2023 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Daniel Kariko

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 11:00am, Tower C

Impermanence: Louisiana's Fraying Coast & Going Away from Here

Daniel Kariko is a US- based artist, and a Professor of Fine Art Photography at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina.

Kariko's images investigate environmental and political aspects of landscape, use of... read more

Robert Kastler

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom II

Today, I photographed the Mona Lisa! Professional opportunities in museum imaging

Robert Kastler was appointed Director of The Museum of Modern Art's Imaging and Visual Resources Department in 2017. He joined the Museum as a production manager in 2005. Kastler oversees the imaging of MoMA's artworks... read more

Christopher Kern

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom I

Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? Broadening the Conversation - Workshop and Presentation

Christopher Kern has been shooting and producing commercial photography projects since 2003. He has a MFA in Photography from the prestigious Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Along with his freelance photography work,... read more

Lali Khalid

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 10:00am, Tower D

Home. In my heart, beating far away

Lali Khalid is a visual artist living in Ithaca, NY.

Khalid's research and artistic practice is focused on issues of immigration, fluid identities, imagination of diversity, the notion of home and diaspora. Her... read more

Amy Kim

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 1:00pm, Tower B

High Visibility (Blaze Orange) & Catalouging the Wolfcamp

Amy Yeminne Kim is a faculty member and gallery director in the University of Texas Permian Basin's Department of Arts. She holds an MFA in photography from Texas Tech University. Her current project Wolfcamp Catalogue,... read more

Meghan Kirkwood

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom II

The View from Above: Teaching Drone Photography

Meghan Kirkwood is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Washington University in St. Louis. She uses photographic series and art historical research to explore how artistic representations of land can generate awareness of environmental issues,... read more

Epiphany Knedler

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 10:00am, Tower C

The Past Lives On

Epiphany Knedler is an image-maker sharing stories of American life. Using Midwestern aesthetics, she creates images and installations exploring histories. She is based in Aberdeen, South Dakota serving as an Adjunct Instructor and freelancer. Her... read more

Laura Larson

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 11:00am, Grand Ballroom I

Mining Identities: Three Artists Discuss Their New Publications

Laura Larson is a photographer and writer based in Columbus, OH. She's exhibited her work extensively, at such venues as Columbus Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Wexner Center for the Arts. She's... read more

Caprice Lawless

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 11:00am, Grand Ballroom I

How to move from Awfulizing to Organizing

Caprice Lawless is Co-president of the American Association of University Professors Colorado Conference. She taught English for 22 years at Front Range Community College, the first 10 of those while working full-time in corporate communications.... read more

Ace Lehner

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 11:00am, Tower B

Trans Representations: Decolonizing Visual Theory in Contemporary Photography

Dr. Lehner is an interdisciplinary scholar and artist specializing in history, theory, and criticism of modern and contemporary art; history and theory of photography; queer and trans visual culture and theory; and critical race studies.... read more

Patrick Lichty

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 11:00am, Grand Ballroom II

Photography and the Metaverse(s), Web 3.0, NFT's, Public Spaces in VR for Artists: A Critical View and Making Sense of it

Patrick Lichty is a media artist, writer, curator, and designer, who is an Assistant Professor of Mass Communications at Winona State University.
As an activist and artist, he was part of or worked with... read more

Tracy Longley-Cook

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 9:00am, Grand Ballroom I

Where Does Photography Curricula Go From Here? Broadening the Conversation - Workshop and Presentation

Tracy Longley-Cook is an Associate Professor of Photography at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Her interests as a visual artist, educator, and curator are strongly influenced by themes relating to transformation, memory, identity, and... read more