2017 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Josephine Sittenfeld

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 11:00am, Orlando IV

"December/January: A Photographic Narrative About Death and Life"

Josephine Sittenfeld takes honest, compassionate portraits of family and adolescents. Sittenfeld received her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, where she is a faculty member, and she earned her BA summa cum laude from... read more

Rebecca Sittler

Thursday, March 09, 2017 @ 10:00am, Orange EF

"Dissecting the National Imagination"

Rebecca Sittler's photographs examine presidential museums, where "history" intersects with the complexities of photographs, replicas, and ephemera, and meets viewers' subjective projections. Viewed as an archive of political masculinities, and informed by her father's encounter... read more

Rafael Soldi

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 1:00pm, Orange EF

"Save Our Children! That Sweet, Sweet Pie in Anita Bryant's Face"

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

Fazilat Soukhakian

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 10:00am, Orlando IV

"Secrets of the Harem: Casting Iranian Women's Bodies in Public"

Fazilat Soukhakian is an Iranian artist and photographer who teaches photography at Utah State University. She considers herself a visual storyteller who observes and records her concerns regarding social and political issues that surround her... read more

Zach Stephens

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 11:00am, Orlando VI

"Teaching Towards Appreciation For Diversity and Family, Community And The World"

Zach Stephens is the Program Director at the In-Sight Photography Project and the Exposures Cross-Cultural Youth Arts Program, and is an adjunct instructor at Landmark College. His work has appeared in many publications throughout the... read more

Gordon Stettinius

Thursday, March 09, 2017 @ 2:00pm, Orange EF

"Memory Orchards: Photographers Photographing their Families"

Gordon Stettinius is a photographer, educator, editor, and publisher. He has exhibited widely, been collected by many public and private collections, and is represented by Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, and Robin Rice Gallery in... read more

Mark Sullivan

Thursday, March 09, 2017 @ 11:00am, Orange C

"30,000 Intro Photo Students in 3 Months: Lessons Learned in the World of MOOCs"

A composer, photographer, and educator, Sullivan's compositions have been performed widely, and his images featured in books and exhibitions, and licensed by major agencies. He teaches music composition, computer music, and photography. He developed initiatives... read more

Lorenzo Triburgo

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 1:00pm, Orange EF

"Save Our Children! That Sweet, Sweet Pie in Anita Bryant's Face"

Lorenzo Triburgo is a transgender artist who confronts the politics of representation and queer experience. He was most recently awarded a grant for his project, Policing Gender. Lorenzo holds a BA from New York University,... read more

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Jerry Uelsmann

Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 6:00pm, Orange Ballroom

Saturday Evening Guest Speaker, Jerry Uelsmann

Jerry N. Uelsmann (b. 1934) is a founding member of SPE. He received his BFA degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology (1957) where he studied with other SPE founding members, Minor White and Ralph... read more

Larry Volk

Thursday, March 09, 2017 @ 2:00pm, Orange C

"The Archive, Family History and Biographical Narratives: Framing a Holocaust Survivor's Story"

Larry Volk is an artist, educator, lecturer and author. His work includes: multimedia, installation, digital composite prints as well as traditional photographic imagery. He is a member-artist of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston and exhibited... read more

Jia Wang

Thursday, March 09, 2017 @ 4:00pm, Orange EF

Graduate Presentations

Jia Wang (Lanzhou, Gansu, China; 1988) holds a BFA in photography from Beijing Film Academy and an MFA in Photography from RIT. Recent exhibitions include the 2nd Beijing Photo Biennial, PH21 Gallery (Budapest), among others.... read more