2026 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Jason Reblando

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 9:00am, Atlanta 4

Cut Time: Collage and the Afterlives of Photographs

Jason Reblando is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Illinois State University and a recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines. His book, This Is Captured Paper, a series of collages sourced from... read more

Emma Ressel

Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 3:30pm, Atlanta 2

Extant erosions

Emma Ressel (b. Bar Harbor, ME) is a photographer working with natural history archives. Ressel earned her BA in Photography at Bard College and her MFA at University of New Mexico. She was shortlisted for... read more

Juliana Rico

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm, Georgia 12

On Becoming: Decolonizing Perspectives through Performance and Self Portraiture

Juliana Rico is a queer Latinx visual artist and educator whose work explores themes of identity, representation, and decolonization. Her work aims to investigate, confront, and unlearn indoctrinated colonial perspectives and practices. She lives in... read more

Dale Rio is a photographer and proponent of historic photographic processes whose work explores issues such as women's rights and humanity's relationship with the natural world. Utilizing darkroom techniques, she employs "straight" photography to... read more

Lisa Robinson

Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 9:00am, Atlanta 2

Science as Art/Art as Science

Lisa M. Robinson is a Southwestern-based photographer and writer whose work explores her human connections to the natural world. Geological formation, planetary and evolutionary development, and biogenesis inform her imagery and essays, which collectively posit... read more

Ricardo Rodríguez Rey

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 2:30pm, Georgia 7

Archipiélago: Mapping Identity, Memory, and Erosion Through Photography

Ricardo Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican artist exploring the material and conceptual boundaries of photography through installation, sculpture, and video. His work examines the intersection of place, memory, and environmental change. Based in Los Angeles,... read more

Areca Roe

Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 9:00am, Atlanta 2

Science as Art/Art as Science

Areca Roe is an artist based in Minnesota. She uses photography as well as video, sculpture, and installation to explore the interface between the natural and human domains. Roe is an Associate Professor of photography... read more

Libby Rowe

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm, Georgia 6

Your Administrator and You

Libby Rowe is entering her third year serving as the, mostly not disgruntled, Director of the UTSA School of Art. Prior to this position, she has also held positions as GTA, darkroom tech, community arts... read more

Nadia Sablin

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 4:30pm, Atlanta 5

Photography as Invocation: Mysticism, Gender, and the Act of Self-Authorization

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

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Oliver Sann

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 12:00pm, Atlanta 1

Climate Resilience in the American South

Oliver Sann is an artist, educator, and longtime collaborator with Beate Geissler, as well as an active member of the Anthropocene Commons. Together, they explore entanglements of human activity, technology, and climate change, investigating how... read more

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