2019 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Nino Rakichevich

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 10:15am, Veterans AB

"Power of Street Photography"

Nino Rakichevich is an advertising and fine art photographer based in Malibu, California. He has won over 40 national and international photography awards, and is a proud member of the elite artist organization ULUPUDS in... read more

Ruddy Roye

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 5:00pm, Hope Ballroom

Evening Guest Speakers, Lauri Lyons and Ruddy Roye

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 5:45pm, Hope Ballroom

After Chat with Lauri Lyons and Ruddy Roye

Ruddy Roye is a Brooklyn based portrait and documentary photographer. Roye was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and studied English Literature at Goucher College.

Roye uses his camera as a tool that allows... read more

Corey Scales

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 11:30am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 3

Born and raised in Detroit, Corey Scales gained an appreciation for photography through Humanize the Numbers, a Prison Creative Arts Project photography workshop he participated in while incarcerated. Now working in Southeast Michigan, Corey continues... read more

Paul Shambroom

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 1:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 4

Paul works with original and sourced images on themes of American power and culture. He's published three monographs including "Meetings." His photographs have been collected and exhibited worldwide, including the Whitney Biennial. He's received a... read more

Fazilat Soukhakian

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 10:15am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 2

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

Mary Virginia Swanson

Thursday, March 07, 2019 @ 8:30am, Center Street A

Student Seminar, "Strategizing A Career in Photography"

(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

Barbara Tannenbaum

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 1:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 4

Barbara Tannenbaum, Curator of Photography at the Cleveland Museum of Art, has organized over 100 exhibitions during her three-decade career as a curator and academic including the first museum show of print-on-demand photobooks. On view... read more

Ron Tarver

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 11:30am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 3

Tarver received a BA in Journalism and Graphic Arts from Northeastern State University and an MFA from the University of the Arts. He is Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art on faculty at Swarthmore College.... read more

Paul Thulin

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 11:30am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 3

Paul Thulin is a "docu-literary" photographer who combines autobiographical accounts, journalistic research, and visually poetic interpretations in his documentation of real-life events shaping his cultural identity. He lives in Richmond, Virginia and serves as the... read more

Colette Veasey-Cullors

Saturday, March 09, 2019 @ 10:15am, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 2

Colette Veasey-Cullors is Associate Dean for Design and Media at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and former Chair of MICA's Undergraduate Photography Program. Her work is included in the 2017 publication "MFON: Women Photographers... read more

Wendel White

Friday, March 08, 2019 @ 2:45pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage 5

Wendel White was born in Newark, NJ. He was awarded a BFA from School of Visual Arts, NY and MFA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Various awards include: Guggenheim Fellowship in... read more

Ariel C. Wilson

Thursday, March 07, 2019 @ 3:30pm, Hope Ballroom

Presentations on Main Stage

Ariel C. Wilson is an interdisciplinary artist and educator teaching at Marshall University in West Virginia. Wilson holds an MFA in Photography from the University of New Mexico and a BA from Willamette University. ... read more