2018 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Genevieve Allison

Thursday, March 01, 2018 @ 2:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Dialogic: COMMUNITY

Genevieve Allison is a Brooklyn based artist and writer whose work deals with issues of environment, landscape, community and art. She holds an MFA from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and is a contributor... read more

Sama Alshaibi

Saturday, March 03, 2018 @ 1:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon H

"Ever Farther"

Sama Alshaibi is Professor of Photography and University of Arizona's "Distinguished Scholar". She received a Fulbright Fellowship to Palestine (2014-2015). The monograph "Sama Alshaibi: Sand Rushes In" was published by Aperture (NYC, 2015). Alshaibi exhibitions... read more

Tom P. Ashe

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 8:00am, Meeting Room 304-305

Industry & Education Forum

Photographer, educator, and consultant Tom P. Ashe received his BS from RIT and his MS from RMIT University in Melbourne. He has been teaching color management and digital printmaking as an adjunct professor at the... read more

Fatemeh Baigmoradi

Thursday, March 01, 2018 @ 2:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon G

Graduate Presentations

Fatemeh Baigmoradi (born in 1984) is a visual artist born and raised in Iran. In 2012, Baigmoradi moved to USA. She recived MFA in photography at University of New Mexico in 2017 and in 2008,... read more

David Barnes

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Dialogic: MALE IDENTITY

My documentary photography and film practice explores unseen and often overlooked stories of community in Wales (UK). I am Senior Lecturer in Documentary Photography at University of South Wales. I am currently completing my PhD... read more

Claire Beckett

Thursday, March 01, 2018 @ 2:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Dialogic: COMMUNITY

Claire Beckett's photographs have been exhibited at Carroll and Sons Gallery, the Wadsworth Atheneum, Mass MoCA, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, and the Aperture Foundation, and featured in Art Forum, The Boston Globe, and Public Culture. She... read more

Clarissa Bonet

Saturday, March 03, 2018 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom Salon G

"Everyday I'm Hustlin': Artists Talk about Money"

Clarissa Bonet is a Chicago based artist. Her work explores aspects of the urban space in a physical and psychological context. She received her M.F.A. in photography from Columbia College Chicago. Her work resides in... read more

Sheila Pree Bright

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 11:00am, Grand Ballroom Salon H

"#1960Now: We Love Our People"

Sheila Pree Bright is an acclaimed fine-art photographer known for her photographic series #!960Now Young Americans, Plastic Bodies, and Suburbia. She describe herself in the art world as a visual cultural producer portraying large-scale works... read more

Kelvin Burzon

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Dialogic: MALE IDENTITY

Kelvin Burzon is a Filipino-American artist whose work explores intersections of sexuality, race, gender and religion. "I have always been interested in religion's role in culture and familial relationships and have been drawn to its... read more

Ally Caple

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 5:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Evening Guest Speaker, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa

Ally Caple (b. 1995, Connecticut) is a queer biracial photographer and social media content creator based in New York City. She received her BFA in Photography and BA in Arts Management from Purchase College. Her... read more

Elizabeth Claffey

Saturday, March 03, 2018 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom Salon H

Dialogic: MATERIALITY

Elizabeth Claffey is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University, a 2019-20 Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, and a 2012-13 Fulbright Fellow. Her work focuses on the way... read more

A. D. Coleman

Friday, March 02, 2018 @ 2:00pm, Grand Ballroom Salon K

"Deconstructing Robert Capa's D-Day: The Unmaking of a Myth"

A. D. Coleman is an internationally known critic of photography and photo-based art, and a widely published commentator on new digital technologies. He has published 8 books and over 2000 essays on photography and related... read more