2025 SPE Annual Conference: Adaptation
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Past SPE Annual Conferences
exhibitions
morning
8:30AM - 8:00PM
Woodway Foyer
Registration & SPE Store Open
8:30AM - 11:30AM
Plaza I
Student Seminar with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant
STRATEGIZING A CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY
7:30AM - 8:30AM
Sage
Friends of Bill W. Meeting
8:30AM - 5:30PM
Woodway Foyer
Registration and SPE Store Open
9:00AM - 6:00PM
Sage
SPE Media Festival
9:00AM - 3:30PM
Woodway I
Student Portfolio Critiques
Registration Required
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Galleria III&IV
DIALOGIC: 21st C Family
Priya Kambli (I), Diane Durant (I), Emily Hanako Momohara (I), Beth Dow (I)
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Plaza II
"Lightroom Classic and Photoshop - The Dynamic Duo"
Adobe Demo Session
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Chevy Chase
High School Educators Caucus Meeting
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Galleria I&II
"Environmental photography: Seeds and Sustainability'
Liz Wells (L)
10:00AM - 3:00PM
Woodway II & III
Exhibits Fair
Silent Auction, Raffle, Demos, Book Signings
10:00AM - 11:00AM
West Alabama
Multicultural Caucus Meeting
10:00AM - 10:45AM
Galleria I&II
"The Photography Industrial Complex: Accounting for A Career"
Colleen Mullins (T&L)
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Chevy Chase
Women's Caucus Meeting
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Galleria I&II
"Tiny Mysteries: The Langenheims, Microscopic Photographs, and Image Technology"
Daniel Kraus & Byron Wolfe (L)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Plaza I
"Resurrecting Histories"
Forest Kelley (I)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Galleria III&IV
"Re-photographing the Boundaries: A Double Consciousness"
Francis Almendárez, Delilah Montoya, Jan Rattia, Cristina Velásquez, and Wendy Watriss (P)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Plaza II
"LEAP: Creative Industries Careers"
Invited Speaker Linda Marchant
7:30AM - 8:30AM
Sage
Friends of Bill W. Meeting
8:30AM - 6:00PM
Woodway Foyer
Registration and SPE Store
9:00AM - 6:00PM
Sage
SPE Media Festival
9:00AM - 3:30PM
Woodway I
Professional Portfolio Reviews
Registration Required
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Galleria I&II
DIALOGIC: Machine Vision
Marcus DeSieno (I), Michael Borowski (I), Derek Stroup (L), Marijana Rayl (L)
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Galleria III&IV
DIALOGIC: Reinventing Representation
Qais Assali (I), Leah Dyjak (I), Amy Friend (I), Millee Tibbs (I)
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Plaza I
Graduate Presentations
Hannah Altman, Leah Schretenthaler, Alex Turner, Adrian White
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Plaza II
"Photoshop In-depth Tips and Tricks for Photographers"
Adobe Demo Session
10:00AM - 4:30PM
Woodway II & III
Exhibits Fair
Silent Auction, Raffle, Demos, Book Signings
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Westchester
Career Mentoring
Registration Required
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Galleria I&II
"147 Devices for Integrated Principles"
Hillerbrand + Magsamen (I)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Galleria III&IV
"The Future is Past: Identity and Photography Through Time"
Alicia Chester, Kimber Chewning, and Jill Frank (P)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Plaza I
"Teaching Visual Literacy: Aperture On Sight"
Alice Proujansky (T&L)
11:00AM - 11:45AM
Plaza II
"The Open Road – Photography and the Road Trip"
Evan Baden (T&L)
7:30AM - 8:30AM
Sage
Friends of Bill W. Meeting
9:00AM - 12:00PM
Galleria Ballroom Foyer
Informal Portfolio Sharing
9:30AM - 11:00AM
Chevy Chase
Affiliated Chapters Committee + Executive Committee Meeting
Closed Business Meeting
afternoon
4:00PM - 6:00PM
Post Oak
Student Volunteer Training 1
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Plaza I
"White Shoes"
Nona Faustine Simmons (I)
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Galleria III&IV
"Empowering Young People Through Photography in Underserved Communities: Creating Accessibility in Your Community"
Sara Keith & Allison Jarek (T&L)
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Galleria I & II
"Both Directions at Once: Movement, Music, Image, Consciousness"
Bruno Boudjelal, Max Fields, Dr. Mark Sealy MBE, and Jason Woods (P)
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Galleria III & IV
"Ditching the Lens: A Survey of Lens-less and Camera-less Contemporary Photography - Concepts and Methods"
Rebecca Hackemann (L)
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Plaza I
"Expanding Professional Practices in Photography"
Robert Dickes (T&L)
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Galleria I & II
"Reaching Out: Living Photography, from Image Making to Creating FotoFest"
Fredrick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria I&II
"Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes' Unseen Photograph"
Odette England (L)
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria III & IV
"We Want Our Pictures Back: Social Documentary Ethics and the Opioid Crisis"
John D. Freyer, Graham MacIndoe & Arthur Fields (P)
3:15PM - 4:30PM
Plaza I
SPE Annual Members' Meeting
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Chapter Meetings
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Westchester
Career Mentoring
1:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria III&IV
DIALOGIC: Women, Humor, Empathy and Representation
Emily Peacock (I), Mona Hajiaghabozorgi (I), Elizabeth Claffey (I), Abbey Hepner (L)
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Plaza II
"Lightroom & Cloud Services – The Next Generation Workflow"
Adobe Demo Session
1:00PM - 2:00PM
West Alabama
LGBTQ Caucus Meeting
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Plaza I
"Study Abroad - Fashion Photography in Paris, France"
Industry Seminar sponsored by Sony Electronics
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Galleria I&II
"Shifting Visions from Me to We"
Jonathan Castillo, Anahid Ghorbani, Judy Natal, and Sasha Phyars-Burgess (P)
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Chevy Chase
Contingent Faculty Caucus Meeting
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria I&II
"Water: Making Pictures and Documenting Change"
Anne Wilkes Tucker and Brad Temkin (Invited)
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Plaza I
Industry and Education Forum
ALL Conference Attendees are encouraged to attend!
12:15PM - 12:45PM
Woodway
Silent Auction Closing
1:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria I&II
DIALOGIC: Landscape Trauma
Jeremy Bolen (I), Jon Horvath (I), Yan Wang Preston (I)
1:00PM - 2:45PM
Galleria III & IV
South Asia Panel: "Pathshala / Festival of Ideas / Truth to Power"
Shahidul Alam, Tanvir Murad, and Meena Vari (P)
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Plaza II
"Getting Your Work Noticed with Adobe Portfolio"
Adobe Demo Session
1:00PM - 1:45PM
Plaza I
"Modus Operandi: Approaches to Contemporary Research-Based Practice"
Rachel Cox, Dornith Doherty, and Lisa McCarty (P)
2:00PM - 2:45PM
Plaza I
"The Golden Decade Era and a Life in Photo Education"
2020 SPE Honored Educator John Upton
3:15PM - 4:00PM
Woodway
Raffle Drawing
evening
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Pre-Registration Badge Pick-Up
8:00PM - 10:00PM
Post Oak
Student Volunteer Training 2
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Galleria Ballroom
Evening Guest Speaker Dr Mark Sealy, MBE in Conversation with Liz Wells
"Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial Time"
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Woodway
Exhibits Fair Opening Reception
8:30PM - 11:00PM
Woodway I
Curator Portfolio Walkthrough
Registration Required to display work
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Galleria Ballroom
Evening Guest Speaker Zackary Drucker
"Transforming the Gaze: An Approach to Queer Creative Practice"
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Galleria Ballroom
Evening Guest Speaker Xaviera Simmons
"Undoing (Witnessing To Restructure)"
8:00PM - 9:30PM
Westin Lobby Bar
Combined Caucus Meet & Greet with SPE Media Festival Jurors and Filmmakers
10:30PM - 1:00AM
Galleria Ballroom
Dance Party
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