2012 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Heather Stratton

Friday, March 23, 2012 @ 1:50pm, Seacliff AB

"Domestication: A Recovery Act"

Heather Stratton is currently an MFA candidate in the Photographic and Electronic Media program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her video and photographic works vary from documentary projects to contrived realities. Stratton mainly... read more

Mary Virginia Swanson

Thursday, March 22, 2012 @ 9:00am, Bayview Room

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

Saturday, March 24, 2012 @ 11:00am, Grand Ballroom A

"To Be Published or Self-Published?"

(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

Suzanne Szucs, Instructor of Art Photography at Rochester Community and Technical College, is an artist and writer with experience across the spectrum of photographic practice and history. Teaching diverse demographics of students at both the... read more

Stephen Takacs

Friday, March 23, 2012 @ 1:00pm, Seacliff AB

"Facing The Machine"

Stephen Takacs has exhibited nationally at venues such as the Soho Photo gallery and the Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum. He is currently pursuing his MFA at The Ohio State University in Photography. He... read more

Sherwin Rivera Tibayan

Friday, March 23, 2012 @ 3:05pm, Seacliff AB

"Griffin Memorial Hospital: The document is not the territory"

Sherwin Rivera Tibayan (Philippines, 1982) is an MFA candidate in
Media/Photography at the University of Oklahoma. His projects explore the traces of American material cultures and memories. His works are exhibited nationally and internationally and... read more

William Tolan

Saturday, March 24, 2012 @ 11:00am, Seacliff AB

"Family: Private Made Public"

A graduate of NYU and Arizona State, Tolan currently teaches at Austin
Community College and formally served on the National Board of SPE. He lives in Austin with his wife Jenny, sons Theo and Finn,... read more

Byron Wolfe

Friday, March 23, 2012 @ 10:00am, Seacliff CD

"Phantom Skies and Shifting Ground: Landscape, Culture, and Rephotography in Eadweard Muybridge's Lost Illustrations of Central America"

Byron Wolfe uses photography and other tools and visualizations to reflect on culture, the passage of time, landscape, and the construction of perception. He often collaborates across disciplines. Wolfe is a Professor, Program Director, and... read more