2011 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Steven Skopik

Saturday, March 12, 2011 @ 11:00am, Capitol South

"On the Orders of the Photographic Sublime"

Steven Skopik has exhibited photographic work in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States. His articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in Exposure, Afterimage, and History of Photography. Skopik is chairperson of the... read more

Brian Smith

Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 10:30am, Capitol South

Industry Seminar: "Celebrating and Supporting the Arts through Photography"

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Smith has spent the past thirty years photographing portraits of famous celebrities, athletes, and executives for the covers and pages of hundreds of magazines. His first magazine photograph appeared in LIFE... read more

Rafael Soldi

Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 9:00am, Capitol Center

"What Students Want, What They Expect and What They Need from Their Education"

Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian-born, Seattle-based photographer and independent curator. He holds a degree in Photography and Curatorial Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Soldi's work has been exhibited and published internationally. His... read more

Bethany Souza is the visiting assistant professor at Southeastern Louisiana University. read more

Anne Whiston Spirn is professor of landscape architecture and planning at the MIT, where she teaches courses on urban design and on photography. Her books include the award-winning Daring to Look: Dorothea Lange's Photographs and... read more

Jennifer Steensma Hoag

Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 2:00pm, Capitol Center

"Contemporary Photography: Still & Moving"

Jennifer Steensma Hoag's series, The Nature of Invasion, was featured in exposure and she is Professor of Imaging at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Ml read more

Mary Virginia Swanson

Thursday, March 10, 2011 @ 9:00am, Augusta Room

Student Seminar: "A Life in Art: The Realities and the Economy"

(Mary Virginia Swanson (MFA, Arizona State University) is an author, educator and advisor who helps artists find the strengths in their work, identify appreciative audiences, and present their work in an informed, professional manner. She... read more

Stephanie S. Turner

Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 4:00pm, Capitol South

"Photography as Medium for Co-Evolutionary Animal-Human Conversations"

Stephanie S. Turner is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in scientific and technical communication. Her research focuses on biotechnology in popular... read more

Deidra Tyree

Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 9:00am, Capitol Center

"What Students Want, What They Expect and What They Need from Their Education"

Deidra Tyree, an MFA candidate in photography at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, Georgia, has an extensive background in the visual and performing arts. She has shown nationally and throughout Atlanta in... read more

Brian Ulrich

Saturday, March 12, 2011 @ 1:00pm, Capitol North

"Reinvesting Collective Creativity and the Collaborative Community"

Brian Ulrich is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design and Guggenheim Fellow. His solo exhibitions include the George Eastman House; Cleveland Museum of Art; MCA Chicago; MCA San Diego... read more

José Velazco works in South Bend, Indiana, at the University of Notre Dame as the digital printing studio coordinator. His current work, Every Day, a study of transitions in pop culture utilizing video, text and... read more

Catherine Wagner

Friday, March 11, 2011 @ 5:30pm, Capitol Ballroom

Featured Speaker: Catherine Wagner

Catherine Wagner is an artist who works with elements of contemporary society and transforms them into conceptual images that investigate culture. For over thirty years, she has been a keen observer of the built environment,... read more