Society for Photographic Education
2005 National Conference Review

PASSAGE

42nd National Conference – March 17-20, 2005
Portland, Oregon at the Hilton Portland & Executive Towers

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Special thanks go to our conference planners, staff, presenters, portfolio reviewers, exhibitors, facilitators, sponsors, exhibitors, volunteers, conference hotel staff and to our conference attendees.

National Conference Committee: Committee Chair Terri Warpinski, Program Chair Phil Harris, and committee members Rebecca Cummins, Carlos Diaz, Lawrence McFarland, Sandy Sorlien and Margaret Stratton. Peer Review Panel: Nancy Breslin, Chris Burnett, Ellen Felsenthal, Dorothy Imagire, Therese Mulligan, Sonja Rieger, Sandy Sorlien, Margaret Stratton, Preston Wadley and Scott Weber.

Conference and National Staff: Executive Director Jennifer Yamashiro, National Conference Planner Ashley Peel Pinkham, Corporate Sponsor Coordinator Jeannie Pearce, Advertising Coordinator Mary Brown, Corporate Relations & Development Officer Gina Rubin, Executive Assistant Travis Linville, Administrative Assistant Kelly O’Malley, Registration Supervisor Lincoln Phillips, Cashier Natalie Nadozirny, Registration Support Jamie Suthard, Portfolio Review Co-Coordinator (pre-conference) Robin Assner, Portfolio Review Co-Coordinator (onsite) Nate Larson, Volunteer Coordinator John Holmgren, On-site Conference Assistant Jenni Oberlag and Silent Auction Coordinator Joy Christiansen. National Conference Support: Raffle Coordinator Carlos Diaz, Mentoring Program and Academic Practicum Workshop Coordinator Liz Lee, Women’s Caucus Video Program Coordinator Lynn Estomin, Conference Photographer Ryan Flathau, Honorary Conference Photographer Harris Fogel and Conference Videographer Sean Gyshen.

Conference Presenters: Keynote Speaker Barry Lopez, Honored Educator Linda Connor, Featured Speaker Mark Klett, and general presenters Mariette Pathy Allen, Kyle Bajakian, David Bate, Paul Berger, Nicolette Bromberg, Jerry Burchfield, Sarah Caylor, Mark Chamberlain, Colleen Choquette-Raphael, Neil Chowdhury, Kelli Connell, Joan Dooley, Doug Dubois, Erina Duganne, Bob Edgerton, Alida Fish, John Ganis, Jacques Garnier, Ellen Garvens, Susan kae Grant, Victoria Heilweil, Nora Herting, Cherie Hiser, William Jenkins, Robert Johnson, Keith Johnson, Priya Kambli, Dennis Keeley, Ann Kendellen, Michael Kenna, Bill Kennedy, Nancy Howell Koehler, Julieanne Kost, Dean Kotula, Gerald Lang, Horatio Hungyan Law, Ann Lovett, Patrick Craig Manning, Stephen Marc, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Scott Martin, Elaine Mayes, Douglas McCulloh, Bea Nettles, Richard Newman, Sara-Jayne Parsons, Jeannie Pearce, Brent Phelps, Chris Rauschenberg, Shawn Records, Lisa M. Robinson, Rich Rollins, Ken Rosenthal, Roger Sayre, Rod Slemmons, Benjamin Sloat, Clayton Spada, John Stamets, Samantha Stengel-Goetz, Jane Alden Stevens, Stan Strembicki, Eric Sung, Paul Sutinen, Mary Virginia Swanson, William Tolan, Paul Turounet, Lewis Watts and Byron Wolfe. Graduate Student Track Presenters: Benilda Pacheco Beretta, Jesse Burke, Peter Calvin, Eric Gant, Rosemary Kate Jesionowski and Robert Rainey.

Academic Practicum Presenters: Ron DiRito, Dornith Doherty, Susan Dunkerley, Michael Ensdorf, Susan Smith Evans, Robin Dru Germany, Barbara Houghton, Gary Kolb, Neal Rantoul, Libby Rowe, Samantha Stengel-Göetz, Larry Volk and Ken White.

Portfolio Reviewers: Ruth Adams, Darryl Baird, Marguerite Beaty, Benilda Pacheco Beretta, Ronald Beverly, Steve Brown, Jesse Burke, Jean Caslin, Neil Chowdhury, Vincent Cianni, Gary S. Colby, James Colby, Tim Connor, Linda Connor, Carol Dreidemie, Dennie Eagleson, Krista Erlick, Lynn Estomin, Cass Fey, Harris Fogel, Greg Gaglio, Diana Gaston, Robin Germany, Paula Gillen, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Susannah Hays, Darius Himes, Jerry Holsopple, Rosemary Kate Jesionowski, Tom Jimison, Scott Jost, Daniel Kariko, Susan Kirchman, Nancy H. Koehler, Bill Kowenhoven, Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, James Lerager, Susan Lipper, Mark Malloy, Patrick Manning, Fredrik Marsh, Elaine Mayes, D. John McCarthy, Gary Minnix, Ardine Nelson, Richard Newman, Rebecca Nolan, Brent Phelps, Neal Rantoul, Ken Rosenthal, Karen Schwenkmeyer, Ariel Shanberg, Rhona Shand, Christine Shank, George Slade, Chad D. Smith, Jane Alden Stevens, Stan Strembicki, Andrew L. Strout, Eric Sung, William Tolan, Charles Traub, Paul Turounet, Larry Volk, Andrea Wallace, Gwen Walstrand, Jill Waterman, Greg Watts, Lewis Watts, Bruce West and Randy West.

Major Sponsors: Adobe, Calumet, Eastman Kodak, Freestyle, Fuji, Hasselblad, Mamiya, and the University of Oregon. Special thanks also to the ASMP Foundation, The Oregon Community Fund, Nazraeli Press and Polaroid for support through grants and donations.

Exhibitors: 21st: Publishers of Fine Art Photography Books, Abbeville Press, Adobe Systems, Inc., Advertising Photographers of America (APA), American Society of Media Photographers ASMP, Amphoto, Aperture Foundation, Art Center College of Design, ARTIS, B&H Photo Video Pro Audio, Bulfinch Press, Calumet Photographic, Camera Arts, Camera Austria, Center for Documentary Studies, Charles Beseler Co., Daylab, Eastman Kodak Company, Ennova Papers, Epson America, Inc., Focal Press, Freestyle Photographic Supplies, Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc, Hahnemuhle USA Inc., Hasselblad USA, Hirtech, Ilford Imaging USA, Inc., Imatest LLC, Jones Soda Co., Kendall College of Art and Design, Leaf America, Leedal, Inc., Leica Camera, Inc., Lensbabies, Light Impressions, Maine Photographic Workshop, Mamiya America Corporation, Mary Virginia Swanson, Mid West Photo Exchange, Monaco, Museum of New Mexico Press, Nazraeli Press, Oddi Printing, Olympus, Omega Satter, Oriental Photo USA, Penland School of Crafts, Photo District News (PDN), photo-eye Books and Prints, Photography Criticism CyberArchive, Photoshop Artistry, Pinhole Resource, Inc., Pocket Wizard, Prague Summer Program, Precision Digital Negatives Inc, Prentice Hall, Princeton University Press, Print File, Inc, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe Workshops, Shades of Paper, Shortcourses.com, SPEOS–Paris Photographic Inst., Sprint Systems of Photography, Stanford University Press, Tamron USA, Inc., Tenba, Toyo View, Sekonic, Twin Palms Publishers, University of Chicago Press, University of Oregon, University Products, Inc., Workbookstock, www.teachingphoto.com, X Rite and Yale University Press. Educators Fair: Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Washington, University of Oregon, Virginia Commonwealth University, Oregon College of Art & Craft, San Francisco Art Institute, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Syracuse University/Light Work and Florida State University.

ASMP Foundation, The Oregon Community Fund, Nazraeli Press and Polaroid

2005 Conference Review, a summary by the SPE Executive Director
Smooth Passage, conference feedback compiled by Sandy Sorlien
Barry Lopez keynote address, available to conference attendees on dvd
Academic Practicum Workshops, a summary by Liz Lee

photographs courtesy of Ryan Flathau and Harris Fogel