2733 discounted speaker fee per lecture (including APW lectures), SPE or [email protected] one discounted speaker fee per demonstration, one discounted Society for speaker fee per graduate student presentation and up to four Photographic Society for Photographic Education discounted speaker fees (1 moderator and up to 3 panelists) per Education 2530 Superior Ave., #403 panel (including APW panels). Cleveland, OH 44114 SPE National Office 216.622.2733 phone Special Award Details: 2530 Superior Ave., #403 216.622.2712 fax Cleveland, OH 44114 Applicants to the Imagemaker track will be considered for the Garry B Fritz Imagemaker Award, a cash award granted to www.spenational.org 216.622.2733 phone first-time imagemaker presenters demonstrating outstanding 216.622.2712 fax achievement as determined by the peer review committee. 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20 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 www.spenational.org 21 Continued from page 17 The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic eview.org/compete.htm. For further informa- New Juried Book Competition “I Am An Entrepreneur” Photo Visit www.airgallery.org under "opportunities" Photography was established in 1978 follow- tion call The Photo Review at 215.891.0214. Deadline for Entries: June 7, 2011 Competition to learn more about each program and how If your submission has been selected for dis- ing the death of Gene Smith, the legendary Open to Interpretation is a juried book competition Deadline for Entries: December 31, 2011 to apply. play, you must provide the following: American photo essayist. Every year it recog- The Photo Review of photography, poetry, fiction, and creative The SEVEN Fund announced the I Am an 1. Photography ready for display. (mount- nizes a photographer who has demonstrated 140 East Richardson Ave., Suite 301 non-fiction. Each book begins with a themed Entrepreneur photography competition. This Kat Griefen ed, framed, and wired for hanging) an exemplary commitment to documenting Langhorne, PA 19047 call for photos. The chosen photos become the competition recognizes the outstanding use 111 Front St. #228 2. Artist's Statement describing how your the human condition in the spirit of Smith's [email protected]. literary inspiration for the writers' submissions. of photography to tell compelling stories Brooklyn, NY 11201 work fits into the theme of the exhibition. concerned photography and dedicated com- A book is created that matches each winning of role model entrepreneurs from around [email protected] passion. 2011 SPE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL photo with two stories or poems that offer dif- the world. Anyone globally is welcome to www.airgallery.org There is no cap on the number of submis- Conference Call for Proposals ferent interpretations of the image. The unique participate in this competition. Each quarter, sions one photographer can make. All pho- For 2011, the amount of the grant will be Deadline for Entries: May 31, 2011 collaboration adds new dimensions to both the I am an Entrepreneur features a new theme to The 3rd Edition of The Annual tography must remain for the duration of the $30,000. An additional $5,000 in fellowship The 2011 SPE Southwest Regional confer- photos and the written word. Submit entries inspire photographers and document a differ- Pollux Awards exhibit. Photographer contact information money will be dispersed, at the discretion of ence, Photographic Truths and Other Illusions, will online at www.open2interpretation.com. The ent aspect of the entrepreneur's experience. The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards will be listed in the program. Anyone inter- the jury, to one or more finalists deemed wor- be held November 11 – 13, 2011, in Santa entry fee is $30 for 5 images and $10 for each The theme for January – March 2011 is tech- invites professional and non-professional ested in purchasing photography displayed in thy of special recognition. Awards will be pre- Fe, NM at the Santa Fe Community College, additional image. Photographer and educa- nology and the entrepreneur. During 2011, the photographers, as well as photography stu- the exhibit should contact the photographer sented in a ceremony held in New York City School of Arts & Design. tor Douglas Beasley will jury the competi- competition will award four prizes, one every dents worldwide, working in all media and to directly. All sales will be coordinated directly in early October. For submission guidelines tion. Contact [email protected] three months, over a period of one year. One submit their work to the 3rd Edition of The with the photographer. The SSCVA will not and more information visit www.smithfund. The lack of objective truth in photography for more information. finalist will be selected every three months, WPGA Annual Pollux Awards. facilitate or participate in the sale of any pho- org/public/apply/smith. appears to remain as uncontested as the intent with a winning photograph for the quarter's tography exhibited. to somehow provide it anyway. Often this is PHOTOcentric theme, and will receive a prize of $250. The Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, cre- W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund done through declared subjectivity in partially Deadline for Entries: June 15, 2011 grand prize winner (selected from among the ative, and experimental works that include Andrea Rivera c/o International Center of Photography (ICP) or totally constructed, manipulated or other- PHOTOcentric is a juried competition and four finalist photographs) will receive $1,000 old and new processes, mixed techniques, and 7770 Corinne Dr. 1133 Avenue of the Americas wise staged works. Yet, just as often, it is done exhibition presented by Garrison Art Center. at the end of the competition. challenging personal, emotional, or political Hammond, IN 46323 New York, NY 10036 by pointing the lens in a particular direction, Exhibition dates are September 10 – October statements are welcome. Digital or traditional [email protected] often at great risk to the photographer, to 2, 2011. This call is open to amateurs and pro- Often, the imagery associated with developing photography or combinations of both are www.southshorecva.com THE 2011 PHOTO REVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY convey what has occurred. fessionals and all photographic media. There nations captures the misery that accompa- acceptable. Submissions are accepted only COMPETITION is a $40 entry fee for 5 images. Additional nies poverty. While it is important that these online. P hotogrAPHER's Forum 31st Annual Deadline for Entries: May 31, 2011 You are invited to submit your proposal for a images are $5 each. All artists must submit things are taken seriously and are documented, Spring Photography Contest Robert Mann, Director of the Robert Mann presentation on how you speak truth to power work online. Visit www.garrisonartcenter.org The SEVEN Fund believes that developing Rules: Deadline for Entries: May 16, 2011 Gallery will be the juror for the 2011 Photo or to no one in particular. for details. Work will be selected by jurors nations also represent tremendous opportuni- 1. The competition will be organized in This contest is open to all amateur photog- Review International Photography Competition. The Larry Fink and Stephen Perloff. ties for hope. The I am an Entrepreneur compe- 6 Contests, to be held in consecutive raphers worldwide and the subject matter is Photo Review, a highly acclaimed critical journal Confirmed presenters include Patrick tition strives to reframe the dialogue around months starting in April. open. Over $6,500 in cash and equipment will of photography, is sponsoring its 27th annual Nagatani, Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Garrison Art Center solutions to poverty by infusing the world's 2. Each Contest will be judged by a differ- be awarded. Winners will also be exhibited at photography competition. The Photo Review Eugenia Parry, and Joel-Peter Witkin. SPE's 23 Garrison Landing imagination with new imagery that focuses on ent juror. Brooks Institute's Gallery 27. Winners, honor- will reproduce accepted entries in its 2011 Southwest Region Vice-Chair, Jackie Heigle Garrison, NY 10524 entrepreneurship. 3. Photographs can be submitted to dif- able mentions, and finalists will be published competition issue and on its website. Thus, and Chair, André Ruesch, look forward to [email protected] ferent categories in separate sections in the book Best of Photography 2011. Winning the accepted photographs will be seen by your submissions and welcoming you to Santa SEVEN Fund (Pro, non Pro, and Students), in both photos will be published in the November thousands of people all across the world and Fe in November. Artistay Residency opportunities 1770 Massachusetts Ave., #247 Portfolio and Single Image. 2011 issue of Photographer's Forum Magazine. entrants will have a tangible benefit from the in France Cambridge, MA 02140 4. Any image or series can be submitted in The entry fee is $4.95 per photo. Winners will competition. Please submit your presentation proposals Deadline for Entries: December 31, 2011 www.sevenfund.org more than one category. be notified by August 15, 2011. For submis- to [email protected] no later than May 31, Visual artists, writers, and creators with a 5. Any photographer can participate in all sion guidelines and more information visit, Also, the prize-winning photographers will 2011. project of residency are eligible to apply for A.I.R. Gallery monthly contests, but an image or series www.pfmagazine.com/photography-contest. be chosen for an exhibition at the photog- Artisay Residency. The duration of residencies Deadline for Entries: Ongoing submitted already to a monthly contest raphy gallery of The University of the Arts, 2012 SPE National Conference are from 2 weeks to 4 months. Applicants are A.I.R. Gallery invites women artists to apply cannot be submitted to another monthly Serbin Communications, Inc. Philadelphia. Numerous Editor's Selections Call for Proposals responsible for the funding of the residency for their New York City or Inter/National contest. 6. Images and series that have already 813 Reddick St. will also be exhibited in several Photo Review Deadline for Entries: June 1, 2011 participation fees. We can provide neces- Artists Program. A.I.R. is the first artist-run, received awards in previous WPGA Santa Barbara, CA 93103 web galleries. SPE is accepting proposals for the 49th sary documentation and contacts for funding not-for-profit gallery for women in the U.S.A. competitions cannot participate, but [email protected] annual SPE national conference "Intimacy advice. Artistay service is free of charge for Membership benefits include exhibitions at previously submitted works that have An entry fee of $35 for up to three images and Voyeurism: The Public/Private Divide the applicant. Visit www.artistay.org for more the gallery, art fairs, and venues abroad, rep- not been awarded prizes or nominated 2011 W. Eugene Smith Grant in and $8 for each additional image entitles in Photography" March 22 – 25, 2012 in San details. resentation on the gallery's website and flat entrants to a copy of the full-color cata- as finalists in previous WPGA competi- Humanistic Photography Francisco, CA. Topics are not required to be files, and networking opportunities with A.I.R. logue. In addition, all entrants will be able to members in NY and across the country. tions are welcome to participate. Deadline for Entries: May 31, 2011 theme-based, and may include but are not lim- Catherine Cordelle subscribe to The Photo Review for $36, a 20% Artists working in photography, video, new 7. WPGA members should send an email The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic ited to image-making, history, contemporary 5, rue de la République discount. Digital images can be submitted media, and installation, as well as traditional art to [email protected] to get Photography is presented annually to a pho- theory and criticism, new technologies, effects Montbel, France 09600 online and prints can be mailed to The Photo media, are encouraged to apply. A.I.R. seeks a their free images and portfolios. tographer whose past work and proposed of media and culture, educational issues and [email protected] Review offices. diverse group of artists and approaches to art 8. In each contest, prizes for overall best project, as judged by a panel of experts, funding. See pages 20-21 for details. making. There is no deadline but apply soon of the month and categories' 1st, 2nd follows the tradition of W. Eugene Smith's You can download contest rules and register as there are a limited number of openings. and 3rd best of the month will be 45-year career as a photographic essayist. and submit images at http://www.photor- awarded.

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9. All prize winners in the 6 consecutive at PhotoPlace Gallery. She also picked an contests will participate in the Pollux Member News additional thirty-five photographs of these Awards. subjects for the gallery's "On-Line Annex." 10. The Pollux Awards will judged by the six All selected work was included in a full-color jurors of the monthly contests. Lif e ImitATES Artifice exhibition catalogue available for purchase. Cleveland State University (CSU) Art Gallery 2011 WPGA Pollux Awards will be given to: opened its spring 2011 season with Life About the exhibit: Home. We photograph our 1. Photographer of the Year (Professional Imitates Artifice, an exhibition of contemporary houses, our yards, our children, our friends, Section) photography exploring the tenuous threads our celebrations, our anxieties. And we move 2. Photographer of the Year (Non- beyond ourselves to photograph homes of

between image and reality. The exhibition was Warren © Taylor Professional Section) on display January 21 – March 12. The exhi- others—strangers, as well as people we know. 3. Emerging Talent of the Year (Student bition included contemporary photographs Home is where the camera is, and it's where Section) by SPE members Nate Larson and Marni we use it to record our lives and the lives of 4. In each category, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prize Shindelman, Brandon Juhasz, Matt Siber, others. as well as Honorable Mention will be Kerry Skarbakka, and Lori Nix. The exhibi- awarded at the discretion of the jurors. tion was curated by CSU assistant professor Photoplace Gallery of photography Mark Slankard. 3 Park St.

Submission and Deadline Dates: Middlebury, VT 05753 Calhoun © Alexis Thomas © Stephanie (all deadlines are at 11:59 pm PST) For details, visit: http://www.csuohio.edu/art- [email protected] • 1st Contest: Opens on April 7; gallery/2010-2011/lifeimitatesartifice/index. www.vtphotoworkplace.com/id100.html closes on April 30 html. www.robertforlini.com • 2nd Contest: Opens on May 1; closes on May 31 Cleveland State University Art Gallery P hotogrAPHy and Its markets • 3rd Contest: Opens on June 1; Main Gallery On April 1, 2011, Stacey McCarroll Cutshaw Lustig © Jennifer Starr © Natalie closes on June 30 2307 Chester Ave. (SPE exposure Editor, as of Spring 2012) pre- • 4th Contest: Opens on July 1; Cleveland, OH 44114 sented a paper titled, "Marketing the Family in closes on July 31 the Photography of Nell Dorr," for a panel • 5th Contest: Opens on August 1; on "Photography and Its Markets," at the closes on August 31 Pictures come from pictures College of the Desert's Marks Art Center 2011 Association of Art Historians Annual • 6th Contest: Opens on September 1; Conference at the University of Warwick in closes on September 30 presented selected works from the extensive career of photographer and scholar Carl the UK. At the end of April, she presented another paper that looked at "Fictions of Monthly Contests Awardees' Chiarenza. the exhibition was entitled Pictures the Family Album: Nostalgic Ideology in the © Aldrin Capulong Earls © Luke © Nick Suarez Announcements: Come from Pictures, and follows the recent pub- lication of a book of his work by the same Mid-Century Photography of Nell Dorr," at • 1st Contest: May 12 the combined American Culture Association/ • 2nd Contest: June 14 name, that was published in conjunction with the exhibition Peace Warriors and Solitudes: Recent Popular Culture Association Annual Meeting • 3rd Contest: July 12 in San Antonio, TX. TEACHING SOLID TECHNIQUE IS THE • 4th Contest: August 15 Photographs by Carl Chiarenza at the University • 5th Contest: September 14 of Richmond. Pictures Come from Pictures was FIRST ASPECT OF A SUCCESSFUL PHOTO • 6th Contest: October 12 on view at the Marks Art Center February 22 2011 Guggenheim Fellows (prize winners will be notified by email and – March 31, 2011. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial PROGRAM. HAVING A GREAT SOURCE images that have been awarded will be posted Foundation's Board of Trustees met on The Walter N. Marks Center for the Arts April 6, 2011 to consider the Committee of on the Announcements page of www.thega- Steven Benson © Gaye Ajoy © Gaye FOR TOOLS RUNS A SOLID SECOND. laawards.com 48 hours after the dates referred College of the Desert Selection's recommendations for the 2011 43-500 Monterey Ave. Fellowships. This year, after considering the above) Not far from the famed shores of Daytona Beach you will find a jewel of a photographic program that melds technical skills with creative problem Palm Desert, CA 92260 recommendations of panels and juries con- The Pollux Award will be announced on [email protected] sisting of hundreds of distinguished artists, solving, and sound business practices. A consortium between Daytona State College, the University of Central Florida, and the Southeast Museum www.carlchiarenza.com November 15, 2011. The juror of the 1st con- scholars, and scientists, the Board of Trustees of Photography, the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies nurtures these three key ingredients. According to Associate Professor Steven test is Tim Anderson, photographer, publisher has granted 180 Fellowships. Congratulations Benson, “Not only do our students develop diverse and personal portfolios, they acquire the necessary skills of the Red Dog Journal and Cygnet Press, and home is where the camera is to Betsy Schneider, Assistant Professor, curator of the Incognito Gallery, Albuquerque, Roberto Forlini participated in the exhibi- Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, needed to succeed in future photographic fields. Calumet plays an important role in our ability to achieve our NM. Jurors of the other monthly contests will tion entitled Home Is Where the Camera Is at the Arizona State University and SPE nation- educational goals.” be announced on the opening day of each PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT. The al board member and John M. Willis, subsequent contest. For submission guidelines show ran from March 1 – March 26, 2011. Professor of Photography, Marlboro College and information visit www.thegalaawards.net/ in Vermont. They have both been named call-for-entries/2011-pollux-awards. PhotoPlace Gallery was honored that pho- as 2011 Guggenheim Fellows in the area of tographer Julie Blackmon acted as juror for photography. 1.800.453.2550 www.calumetphotographic.com New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Oak Brook San Francisco Los Angeles Santa Ana San Diego this exhibition on the theme of "Home." She chose forty photographs for exhibition Continued on page 27

24 SPE Members’ Newsletter Spring/summer 2011 Continued from page 24 Also, one of Hebert's word search text installations, "24 Synonyms for acceptance THE PLEASuRE iS ALL MiNE 2010," was displayed in The Finch & Ada presented its debut curatorial Spring Exhibition 2011 at the exhibition, The Pleasure is All Mine, composed Kunsthal Charlottenborg of thirteen artists who express pleasure and in Copenhagen: The happiness through the fine arts. The exhi- 2011 exhibition presented Epson Stylus Pro 4900 bition was on view March 24 – April 8, 54 artists from around NEW 2011 and featured work by SPE member Jill the world. The exhibi- Waterman. tion was on view March anne leighton Massoni, My Castle Striped Misery, (from Holding Leighton), 2010 3 – April 25, 2011. Visit Happiness, joy, bliss, humor, family, fortune, http://www.springexhibi- satisfaction, memory and at times even sub- tion.com/index.php/en/ version can be methods and means of achiev- artists2011?artistId=1405. ing pleasure. In The Pleasure is All Mine, Finch http://patohebert.com. & Ada hoped to create smiles, lightness, and joy for their viewers. This exhibition was ini- SPiNNiNg yARNS: tially conceptualized as a response to the scar- PHoTogRAPHic city of contemporary exhibited work dealing SToRyTELLiNg with uplifting themes. Pleasure is an important Spinning Yarns: Photographic and necessary part of human existence. The Storytelling is a traveling exhi- pursuit of happiness is both essential and bition curated by Anne mystifying to us all. Through this exhibition Leighton Massoni and they hoped to change the perception of plea- Libby Rowe. Other SPE Jay gould, Experiment #7 (from Experimental Story Telling), 2006 sure, as more than the erotic and indulgent, member artist participants and provide a shared experience that will include Andy Bloxham, Joy bring delight to many. Christiansen Erb, Jason DeMarte, Ashley Feagin, Finch & Ada Jay Gould, Christopher 548 W. 28th St., Space A, Ground Floor Jordan, Nate Larson New York, NY 10001 + Marni Shindelman, Epson Authorized Professional Imaging Reseller [email protected] Anne Leighton Massoni, www.finchandada.com Rachel Girard Reisert, Shades of Paper offers student and educator discounts on all products Libby Rowe, and Christine Call for current pricing THE PLAiNS of iD: MAPPiNg uRbAN Shank. iNTERVENTioN iN LoS ANgELES Pato Hebert gave a Visiting Artist Lecture To "spin a yarn" is not just to tell a story but to con- at California State University, Long Beach libby rowe, Lost (from Dwellings), 2008 (CSULB) on March 23, 2011. This talk was struct a tale. Storytelling as in conjunction with the exhibition The Plains an art form brings together of Id: Mapping Urban Intervention in Los Angeles. the teller and audience to The exhibit was on view March 3 – April 17, push and pull a narrative into being. The tell- THREE goRgES DAM iN cHiNA 2011 at The University Art Museum, located ers initiate the act, providing a fertile soil to Steven Benson's photo essay and narrative on the campus of CSULB. conjure visual and rhetorical play. Storytellers on the "Three Gorges Dam in China" is and audiences are dependent on one another, the cover story in Cerise Press's current issue The Plains of Id: Mapping Urban Intervention In co-conspirators in sketching plot, character, (Spring 2011, vol. 2 Issue 6). Cerise Press is an Los Angeles focused on contemporary artists place, conversation and event. View the full independent journal of literature, arts, and who intervene within a specific area of Los curatorial statement, artist images, and bios and culture. Angeles' sprawling topography. The title of statements at www.spinningyarnsphoto.com. the exhibition derives from Reyner Banham's This photo essay represents a story about the seminal book, Los Angeles: The Architecture of The exhibition was on view February 14 – experience of an individual traveling the 400 Four Ecologies (1971). One of the first scholars March 12, 2011 at Kendall Galleries, College miles of the Yangtze River valley in 1999, to consider the cultural significance of the city, of Art and Design of Ferris State University documenting the way life was before the Banham analyzed Los Angeles' urbanism and in Grand Rapids, MI. The exhibition will be reservoir buried thirteen cities, 140 towns and categorized the most distinctive part of the on view October 24 – November 25, 2011 Shades of Paper at 800 & Ice House Galleries in Monmouth The source for all of your digital workflow solutions city as the "Plains of Id." For more informa- tion, visit: http://www.csulb.edu/org/uam/ University in West Long Branch, NJ. Continued on page 29 (856) 787-9200 www.shadesofpaper.com curr_exhib.html. www.spenational.org 27 Continued from page 27

1,342 villages. There was the dis- tinct feeling of living in a Russian existential novel—watching people go about their daily routines all the while knowing that soon their lives will be forever changed as they are forced into an uncertain future. Bruce Myren, N 40° 00' 00" W 97° 00' 00" Hollenberg, Kansas, 2007 www.stevenbensonphotographer. com.

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Selections from The Bruce Myren, N 40° 00' 00" W 95° 00' 00" Fillmore, Missouri, 2007 Fortieth Parallel On view in March 4 – May 5, 2011, Workspace land, with 2 at landfall on each coast. To date, San Diego, California. Also missing her, I Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska, will be showing I have been to 22 of the 52 sites; in the spring sent a cell phone image back. The image prints from Bruce Myren's ongoing project 2011, I plan on visiting 6 more." contained half of my face and half of my "The Fortieth Parallel." The exhibition is pillow, because, what I had been “up to” was titled, Selections from The Fortieth Parallel: Missouri, WORKSPACE GALLERY sleeping. Nearly simultaneously, the image Kansas, and Colorado. Sawmill Building was returned, only this time it was Chelsy's 440 N. 8th St. face on her own pillow hundreds of miles Bruce Myren: "My work investigates issues Lincoln, NE 68508 away. It seemed, despite our distance, our of place and space via the exploration and sites.google.com/site/workspacegallery thoughts were not far from one another's. employment of various locative systems. I am www.brucemyren.com This exchange was the impetus for a body of most interested in how macro systems relate work to catalog what were now disparate lives to micro experiences of land and landscape. I ASPECT using our cell phones as the means. One half often use or create rules to govern the location Anne Leighton Massoni's work, "Yours & of the image always contains a bisection of or approach in order to make a series of pho- Mine," was included in ASPECT: The Chronicle our face and the other the background of our tographs. This method stems from my interest of New Media Art's v17 Hi-Tech edition. In lives as we move through them. The images in maps and mapping, historical photographic the 30 second clip featured on the site, images were collected in a sequential still frame video surveys, and conceptually-based art practices. from the 2007 SPE National Conference in as well as single digital file, 40 inches tall by It is through these influences that I started Miami, FL, turn up in the background along just over 50 feet in length. In addition dip- to see and make pictures: by measuring, with several SPE members! tychs are pulled out of the sequence, they are coordinating, and locating myself within the compelling pairings based more on aesthetic world. 'The Fortieth Parallel' is a panoramic Anne Leighton Massoni: "Yours & Mine" is a concerns than happenings or timing. At times examination of precise yet arbitrary places body of work in collaboration with Chelsy C. our faces join to make one, and in others a found along this important parallel of latitude Usher. "We met in a moment of serendipity, simple comparison of side-by-side gazes and across the American landscape. Since 1998, when Chelsy unexpectedly moved into the backgrounds exists. The body of work began I have been photographing the 40th degree apartment above mine in the tiny town of in mid-October of 2006 and contains 1630 of latitude across the United States at every Chestertown, Maryland. Shortly, and within images, the cataloging of images ended exactly whole of degree of longitude using GPS. months of each other, we both moved from one year from its accidental beginning." Visit At each confluence, there is approximately a the area but not without first having formed a http://www.aspectmag.org/works/yours-mine. 20 square-foot area in which I can compose close friendship. Chelsy radically changed her a view. This important baseline was used in life by joining the United States coast guard, surveying state boundaries and creating town- while I moved to Memphis, Tennessee to take ships and homesteads, and was a key marker on the position of area head of photography in particular for the settlement the West. I am at Memphis College of Art. One evening, I interested in the relationship between the 19th received a late night and rather lonely "what century's understanding and construction of are you up to" text message from Chelsy, landscape, location, and place and our 21st who had been relocated to a patrol boat in conceptions. There are 50 confluences on

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