2020 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Derek Stroup

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 9:00am, Galleria I&II

DIALOGIC: Machine Vision

Derek Stroup is an artist and writer based in New York City. His fifth artist book, Every Instance Removed, is part of the anthology, Various Small Books (Referencing Various Small Books by Ed Ruscha) (MIT... read more

Mary Virginia Swanson

Thursday, March 05, 2020 @ 8:30am, Plaza I

Student Seminar with Mary Virginia Swanson and Susan kae Grant

(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

Brad Temkin

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 2:00pm, Galleria I&II

"Water: Making Pictures and Documenting Change"

Brad Temkin (1956- ) is perhaps best known for his photographs of contemporary landscape. His work is held in numerous permanent collections, including those of The Art Institute of Chicago; Milwaukee Art Museum; Museum of... read more

Millee Tibbs

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 9:00am, Galleria III&IV

DIALOGIC: Reinventing Representation

Millee Tibbs' work derives from her interest in photography's ubiquity and the tension between its truth-value and inherent manipulation of reality.  Tibbs holds an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and... read more

Anne Wilkes Tucker

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 2:00pm, Galleria I&II

"Water: Making Pictures and Documenting Change"

Hailed as "America's Best Curator" by Time magazine, Tucker founded the photography department in 1976 at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston for which she acquired over 30,000 photographs made on seven continents. Having curated... read more

Alex Turner

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 9:00am, Plaza I

Graduate Presentations

Alex Turner (b. 1984, Chicago, IL) holds a BA in studio art from DePaul University and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Arizona. His work merges various imaging technologies to highlight... read more

John Upton

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 2:00pm, Plaza I

"The Golden Decade Era and a Life in Photo Education"

John Upton studied with Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White, and Edward Weston at the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute) in the early 1950s. Later he was a resident... read more

Meena Vari

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 1:00pm, Galleria III & IV

South Asia Panel: "Pathshala / Festival of Ideas / Truth to Power"

Meena Vari (Bengaluru, India) is Dean of the School of Media Arts and Sciences and Dean of Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, as well as coordinator of... read more

Cristina Velásquez

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 11:00am, Galleria III&IV

"Re-photographing the Boundaries: A Double Consciousness"

Cristina Velásquez (b.1985, Bogotá, Colombia) shows widely including exhibitions at Musée de l'Elysée, Museo de Antioquia, ICP Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among others. Selected recognitions include: the Light Work AIR program, Carol... read more

Wendy Watriss

Thursday, March 05, 2020 @ 1:00pm, Galleria I & II

"Reaching Out: Living Photography, from Image Making to Creating FotoFest"

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 11:00am, Galleria III&IV

"Re-photographing the Boundaries: A Double Consciousness"

Frederick Baldwin and Wendy Watriss have long international careers as photographers, writers and curators. They have worked individually and collectively. In the early 1970s, they began a collaborative work on a lengthy photography and oral... read more

Liz Wells

Thursday, March 05, 2020 @ 5:30pm, Galleria Ballroom

Evening Guest Speaker Dr Mark Sealy, MBE in Conversation with Liz Wells

Friday, March 06, 2020 @ 9:00am, Galleria I&II

"Environmental photography: Seeds and Sustainability'

Liz Wells, writer, curator and lecturer on photographic practices, edited The Photography Reader, History and Theory (2019), The Photography Culture Reader (2019) and Photography: A Critical Introduction (2015, 5th ed.), all published by Routledge, and... read more

Adrian White

Saturday, March 07, 2020 @ 9:00am, Plaza I

Graduate Presentations

Los Angeles and New York based photographer Adrian White creates portraiture primarily dealing with memory, trauma and history from the perspective of people of the African diaspora. His goal is to connect with his... read more