2005 Portfolio Reviewer Bios

Information on Reviewers

An asterisk (*) before the reviewer’s name indicates they will be looking at student work only; a double-asterisk (**) indicates that they will be looking at professional artists’ work only. No mark indicates that they will look at both student and non-student work. Please honor reviewers’ preferences.

*Ruth Adams is an internationally recognized artist and an assistant professor of Photography and Digital Art at the University of Kentucky. She would prefer to meet with students interested in graduate studies.

Elizabeth Allen is the director of Northlight Gallery at Arizona State University. She is specifically looking for work to be part of an exhibition "What is Feminist Art?"

Robin Assner is an Assistant Professor of Art at Webster University in St. Louis. She would like to review all kinds of work for possible exhibitions at The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery at Webster University.

*Darryl Baird is an Associate Professor of Art at University of Michigan-Flint. He is interested in innovative and non-traditional student work -- digital, alternative processes, books or (really) anything that extends the practice of photography.

Marguerite Beaty

*Benilda Pacheco Beretta is a first year MFA graduate student in photography at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her interests include digital storytelling, montage, and portraiture. She is interested in viewing all kinds of work.

Ronald Beverly Graduated from George Washington University with a MFA in Photography in 1994. He has taught photography for 6 years and is currently working as one of the Senior photo Editors for Black Voices AOL BlackVoices: The Interests, Needs & Voices of the Black Community and AOL Visions at America Online

*Steve Brown has been with the faculty of the Department of Art and Design at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 2000 and serves as head of the Photography/Digital Arts Area. He is interested in reviewing the portfolios of students interested in graduate school who work in traditional and digital photography, as well as time-based media.

*Jesse Burke is an MFA candidate in photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is interested in seeing student work ranging from personal narrative to critical landscape.

**Jean Caslin is executive director and curator of Houston Center for Photography, a non-profit visual artists' organization founded in 1981. She would like to see all kinds of work by professional artists for future solo and group exhibitions.

Neil Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor who teaches photography, digital video and graphic design at Zayed University in Dubai, the UAE. He would like to look at work that blends a view of contemporary society with the artist’s own imagination.

Vincent Cianni is a photographer/educator, who lives Brooklyn NY, and is an instructor at Parsons School of Design. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and recently published: "We Skate Hardcore", documenting urban Latino youth coming of age. He is interested in reviewing all work by professionals and advanced students (particularly fine art and documentary)except for that work which is entirely based in digital media.

Gary S. Colby, Professor of Photography at the University of La Verne, currently serves as gallery director for the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography. He is reviewing work in consideration for solo and group exhibitions in the 2005-2006 academic year.

**James D. Colby, director of the Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, New York, is a curator, educator, artist, and former SPE northeast region chair. He is accepting applications for solo exhibitions by established artists working within the broad spectrum of photo based art - preferring to review strong portfolios or projects that are interdisciplinary and accessible to diverse audiences. We are also looking for traditional framed photographs for the Weeks Gallery's new permanent collection.

**Colette Copeland teaches at the Univ. of Penn, University of the Arts (Philadelphia) and is the SPE Mid Atlantic Chair. She is an independent Curator & Writer/Editor Fotophile Magazine. Looking for photographic and video work, which examines people, places, and objects associated with death from a metaphorical and conceptual perspective. Please no documentary work.

Carola Dreidemie is a faculty member at the University of Miami. Her photography and sculpture has been exhibited in the US, South America, and Europe. She is interested in reviewing work that addresses social concerns, political imprisonment, racism and censorship for a future exhibition. Students looking for a graduate program are also welcomed.

Erina Duganne is a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of Photography at Williams College. She is particularly interested in work that addresses social relationships and issues of subjectivity.

Dennie Eagleson is an Associate Professor of Photography at Antioch College. She has been a frequent curator of photography exhibitions in the Herndon Gallery at Antioch, and is interested in seeing pinhole and plastic lens work and also documentary work in both color and black and white from both students and professionals.

Krista Elrick is a photographer and filmmaker who focuses her cameras on the spirit that ties people to their land, gardens, families, and past. She also teaches photography at Santa Fe Community College. She likes to review student or professional portfolios that are based in ideas.

**Lynn Estomin has been creating art on social issues for over 20 years. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania and is interested in reviewing all photographic work except landscape, for possible solo exhibitions in the Lycoming College Art Gallery. She is particularly interested in seeing innovative work with progressive political content.

*Cass Fey has been Curator of Education at the Center for Creative Photography since 1993. She enjoys using the Center's collections to encourage faculty, students, and the general public to explore the infinitely enriching ways in which artists communicate their ideas through photography. Student work only, please.

**Harris Fogel is an Associate Professor of Photography and the Chairman of the Media Arts Department at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He is the director of the Sol Mednick Gallery and Gallery 1401. He is reviewing work for possible exhibition and would prefer to view work that is fully realized.

**Greg Gaglio is the Director of Artist Relations/Creative Development at Workbookstock. He has been working in the image licensing business for over 14 years and teaches a portfolio studio workshop and the business of photography at UCLA Extension. He is interested in reviewing professionals and senior level student work.

*Robin Germany is an associate professor at Texas Tech University. She is interested in looking at portfolios of potential grad students working with artist’s books, staged or constructed photography.

Paula Gillen has worked as a freelance photo editor/researcher in New York City for over 15 years. Since June 2003, she has worked for the New Yorker magazine locating fine art photography for the fiction section, as well as images for the news and personality profiles. She would like to review fine art photography, altered or traditional, that describe the human condition for the New Yorker fiction section.

*Hiroshi Hayakawa is an Assistant Professor at Columbus College of Art & Design and teaches basic and mixed media photography. He is interested in seeing all kinds of students’ work.

Susannah Hays is a Visiting Faculty of U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute and San Francisco Center for the Book. Her teaching focuses on Materials & Methodology, Alternative & Historic Photographic processes and Artist’s books. She is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

*Nora Herting

Darius Himes is Editor of the photo-eye Booklist. He constantly surveys the photography/publishing community and is happy to look at all genres of work at all levels and brainstorm about whether the work at hand is ready to publish.

Jerry Holsopple, a digitographer, is currently working with a project creating visual music starting with a base in panoramic portraits. He teaches digital photography, documentary video and time-based media. He is most interested in meeting students working with multi-media, time-based projects, digital photography or alternate types of portraiture.

*Rosemary Jesionowski is an MFA candidate at Indiana University. She would like to see undergraduates who are interested in graduate school.
Scott Jost, Associate Professor of Art, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA, is especially interested in photography related to land use and ecology but enjoys reviewing all types of work.

Daniel Kariko is a new faculty member at the Florida State University Art Department. He is a co-chair for the 2005 SPESE Regional Conference in Tallahassee, FL. He is interested in reviewing the work of emerging artists for possible presentations at the regional conference.

**Susan Kirchman is a Professor at Texas A&M University and owner/director of the Kirchman Gallery in Johnson City, TX. She is reviewing work for possible group and solo gallery exhibitions.

Nancy H. Koehler is an Independent Curator with upcoming exhibition of contemporary digital work, “Out of the Darkroom.” Currently, she is interested in seeing Digital based imagery that is used in combination with other processes.

**Rachel Rosenfield Lafo is Director of Curatorial Affairs at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA and teaches courses in Museum Studies. She would like to review professional work of any type. Because our Museum focuses on New England artists She is particularly interested in looking at work by New England artists if any are at the conference.

James Lerager is a documentary photographer, founded the International Photography & Research Project (University of California), a Fulbright recipient (Colombia), with 30 solo exhibitions. He is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

Susan Lipper is an artist based in New York. Her published monographs include: Grapevine and trip. Not Yet Titled, a new series of diptychs, mounted on aluminum, was completed this year. She is interested in viewing extended personal projects particularly those that involve narrative and sequence or work both within and against documentary formats.

*Mark Malloy is a photographer and assistant professor of photography at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. His work centers on documentary and memory, and has been included in exhibitions worldwide. He is currently preparing for a solo exhibition in Havana, Cuba this May. He is most interested in reviewing student work.

Patrick Craig Manning is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the Herron School of Art and Design. He is interested in seeing conceptually based photography and video for inclusion in an exhibition at the Herron Gallery

*Fredrik Marsh received a MFA from Ohio State and has been included in over 100 solo and group exhibitions since 1978. His recent work from Germany will be included in the Houston FotoFest Discoveries of the Meeting Place Exhibition in 2006. He is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

D. John McCarthy is the Trade Association Manager for Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. He is interested in commercial and travel landscapes and is always looking for trade show images.

Elaine Mayes has been photographing and teaching since 1968. Now Emeritus from NYU’s Tisch School, She works at photography full time. She enjoys seeing all kinds of work but especially straight photography.

*Gary Minnix is a photographer/artist and associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He would like to review work by students interested in the interdisciplinary graduate program in the School of Art and Design at the Univ. of Illinois, Chicago.

*Ardine Nelson teaches photography at The Ohio State University. Her work has ranged from plastic camera landscapes to pinhole views to formal large format images. For the past five years she has been working with two evolving series of images, one which explores interactions between people and the other panorama landscape. She is interested in reviewing student work of all directions, especially those looking for graduate programs.

Richard Newman has been a photographer and printer for more than twenty-five years. With fifty-five exhibitions to his credit, Richard's portfolio is dynamic in its diversity of subjects. He is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

*Rebecca Nolan is currently a Professor of Photography and the Graduate Student Advisor at Savannah College of Art and Design. She is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

*Brent Phelps is a Professor at the School of Visual Arts at University of North Texas in
Denton, TX. His work has been exhibited widely, including the current traveling exhibition organized by the Amon Carter Museum entitled, "Brent Phelps: Photographing The Lewis and Clark Trail." He is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

*Janet Pritchard, Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging, teaches at the University of Connecticut. Her work has centered on the land for more than twenty-five years, exploring personal and social concerns. She is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

*Neal Rantoul is a career teacher and artist and has been teaching photography yearly since 1971. He likes to look at work that is thoughtful, provocative and insightful and believes that to be eloquent we must know our materials, be progressive in our presentation and be consummate in our craft

Ken Rosenthal’s artwork has been extensively exhibited nationally, and is in many public and private collections internationally. Ken is most interested in seeing fine art photography, and is happy to offer guidance to those seeking advice on exhibiting their work.

*Karen Schwenkmeyer is a Los Angeles-based photographer and multi-media artist whose work has been exhibited nationally. Her work explores maternal experience within contemporary American culture. She is interested in viewing work that addresses feminist issues or operates as social critique, either photographically or through net art.

Ariel Shanberg is the Executive Director at the Center for Photography at Woodstock. Founded in 1977 to provide a home for contemporary photography and related media, CPW offers opportunities in exhibition, publication, residencies, workshops, internships, and more. He is interested in reviewing all kinds of work.

Rhona Shand is an Assistant professor of Photography at Pittsburg State University. She is interested in reviewing digital and alternative processes, for possible show opportunities.

*Christine Shank is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography at The University of Connecticut. She has established endowments, lead workshops, given lectures and exhibited her photography and photographic installation artwork nationally. Shank is interested in speaking with students of all levels.

**George Slade has been the artistic director of the Minnesota Center for Photography since August 2003, after serving as curator, editor writer, and advisor to the organization since 1992. He would like to meet artists with well-developed projects who are interested in being considered for exhibition at MCP.

*Chad D. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He has over 25 years of experience in both the applied and fine art fields of photography, has taught photography for over 20 years. He is interested in reviewing all kinds of student work.

*Stan Strembicki is professor of Art at Washington University in St. Louis. He has directed the photography program there for 22 years. He is reviewing the work of students who need help building portfolios for graduate admission at WU or other institutions.

Jane Alden Stevens is Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Cincinnati. She is interested in looking at narrative work.

Andrew L. Strout is an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He is especially interested in work by underrepresented groups as well as images that break boundaries or have cultural/social significance to them. Work by students who are looking for a graduate program will also be welcomed.

Eric Sung earned his BA from the Richard Stockton State College of New Jersey and MFA from the Indiana University in Bloomington. He currently works at the Ramapo College of New Jersey as a Photography Lab Supervisor. He is interested in viewing all kinds of work.

William Tolan is an Adjunct Professor at Austin Community College and the former Assistant Director of The Light Factory and photo editor in NYC. He is happy to view any kind of work, but might be most helpful with documentary and family photography.

*Charles Traub is the Chairman of the Graduate MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Program at the School of Visual Arts. He was formerly the director of the prestigious Light Gallery of New York. He is President of the Aaron Siskind Foundation for support of creative photography. He is interested in viewing all kinds of work.

Paul Turounet is an Instructor of Photography at the University of San Diego. His work is documentary-style in color, black & white, alternative processes and public installation. He is interested in working with students to further develop and refine their conceptual concerns in relationship to their photographic practice.

*Larry C. Volk would like to look at any kind of work from more traditional image production to contemporary applications, multimedia, visual books, appropriation, and digital.

*Andrea Wallace is an Assistant Professor of Photography and Electronic Media at Willamette University. She is interested in reviewing student work in all areas of photography.

Jill Waterman is a photographer, photo editor, writer and educator based in New York City. She is employed by VNU Business Media as Senior Editor of the ASMP Bulletin and Photo Editor for IPNstock. She is most interested to review work that is consistent in vision or theme.

*Greg Watts is the Department Chair and coordinator of Photography at The Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is most interested in reviewing work by art students concentrating in any aspect(s) of the photographic medium.

*Randy West is Director in the Graduate MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Program at the School of Visual Arts. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally and reviewed by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Artweek, Village Voice Choice and Photography in New York. He is interested in viewing all kinds of work.