Northwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Brian Adams (b.1985) is an editorial and commercial photographer based in Anchorage, Alaska, specializing in environmental portraiture. His work has been featured in both national and international publications, and his work documenting Alaskan Native villages... read more

Joshua Adkins

Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 9:00am, ELIF 305

"Now Showing," The Process of Hoarding Light

Joshua J Adkins Sr. born in Denver, Co. I was adopted, found my birth parents 41 years later. I served as a Firefighter in the Montana and Colorado National Guard. I then transferred to the... read more

Garth Amundson

Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 4:00pm, ELIF 305

Whipping-It-Up: Collaborative Alchemy

Since 2000 Garth Amundson has been one of the people the SPENW region has relied upon for conference organization and support, for fund-raising to enable student attendance, for providing leadership by presenting his work at... read more

JR Ancheta

Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 4:00pm, ELIF 301

Street Photography with a Large Format Camera

JR Ancheta is a 2015 graduate of UAF with a degree in foreign languages and a minor in journalism. He began as assistant photographer for University Relations in 2012 and moved to full-time work in... read more

Rapheal Begay

Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 10:00am, ELIF 301

A Vernacular Response

Rapheal Begay is a Diné photographer and curator from the Navajo Nation. Currently he is based in Window Rock, AZ where he works with the Navajo Nation Division of Human Resources. Simultaneously, he is also... read more

Clare Benson

Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 9:20am, ELIF 305

In Memory of North

Clare Benson is a photographer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator based in New York City. Her work explores themes of family history, tradition, science, and mythology. She received her MFA from University of Arizona in 2013,... read more

Baxter Bond

Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 2:00pm, Gruening 306

The Land is Listening

Baxter is Yup'ik from the coastal Alaskan village of Tununak. He focuses mainly
on landscape and nature photography. Some photographs are carefully
planned, taking months to create. Most of them, however, are spur of theread more

Allegra Castro

Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 9:40am, ELIF 305

Historic Americana: Royalty of the Road Trip

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Skott Chandler

Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 2:00pm, ELIF 305

The Lifelong Benefits of International Studies

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Frank Chythlook has been involved in broadcasting and Indigenous media education for years, starting as a workshop participant in 1994. Frank has since served as an instructor in media production and other capacities in minority-focused... read more

Dennis DeHart

Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 4:00pm, ELIF 305

Field (When a River is a Person)

Dennis DeHart (b.1970) is a photographic artist whose interdisciplinary projects are informed by the connections, conflicts, and intersections of the natural and cultural worlds. Dennis has exhibited broadly, including dozens of solo exhibitions, numerous on-line... read more

Chloe Dichter

Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 9:40am, ELIF 301

Archiving Identity // Analog Abstraction

I am a 20-year-old queer identifying Jewish artist, currently studying photography at Western Washington University. read more