2025 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Melinda Hurst Frye

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 2:30pm, Tuscany 9

Curiosity Amongst the Ruins

Hurst Frye photographs the ecology of the forest floor, witnessing the interconnections of the understory. Her work has been featured in publications for art and science, exhibitions, and is held in various collections. Hurst Frye... read more

Kei Ito

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 3:30pm, Tuscany D

Staring at the Face of the Sun

Kei Ito is an interdisciplinary artist who uses camera-less photography, performance, and artifacts to reveal hidden histories and visualize the invisible. As a third-generation atomic bomb victim, his work explores healing and social issues through... read more

Eirik Johnson

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 2:30pm, Tuscany 9

Curiosity Amongst the Ruins

Eirik Johnson makes conceptually grounded work examining the intersections of contemporary environmental, social, and economic issues. Johnson has exhibited widely, and his work is held in numerous collections. He has authored five monographs and serves... read more

Beth Johnston

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 9:00am, Tuscany 12

Adapting our Work to a Changing Climate

Beth Johnston's work explores the connections between ecology, cultural imaginations, and ways of knowing in relation to the climate crisis. She received her MFA from RISD in 2022, was The Center for Fine Art Photography... read more

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Miles B. Jordan is a New Orleans-born photographer and artist specializing in digital, analog, and infrared photography. His work explores environmental and cultural transformations, drawing from personal experiences in Southern Louisiana and Alaska. He holds... read more

Eric Joseph

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 3:30pm, Tuscany AB

Six Steps for Making Perfect Inkjet Prints

Eric Joseph is a photographer and Co-President/Chief Products Education, Sales & Support Officer at Freestyle Photographic & Imaging Supplies. Eric graduated from California State University, Northridge with a B.A. in Art, Specializing in Photography. He... read more

Lali Khalid

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 3:30pm, Tuscany 12

Motherhood and Artistic Practice

Lali Khalid is a visual artist living and working in Chicago. She holds a B.F.A. in printmaking from the National College of Arts in Lahore (2003) and an M.F.A. in Photography from Pratt Institute (2009)... read more

Mark Klett

Saturday, March 08, 2025 @ 1:30pm, Tuscany D

Sailing through the Anthropocene

Mark Klett has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He has exhibited internationally for over 40 years, has authored 19 books and has work in... read more

Eric Kunsman

Thursday, March 06, 2025 @ 2:00pm, Tuscany 8

Both Sides of the Table

Eric T. Kunsman (b. 1975) was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is an Assistant Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology for the Visual Communications Studies Department at the National Technical Institute for... read more

Jessica Labatte

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 10:00am, Tuscany 11

Embracing Open Educational Resources for Photography Education

Jessica Labatte, Director of the School of Art and Design at Northern Illinois University, explores the materiality of photography through light, color, and illusion. Her work has been exhibited in major museums and galleries and... read more

Ross Landenberger

Friday, March 07, 2025 @ 10:00am, Tuscany 10

To Snare the Sun

Ross Landenberger is a photographer who was raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Currently based in Atlanta, Georgia, he's completing his MFA in Photography at Georgia State University's Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design.... read more