Northeast Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Fatemeh Fani

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 10:00am,

Student Presentations

Fatemeh Fani (b. 1992) is a researcher, activist and MFA student in photography at UW-Madison. Upon immigrating to the United States, as an Iranian woman, she found herself intricately positioned between two disparate worlds, navigating... read more

Jordanna Kalman

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 11:15am,

Jordanna and the Masters of Photography

Jordanna Kalman lives and works in NY. Her work explores loneliness, femininity and individuality. She received her MA in Photography from the London College of Communication and her BFA in Photography from Purchase College. Jordanna... read more

Kanishka Puri

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 10:00am,

Student Presentations

Kanishka is an NYC-based artist and writer, who works with non-human biological systems to further her research in eco-feminist futures. By proposing radical solidarities with her ecological allies and asserting the position of women as... read more

Dafna Steinberg

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 2:00pm,

Collage Workshop

Dafna Steinberg (1982, Washington, DC) is a lens-based artist living and working in the Philadelphia area. Her work embodies themes such as grief, personal intimacy, and gender, and she often explores the intersection of photography... read more

Vasudev Vashisht

Saturday, October 11, 2025 @ 10:00am,

Student Presentations

Vasudev Vashisht is an artist-ethnographer and researcher currently based in New York. His work transforms photography into a collaborative medium by developing images through darkroom experimentation, ecological interventions, workshops, and social engagement. By deploying organic... read more