2015 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Susan kae Grant

Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 9:00am, Imperial 5ab

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

Susan kae Grant (MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Cornaro Professor of Art Emerita, (Texas Woman's University) and teaches workshops at: ICP; LACP; La Luz Workshops; and Santa Fe Workshops. She is the 2014 SPE Honored... read more

Sunil Gupta

Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Celestin FGH

Should there be Queer Photography Archives?

Sunil Gupta is a photographer, artist, educator, and curator based in London. Born in New Delhi, India (1953), educated at the Royal College of Art (London, 1983) his involvement with photography has been as an... read more

Victor Ha

Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 12:00pm, Celestin AC

Victor Ha: "6K Video Capture and Its Impact on Photographic Education"

Victor Ha is Director of Market Development for MAC Group. He is a former professional photographer who has transitioned into understanding the complexities of HDSLR filmmaking. Victor takes a very practical approach leveraging photographic knowledge... read more

David Hanlon

Saturday, March 14, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Celestin BC

An Antebellum Shift: The Introduction of the Negative into the American Daguerreian Community

David R. Hanlon is a Professor in the Design, Visual and Performing Arts Department at St. Louis Community College at Meramec. His book, Illuminating Shadows: The Calotype in Nineteenth-Century America, is the first to... read more

Jessica Todd Harper

Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 9:00am, Celestin D

The Home Stage

Jessica Todd Harper's images of family and friends have been widely exhibited. She has two monographs: the award-winning Interior Exposure (2008) and most recently The Home Stage (2014). Harper is represented by Rick Wester Fine... read more

Sharon Harper

Saturday, March 14, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Celestin FGH

Lee Friedlander: Playing for the Benefit of the Band

Sharon Harper received an MFA in photography and related media from the School of Visual Art in New York. Her work explores technology and perception. It is in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern... read more

Judy Herrmann

Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 4:30pm, Celestin GH

Judy Herrmann, "Launch Your Career"

Judy Herrmann of Herrmann + Starke, www.HSstudio.com, creates distinctive imagery for advertising, editorial and corporate clients that has won recognition from Graphis, Communication Arts, Lurzer's Archive and numerous award annuals. A past president of... read more

Stephen Hilger

Saturday, March 14, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Celestin FGH

Lee Friedlander: Playing for the Benefit of the Band

Stephen Hilger is a photographer and Chairperson of the Photography Department at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He has shown his photographs widely in the United States and he has curated two exhibitions of... read more

Brenda K. Hipsher

Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 10:30am, Celestin AC

A Panel Discussion Moderated by Brenda K. Hipsher: "Teaching Color Management in Digital Photography and Video"

Brenda K. Hipsher is National Manager of Educational Markets with MAC Group. She oversees the popular PhotoVideoEDU program (formerly MAC on Campus) visiting dozens of schools throughout the country each year. Her 45+ years experience... read more

Christine Holtz

Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 1:00pm, Celestin D

50 Greenspace Dumpsites

Christine Holtz is a Pittsburgh-based artist, photographer, and educator. She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, Photography, 2000) and Rochester Institute of Technology (MFA, Imaging Arts, 2002). Christine has exhibited... read more

Erin Jennings

Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 9:00am, Celestin FGH

Mind the Gap: Surviving the Paradigm Shift in Photographic Education

Erin Jennings is a Memphis based image maker holding a BA in Film Production (2001), a MA in Political Science/ Politics in Film (2009), and a MFA in Photography (2010). She is an instructor of... read more

Chris Jordan

Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 5:30pm, Celestin Ballroom

Friday Evening Guest Speaker: Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan is an internationally acclaimed artist and cultural activist based in Seattle. His work explores contemporary mass culture from a variety of photographic and conceptual perspectives, connecting the viewer viscerally to the enormity and... read more