Collaboration

These are some photos I took about a year ago. I never ended up using them for anything until now. I just submitted these four photos in hopes of being selected to be paired with a poem/short story. I am a member of the Student Photographic Society (SPS) at my school, The Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago.

Our SPS club is doing a collaboration with students from the Alabama Writers' Forum. Writer, Bart (Marlin) Barton has lead a group of juvenile offenders in the art using writing to express oneself. Mr. Barton has been teaching at the correctional institution for several years and his classes have evolved into a published anthology of poetry and short stories. It is my hope that the image(s) selected will be published along side the poetry/short story.

The theme that we were given was family and/or relationships.

SPE Conference

As my first blog post, I'm excited to share that I will be attending this year's SPE (Society of Photographic Education)  national conference, as it will be in Chicago. According to SPE's website, the Society of Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides and fosters an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms through teaching and learning, scholarship, and criticism.

This year's conference is March 7th-10th and will be celebrating photography's continuum. The keynote speakers are Richard Misrach, Martin Parr, and Zwelethu Mthethwa. The featured speakers are Mona Kuhn, John Upton, and Olivia Parker.

https://www.spenational.org/conference