2023 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Jared Ragland

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 4:00pm, Tower C

What Has Been Will be Again: Place, Time, and the Politics of Remembrance

Jared Ragland (MFA Tulane) is a fine art and documentary photographer and former White House photo editor. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Photography at Utah State University. His visual practice incorporates social science,... read more

Benjamin Rasmussen

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

The Good Citizen

Benjamin Rasmussen is a American/Faroese photographer who grew up in the Philippines and has been based in the American West for over a decade. He works for magazines including Time, National Geographic and The Atlantic. His... read more

Mark Rawlinson

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 4:00pm, Tower B

Thomas Barrow's Cancellations-series: "You Don't Know Sh*t." Stieglitz.

Educator. Writer. Curator read more

Carol Record

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 9:00am, Tower C

Game-Based Learning: Building Competence in Visual Literacy Through Simulation

Carol is an interdisciplinary artist and designer currently focused on developing game-based
learning solutions. She earned an MFA in Visual Communication Design, and a BFA in graphic design from Jacksonville State University. Her MFA research... read more

Martha Rosler

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

"What does this have to do with photography?" The early years of the SPE Women's Caucus

Brooklyn-based artist Martha Rosler works in photography, video, and other media. Her work often addresses matters of the public sphere and landscapes of everyday life--actual and virtual--especially as they affect women. Rosler attained her BA... read more

Anna Rotty

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 9:00am, Tower B

Graduate Student Presentations

Anna Rotty is an artist and MFA candidate at the University of New Mexico. Originally from Massachusetts and California, Anna investigates nostalgia and her relationship to environment. Through material and optical explorations, she looks for... read more

Nadia Sablin

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

Years Like Water

Nadia Sablin earned a BFA from RIT and MFA from ASU. Blurring the line between documentary and fictional storytelling, her projects explore the world through personal narratives. She is a Guggenheim fellow and has published... read more

Betsy Schneider

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 9:00am, Windows

FotoFika and the 2020 All Stars

For the past thirty years, Betsy Schneider has been on a quest to photograph the people in her life; Her photographic practice could be described as ritualistic and fiercely devoted. Projects are often long-term endeavors,... read more

Leah Schretenthaler

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

A conversation about art, activism, and why silver gelatin is woven into our stories

Leah Schretenthaler was born and raised in Hawaii. Her artistic research presents a connection between land and materiality. Her work has been displayed and published nationally and internationally. She was awarded the Rhonda Wilson Award... read more

Cintia Segovia Figueroa

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

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

Cintia Segovia Figueroa is originally from Mexico City. She earned an MA at CSUN and her MFA at CSULB. She is an Assistant Professor in Photography and area coordinator at Murray State University, Kentucky. read more

Angela Shaffer

Friday, March 17, 2023 @ 9:00am, Tower B

Grad Student Presentations

Angela Shaffer's photographs bring visibility to the hidden psychology, vulnerability, and banality of motherhood. She was named a Finalist for the Palm Photo Prize (2022) and Photolucida's Critical Mass (2021) and has exhibited nationally. Shaffer... read more

Travis Shaffer

Saturday, March 18, 2023 @ 12:00pm, Tower B

[color/shift] - On Risograph Color Models for Photography

Travis Shaffer runs therethernow [a risograph publishing imprint] and teaches in the School of Visual Studies at the University of Missouri. In 2021, two theretherenow publications were short-listed for the Aperture/Paris Photo Photobook Awards... read more