CENTER’S 2024 PROGRAM GUIDE []
[CENTER’S MISSION]
Founded in 1994, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization CENTER, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, supports socially and environmentally engaged lens-based projects through education, public platforms, funding, and partnerships. Through our advancement of artists and their work, CENTER serves to deepen public understanding of lens-based media’s history and ongoing cultural significance. By establishing trans-disciplinary partnerships between artists and justice-driven communities, historians, cultural critics, students, and the art world, we advance projects that respect all people, open minds, and engage our shared humanity.
[LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT]
Santa Fe, New Mexico, is located on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Tewa people, who live here today. For thousands of years, Oga Po’geh — the original Tewa name for Santa Fe, which means “White Shell, Water Place” — has been a center for Northern and Southern Tewa communities. We honor the people of this land, past, present, and future, who inhabit, hold sacred, and steward this land. We express our genuine appreciation and our commitment to contributing to restorative practices towards a more equitable future.
Image: “Eat Bittersweet” from the series Asian-American Still Life © Stephanie Shih, 2022 Review Santa Fe Alum. Purchase a print from Shih’s series, see page 21.
[TABLE OF CONTENTS]
[2] Mission
[9] Annual Programs
[10] The Project Labs: Workshops
[12] About Review Santa Fe
[13] Portfolio Reviewers
[14] Portfolio Walk & Book Fair
[15] Calendar of Events
[16] Award & Grant Winners Project Presentations
[21] Anniversary Print Sale
[25] Jay & Susie Tyrrell Excellence in Works By Hand Award
[26] About Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship
[28] Teaching Award Nominees
[29] Teaching Award Recipient
[30] About The Democratic Lens
[36] Discover Santa Fe
[37] Destination Map
[38] Membership
[39] Thank You & Leadership
[FOUNDER’S LETTER]
[The Significance of Thirty Years]
A dog will not see thirty years, yet bowhead whales generally live for over 200 years. Mayflies only live for 24 hours. The lifespan of a small non-profit in the arts is statistically unknown but likely around 20 years. The collected data from the National Center on Charitable Statistics reveals that approximately 30% of non-profits fail to exist after ten years. No matter how you look at it, CENTER is in rarified territory at 30 years old unless you’re a bowhead.
Thirty years in the non-profit arts world signifies a mature organization with strong leadership, smart direction, resourceful staff, valuable programs, a dedicated public following, fiscal stability, ongoing adaptability, adroit risktaking, and surely a bit of luck. I am proud to say I believe CENTER possesses all these attributes.
In 1994, we received IRS approval to launch Santa Fe Center for the Visual Arts as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Its initial purpose was to raise money through donations to fund scholarships for gifted and committed young photographers. In 1995, National Geographic photographer Sam Abell suggested we take up the charge of supporting photographers with long-term personal projects. Hence, The Project Symposium and The Project Competition were born and added to the mix. These two programs developed into Review Santa Fe in 2001, the same year Laura Wzorek Pressley joined the staff. In the preceding years, programs including Light Warrior’s Mentorship, Excellence in Photographic Teaching Award, and Santa Fe Prize for Photography took center stage. In 2007, our name was shortened to CENTER, and Laura Wzorek Pressley became Executive Director in 2009.
Fifteen years later, the future is indeed bright for CENTER. In 2024, we plan to expand our presence in Santa Fe by adding an exhibition and meeting space, launching the new program Activating the Archive, and will continue to grow innovative programming that we are well known and respected for.
Congratulations and thanks to all who have played roles in CENTER’s thirty years of life.
[Reid Callanan] Founder & CENTER Board Treasurer Director, Santa Fe Workshops
A small arts organization does not reach 30 years without a lot of support and champions along the way. In addition to the people involved, I am also sincerely grateful for the land on which we work, which has been an ongoing source of inspiration and strength. I strive to give back in a healing way to White Shell, Water Place, Oga Po’geh, Santa Fe.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who helped us with government grants: Debra Garcia y Griego, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs; Anna Blyth, Director, New Mexico Arts, and all the people at the Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department for their early and ongoing support. A special thank you to Michelle Quisenberry, Arif Khan, and the people at the New Mexico Humanities Council who invited us to bring a humanities perspective into our programs: We would not be where we are without your wisdom and partnerships.
To the donors whose gifts created our endowments (who wish to remain anonymous), we make great strides with your contributions, and with your support, we are able to begin a new chapter of the organization. We are excited to share that a Review Santa Fe alum has donated the funds necessary for CENTER to move into an exhibition space. We have been working for nearly a decade towards establishing a place where our community can gather regularly. Stay tuned for more information.
I want to thank Reid Callanan, our Founder, who made all of this possible; Joanna Hurley, long-time Board Chair, who steered us in this exciting direction; and Maggie Blanchard, former Co-Director, whose tenacity helped us through uncertain times. We have benefited from the advice of several board members. Special thanks are due to Tony Bannon, PhD., Gay Block, and Barbara Goodbody, who were vital early supporters. To Kymberly Pinder, PhD.: Thank you for inviting us to PhotoSummer and to the Midtown Arts and Design Alliance, collaborations that expanded our communities of care. A big thank you to Evan Anderman, PhD., former Board Chair and current Vice-Chair, who stewarded us through the pandemic and into a period of growth. To Dyanna Taylor, our new Board Chair and a contributor to The Democratic Lens discussions: I look forward to our work together on Activating the Archive, our latest endeavor funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which will preserve CENTER’s legacy.
Working behind the scenes, there have been more people than I have room to thank. Mary Anne Redding: Thank you for your advice, opportunities, and exhibitions you make possible. Former grant writers Elliott Teller and Matthew Contos helped us secure significant funding for new programs. Our bookkeepers Elektra Pelton and Phyllis Panzeter and developer Patrick Harris have provided stability through the years. To Debbie Espinosa: Thank you for your invaluable counsel and the honor of supporting your mission. To Whitney Wernick, one of our longest serving employees: We would not be where we are if not for you. Thanks to Holly Stuart Hughes, who has brought editorial insights and humor to our work together. We are also grateful for the volunteers who each year help make our programs run.
As photography has gone through several inflection points in the last 30 years, CENTER has had to recenter itself continually. I am grateful to all those who provided invaluable institutional memory and to our board for allowing CENTER’s steady, evolutionary growth. We are excited to embark upon our next three decades!
[Laura Wzorek Pressley, MPA]
Executive Director, CENTER
June 2024
[GET INVOLVED]
Since our inception in 1994, CENTER has awarded tens of thousands of dollars in direct financial support, products, and services. We increase accessibility each year offering fee waivers for applications, scholarships to attend Review Santa Fe, and programs for underserved individuals. New programs and services are added each year–please join us in making, sharing, and supporting lens-based projects.
“CENTER was pivotal in molding my photographic practice, connecting me with experts in the field, and fiscally sponsored my book project. I wouldn’t be where I am today without CENTER.”
[Tony Chirinos]
Review Santa Fe Alum | 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
“He is Arrived they proclaimed” from the series
Impossibly Normal Life © Matthew Finley, 2024 Personal Award Winner
[THE CENTER DIFFERENCE]
OUTCOMES • Demonstrated, documented, and consistent results for participants.
PRESTIGE • One of the world’s longest-running photography portfolio reviews with internationally recognized curators, editors, and publishers leading the field.
INTEGRITY • CENTER is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting photographers and lens-based artists; our community’s needs inform and guide our work.
SCALE • Our programs are accessible, friendly, supportive, intimate, and optimal for network and community building.
PLACE • Located at the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe, NM, offering a unique sense of place and community, unlike any other.
[ANNUAL PROGRAMS]
AWARDS & GRANTS • Annual Award and Grants include the Project Development Grant, Project Launch Grant, Me&Eve Award, the CENTER Awards, Multimedia Award, Jay and Susie Tyrrell Excellence in Works by Hand Award, and the Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award.
BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP • CENTER offers fiscal sponsorship to lens-based projects involving the photographic, multimedia, and motion picture mediums.
REVIEW SANTA FE PHOTO SYMPOSIUM • Up to 1,000 portfolio reviews take place with selected photographers who meet one-on-one with key industry leaders; includes a Portfolio Walk and Photographic Book Fair.
MENTORSHIP • CENTER Alumni are partnered with incoming Review Santa Fe photographers to offer advice and pre-review preparation.
SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS • Professional development programs designed to advance projects and gain insights into the latest practices in the field.
THE DEMOCRATIC LENS • A resource with interviews, essays, and presentations by humanities scholars connecting audiences to the historical and contemporary relationship between photography and civic engagement.
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS • The Photographers-in-Schools program, Career in the Arts lectures, and volunteering opportunities offer students access to lens-based media programs. Please contact whitney@visitcenter.org to learn more.
[THE PROJECT LABS: WORKSHOP]
[PREPARING FOR PORTFOLIO REVIEWS]
WHEN • August 2, 2024
WHERE • Hosted online through Zoom
HOW • Pre-registration is required — CENTER Members attend on Aug 2 at no cost, and have free access to all of the seminar recordings. Become a member at CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/MEMBERSHIP.
ADD-ON • Personal Portfolio Review — August 3, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM MT
Portfolio Reviews offer opportunities for project distribution and making key contacts for career advancement for photographers. The Preparing for Portfolio Reviews Project Lab Workshop offers advice on preparing your project or series for portfolio reviews and meetings with curators, editors, publishers, and other industry professionals.
The presenter will discuss the importance of tailoring bodies of work to different types of opportunities from gallery and museum exhibitions, to print publications and books. Following the seminar opportunities for an add-on portfolio critique session are available to get specific advice on how to refine your project.
AMBER TERRANOVA is an experienced photo director, educator, and visual producer based between New York and New Mexico. She has worked as the Education Director with Magnum Photos and held faculty positions in the BFA department at the School of Visual Arts and at the International Center of Photography.
Learn more and register online CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/ PREPARINGFORREVIEWS
The Project Labs are made possible by the generous support of the Phillip & Edith Leonian Foundation.
[THE PROJECT LABS: WORKSHOP]
[PUBLIC OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT]
WHEN • August 28, 2024
WHERE • Hosted online through Zoom
HOW • Pre-registration is required — CENTER Members attend on Aug 28 at no cost, and have free access to all of the seminar recordings. Become a member at CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/MEMBERSHIP. ADD ON • Personal Portfolio Review — August 29, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM MT
Presented by Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Curator and Review Santa Fe Portfolio Reviewer Mary Anne Redding, the Public Outreach & Engagement Workshop focuses on effective strategies for engaging the public, from honing a statement of purpose, identifying collaborators, and creating effective presentations. Learn how to tailor materials to address the museum and exhibiting institutions goals for public outreach.
This program will cover how to submit work — including what goes into the exhibition and audience engagement proposals and what to expect after your proposal has been accepted.
MARY ANNE REDDING is a visual arts curator and writer. She currently works as the Curator for the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Redding has more than forty years’ experience working as a curator, archivist, librarian, educator, and arts administrator. She has curated hundreds of exhibitions as well as written and published numerous essays on contemporary art. Redding serves on the Advisory Council at CENTER and was the 2022 Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award Juror.
Learn more and register online —
[ABOUT REVIEW SANTA FE]
The Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium is a conference for photographers and lens-based artists seeking audience expansion, critical discussion, and community connection. One of the oldest juried portfolio review events in the U.S., Review Santa Fe, enters its 23rd year, November 1–3, 2024.
Each year, CENTER conducts an international Call for Entries, where photographers from across the globe can submit their work. An independent selection committee ranks the submitted projects, and the highest-scoring work receives invitations to participate in the portfolio reviews. View the selected projects in the coming months via the Photographers Listings —
REVIEWSANTAFELISTING.ORG
Review Santa Fe is a premier program serving local, national, and international constituents with portfolio reviews with esteemed industry professionals, a public exposition and book fair, scholar lectures, and presentations, where we invite the public to attend. Please refer to the schedule for more information.
Santa Fe Photo
Image: “Los Angeles Aqueduct, Fremont Watershed, 2016” from the series Watershed: A Speculative Atlas of California © Barron Bixler, 2023 Review Santa Fe Alum
[REVIEW SANTA FE REVIEWERS]
Each year CENTER selects industry leaders and publishing experts to participate as portfolio reviewers and discover new work. Many source talent at Review Santa Fe for their galleries, books, online publications, and magazines, providing further project advancement opportunities for the invited photographers. Below is a list of the 2024 confirmed reviewers — CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/REVIEWERS
[EXHIBITING & COLLECTING — MUSEUMS, CURATORS, & COLLECTIONS]
MITRA ABBASPOUR • Curator & Head of Modern & Contemporary Art, Harvard Art Museums
ELIZABETH AVEDON • Independent Curator & Writer
KAI CAEMMERER • Curator of Photography, SFO Museum
BRITTANY CORRALES • Curator, Arizona State University Art Museum
CRISTA DIX • Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography
NICOLE DIAL-KAY • Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Harwood Museum of Art
YSABEL PINYOL BLASI • Executive Director & Chief Curator, Monira Foundation
MARY ANNE REDDING • Curator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University
REBECCA SENF • Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, Norton Family Curator, Phoenix Museum of Art
MARY STATZER • Curator of Prints & Photographs, University of New Mexico Art Museum
ALISA SWINDELL • Associate Curator of Photography, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
CHRISTIAN WAGUESPACK • Head of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of 20th Century Art, NM Museum of Art
YECHEN ZHAO (赵也尘) • Assistant Curator, Photography & Media, Art Institute of Chicago
[NON-PROFIT & COMMERCIAL GALLERIES]
MATTHEW CHASE-DANIEL • Co-Founder & Co-Curator, Axle Contemporary
KATHY DOWELL • Director of Arts + Humanities Programming, Mid-America Arts Alliance
EIRIK JOHNSON • Programs Chair, Photographic Center Northwest
ANNE KELLY • Gallery & Shop Manager, Historic Santa Fe Foundation
PILAR LAW • Founder & Director, Edition ONE Gallery
CHRISTOPHER RAUSCHENBERG • Co-Founder & Board Chairman, Blue Sky Gallery
JENNIFER SCHLESINGER • Owner & Director, Obscura Gallery
JACKSON SIEGAL • Associate Director, CLAMP Art
[BOOK PUBLISHING]
JOAN BROOKBANK • Director, Joan Brookbank Projects
KELLI CONNELL • Founding Editor, SKYLARK EDITIONS
MARK ALICE DURANT • Publisher & Editor, Saint Lucy Books
JOANNA HURLEY • President, HurleyMedia
CALEB CAIN MARCUS • Director, Luminosity Lab
MELANIE MCWHORTER • Photography & Photobook Consultant, Grenade in a Jar
GLENN RUGA • Director, Social Documentary Network & Executive Editor, ZEKE magazine
DENISE WOLFF • Senior Editor, Aperture Foundation
[EDITORIAL]
KATE BUBACZ • Lead Photo Editor, News, The Wall Street Journal
ALYSSA ORTEGA COPPELMAN • Art Researcher, Oxford American magazine
GAIL FLETCHER • Photo Editor, The Guardian
STEPHEN FRAILEY • Founder & Editor, Dear Dave, Magazine
DANIEL GEORGE • Submissions Editor & Contributing Writer, LENSCRATCH
LAURYN HILL • Photo Editor, AARP
HOLLY STUART HUGHES • Independent Editor & Writer
JEHAN JILLANI • Visuals Editor, The Atlantic
MICHAEL KIRCHOFF • Editor-in-Chief, Analog Forever Magazine & Catalyst: Interviews
BREE LAMB • Managing Editor, Fraction Magazine
SANDRA M. STEVENSON • Deputy Director of Photography, The Washington Post
JESSIE WENDER • Photo Editor, The New York Times
NICOLE WERBECK • Deputy Director for Visuals & Engagement, NPR
NANCY ZASTUDIL • Owner & Editor, The Necessarian
[PORTFOLIO WALK & PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK FAIR]
WHEN • Saturday, November 2, 5:30 - 8:00 PM MT
WHERE • The Market Pavilion — 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501
HOW • Free and Public
The Portfolio Walk welcomes esteemed gallerists, curators, editors, and other lens-based art enthusiasts to view a broad range of contemporary and documentary photography encompassing social, environmental, and political issues in a public setting.
Hundreds of lens-based artists from around the world apply to take part in the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium. The participants are carefully selected by a new independent jury each year. For one night only, join us for an extraordinary opportunity to view, and take home the compelling projects of nationally and internationally dedicated artists.
We are excited to welcome the public to this special exposition providing further access and insights into the vibrant work of the 2024 Review Santa Fe participants. We encourage you to preview all of the work and to enjoy the night in Santa Fe’s Railyard. Preview the Review Santa Fe Listing in the coming months online at REVIEWSANTAFELISTING.ORG.
Happening alongside the Portfolio Walk, the Photographic Book Fair is a space for notable photographic book publishers, indie publications, selected photographers, and art-book enthusiasts, to discover new projects and exchange ideas.
The Book Fair offers the opportunity to explore the photo book’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography, showcasing newly released publications from several publishers that includes Axle Contemporary, Bella Forte Designs, Dear Dave, magazine, HurleyMedia, Luminosity Lab, Santa Fe Workshops, University of New Mexico, and many others. Book signings with select artists will be arranged throughout the day.
Learn more about the public program online — CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/ PORTFOLIOWALK
[YOU ARE INVITED]
Upcoming programs for photographers, visual storytellers, and the general public.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 • 3:00 - 4:30 PM MT
Workshop: Preparing for Portfolio Reviews • registration required
Stay up to date with CENTER’s calendar of events — CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/CALENDAR
Add-On: Individual Portfolio Review, August 3 • spaces limited, registration required
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 • 1:00 - 2:30 PM MT
Workshop: Public Outreach & Engagement • registration required
Add-on: Individual Portfolio Review, August 29 • spaces limited, registration required
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 • 5:30 - 8:00 PM MT
Portfolio Walk & Book Fair • free & public
Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM MT
Project Presentations • free & public La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel and Livestream on Zoom
Image (left): Bryan Steiff at the 2022 Review Santa Fe Portfolio Walk © Peter Ogilvie Image (above): 2023 Portfolio Walk & Book Fair © Stefan Wachs
[AWARD & GRANT WINNERS]
2024 AWARD & GRANT WINNER PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
WHEN • November 3, 2024 • 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM MT
WHERE • La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel and Livestream on Zoom
HOW • Free and open to the public
Join us on November 3 for the 2024 Project Presentations in person at the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe, NM to learn more about each project. Presentations will be recorded and available at a later date.
[PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT]
Scan code to view the Winners Gallery — CENTERWINNERS.ORG
JUROR • Gregory Harris — High Museum of Art, Atlanta
WINNER • Sara Abbaspour — Transitional Realms
WEBSITE • saraabbaspour.com
Sara Abbaspour on Observing and Creating a Vision of Contemporary Iran
Sara Abbaspour describes how she makes, edits and sequences the images in her project, Transitional Realms. Made in the wake of Iran’s ongoing “Women, Life, Freedom” social justice movement, her collaborative portraits capture women reclaiming their own image.
[PROJECT LAUNCH GRANT]
JUROR • Jehan Jillani — The Atlantic WINNER • Austin Bryant — Where They Still Remain WEBSITE • ausbry.com
Austin Bryant on Investigating Martha’s Vineyard’s Native American and Black Histories
Austin Bryant explains his personal connection to the erased stories of connection between the Wampanoag and African American communities on Martha’s Vineyard. Through his use of original photography, archival research and historic texts, he captures how he used his own photography, archival materials and altered text to tell an American tale that resonates universally.
Image: “Untitled, 2022” from the series Where They Still Remain © Austin Bryant, 2024 Project Launch Grant Winner
[PERSONAL AWARD]
JUROR • Kristen Gresh — Museum of Fine Arts, Boston WINNER • Matthew Finley — An Impossibly Normal Life WEBSITE • mfinleyphoto.com
Matthew Finley on Imagining a Life of Love and Acceptance
Matthew Finley portrays the imagined life for an uncle he never knew through archival images he subtly alters. His fictional snapshots invite us to imagine an alternate world “where who you love is immaterial” and “what’s important is that you love.”
[SOCIALLY ENGAGED AWARD]
JUROR • Noelle Flores Théard — The New Yorker
WINNER • Sofie Hecht — Downwind WEBSITE • sofiehechtphoto.com
Sofie Hecht on Listening to the Voices of New Mexico’s Downwinders
For Downwind, her project on families within the 50-mile radius of the Trinity test site, Sofie Hecht has found ingenious ways to share the voices of local families, including 4th generation cancer survivors. She will discuss the interviews, portraits, family archives, and New Mexico residents’ stories that make up her project.
[MULTIMEDIA AWARD]
JUROR • David Barreda — National Geographic
WINNER • Robert Pluma — Hidden Histories of San Antonio WEBSITE • robertpluma.com
Robert Pluma on a Multimedia Re-imagining of San Antonio’s Hidden Histories
Robert Pluma shares the mix of video, stills, oral histories and 3D scans in his project countering colonial accounts of the Coahuiltecan Indigenous people of San Antonio, and his plans to use augmented reality to allow people to participate in a forgotten past.
[ME&EVE AWARD]
JUROR • Eve Schillo — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
WINNER • Anna Reed — Merging Dimensions
WEBSITE • annaoreed.com
Anna Reed on The Process of Dissecting Our High-Tech World
To examine our relationship to technology, Anna Reed uses high- and low-tech devices, hand-crafting assemblages on which she prints her provocative images and self-portraits. She will discuss the complex processes she undertakes to produce Merging Dimensions.
[ENVIRONMENTAL AWARD]
JUROR • Sabine Meyer — National Audubon Society
WINNER • John Trotter — No Agua, No Vida: The Human Alteration of the Colorado River
WEBSITE • johntrotterphoto.com
John Trotter on Sustaining a 20-Year Study of the Colorado River Crisis
John Trotter discusses his 23-year project, No Agua, No Vida, on the depletion of the Colorado River’s reservoirs. He traces the continuing impact of the Colorado River Compact, signed in Santa Fe, NM, in 1922, and examines local communities’ responses to the ongoing water crisis.
Featured image credits, in order of appearance, on pages 16 through 19 –
• "Untitled" © Sara Abbaspour
• "Untitled, 2023" © Austin Bryant
•“Marshall and Me” © Matthew Finley
• “The walls remember. Family photographs hang on the wall in Andrea Carrillo’s mother’s home on Sierra Blanca Rd. in Tularosa, NM. Andrea and many of her friends and family grew up on Sierra Blanca Rd. and now have cancer that they attribute to the radiation exposure caused by the Trinity atomic bomb test. Andrea’s sister died of cancer a few years ago.” © Sofie Hecht
• “Coahuiltecans preparing for an overnight ceremony on the grounds of Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio, TX. The proceedings of the ceremony are secret and sacred, though I can share that songs and rituals were performed around a fire until dawn. The tipi is not typically used by my people, though in this instance proved to be an acceptable representative temporary structure.” © Robert Pluma
• “Phantasia” © Anna Reed
• “River as he goes looking for the leading edge of the slowly moving pulse flow of water from the Morelos Dam, a few kilometers upstream. Within a few hours, it would reach this spot, though in less than two months the riverbed would once again be dry.” © John Trotter
Image: “Boat is a Garden, 2022” from the series The Boat is a Circle: Surviving Extinction © Meridel Rubenstein, purchase the print at CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/PRINTSALE
[THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY PRINT SALE]
CENTER is celebrating its 30th year by hosting an Anniversary Print Sale featuring work by 30 of our Award winners and Review Santa Fe Alumni. Each image is available for purchase as a limited edition print for $100. All proceeds from the sale benefit CENTER, a not-for-profit organization’s educational programming.
All available images are printed in an edition of no more than 10, on archival Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 8x10” paper, and will be sent to you in a customized, protective box. The price covers shipping within 48 US states; shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, and outside the U.S. is also available for an additional fee.
Rhiannon Adam
2023, 2019, & 2018 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Poppies, Dover Cliff”
Tony Chirinos
2019 Teaching Award Winner & 2012, 2018, & 2019 Review Santa Fe Alum; 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
“Bladder Blade for Balfour Retractor” from the series The Beauty of the Uncommon Tool
Alejandro Cartagena
2008, 2010, & 2012 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Red Trucks” from the series Urban Transportation
David Walter Banks
2022 Launch Grant Winner & 2022 Review Santa Fe Alum
“A view from the old converted water-tower on the property of Anderson Almonds.” from the series Practice Resurrection
Natalie Christensen
2017 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Gestalt at Monument Valley”
Order your print online before the sale ends August 2024 — CENTERSANTAE.ORG/ PRINTSALE
Yukari Chikura
2014 Review
Santa Fe Alum
From the series ZAIDO
Heather Evans Smith
2022 Me&Eve
Grant Winner & 2022 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Blue” from the series Blue
Tamas Dezsö
2011 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Sitting Bear (near Zărnești, Romania), 2013)” from the series Notes for an Epilogue
Muriel Hasbun
2017 Curator’s Choice Award Winner, 2018 Producer’s Choice Award Winner, & 2017, 2018, 2021, & 2022 Review Santa Fe Alum
From the series barquitos de papel | paper boats
Eric Kunsman
Review Santa Fe Mentor & 2017, 2019, 2022, & 2023 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Self Portrait” from the series
Four Corners
Yoko Ishii
2016 Review Santa Fe Alum
“We’re Fellows” from the series Deer Planet
Brianna Dowd
2023 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Mother of Pearl Untitled VI” from the series Mother of Pearl
Rania Matar
2005, 2017, & 2019 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Nour, Beirut, Lebanon, 2017” from the series SHE
R yota Kajita
2017 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Gateway #1, Hokkaido, Japan”
**Certificates of authenticity, provided by the artist, will be mailed separately.
Meridel Rubenstein
2021 Project Launch Grant Honorable Mention & Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Boat is a Garden, 2022” from the series The Boat is a Circle: Surviving Extinction
Ella Morton
2021 Environmental Award Winner & Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Pori Trees, 2018” from the series The Dissolving Landscape
Arista Slater-Sandoval
2021 & 2022 Award Winner & Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Scold’s Bridal” from the series Parable for Hysteria
Ryan Schude
2019 & 2023 Review Santa Fe Alum
“Patti Smith Departure, 2021”
Elizabeth Z. Pineda
2023 Personal Award & Works by Hand Award Winner & Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Self-Portrait— Hija del Maíz” from the series Maíz
Camille Seaman
2006, 2007, & 2011 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Trapped Iceberg, East Greenland, August 24, 2006” from the series
Last Iceberg Series II
Aline Smithson
2004, 2009, & 2014 Review
Santa Fe Alum, & 2014 Teaching Award Winner
“Arrangement in Green and Black #14”
Stephanie Shih
2021 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Seeding Intentions”
Ada Trillo
Review Santa Fe Mentor, 2021
Me&Eve Grant
Winner, & 2021
Review Santa Fe Alum; 2024 Guggenheim Fellow
“Crossing the Suchiate River, 23 January 2020,” from the series La Caravana del Diablo
Will Wilson
2019 Review
Santa Fe Alum & Democratic
Lens Contributor
“Stolen”
Jerry Takigawa
2007, 2013, & 2018 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Sansei Legacy” from the series Balancing Cultures
Brandy Trigueros
2020 Curator’s Choice Award
“Virtual Reality, 2017” from the series The Dadabyte Theatre
Phil Toledano
2008 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Woman on Fire” from the series Another America
Hiroshi Watanabe
2006, 2008, & 2013 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Singers, Mangyondae Schoolchildren’s Palace” from the series Ideology in Paradise
Kiliii Yuyan
2017 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Barrow 1” from the series People of the Whale
Wendel White
2009 & 2016 Review
Santa Fe Alum
“Ambrotype of Frederick Douglass, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Wash. DC, 2016” from the series Manifest | Thirteen Colonies
[THE JAY & SUSIE TYRRELL EXCELLENCE IN WORKS BY HAND AWARD]
A new addition to CENTER’s annual programs, the Jay and Susie Tyrrell Excellence in Works By Hand Award provides $2,500 to a Review Santa Fe participant who makes unique objects of art. The aim is to encourage the preservation of historical photographic processes, as well as works whose process may include collage, emulsion transfer, painting, sewing, and the use of sculpture and ceramics.
ELIZABETH Z. PINEDA • Maíz
2023 Personal Award & Works by Hand Winner & Review Santa Fe Alum
Hoja de maíz, hoja, hoja de papel
What does someone’s culture, heritage, and identity say about a person?
This work began after a recent experience when my personal documents were deemed invalid because they held my married name and not my given name when I was first applying for a passport. I would need a picture ID of me as a child to prove my name and my identity. I was deeply hurt, in shock, and angered. It felt like erasure.
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I began thinking about the validity of documents. The weight that piece of paper has, that “papers” have. And of the fact that they are simply paper.
I use corn husks to re-create my papers on something I valued–corn. At the beginning, I knew I would make cyanotypes of my birth certificate and marriage license on the husks–and give them the validity that was taken away from them. Shortly thereafter I realized that the experience made me question my roots and the idea of home. What home is and who has a right to dictate what home is and who has a right to it. And with that, cultural identity. So, I thought about what being home means to me. Being home is ultimately my mother and her cooking.
I began making prints of specific, traditional herbs my mother uses in her cooking. To me they are her and her story, her childhood, how she learned and her stories about cooking with them. That is home. It also made me aware that as people, no matter where one is from, no matter where one is, the mere thought of our homeland food–its aroma, its taste, will immediately transport one home. This is the heart and intent of this work. It gave me the validity I’d lost. It gave me the permission to feel whole. It made me work–hard.
But, I believe, it also gives others a voice. One, through a humble corn husk.
Image: “Hija del Maíz” from the series Maíz © Elizabeth Z. Pineda
[BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP]
CENTER sponsors documentary projects that educate the public about critical environmental and social issues. As a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status, CENTER can help artists receive grants and taxdeductible contributions to support their projects.
2024 BLUE EARTH FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS
MARK LEONG • Coming of Age: China’s Post-90s Generation
ONGOING BLUE EARTH SPONSORED PROJECTS
DANIEL BELTRÁ • Our Warming World
GREG CONSTANTINE • Nowhere People
KATHERINE JACK • Palawan Seas
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[NEW BLUE EARTH SPONSORED PROJECT]
Image (above): Detail of “An agriculturist trims organic tomato plants at a communal farm. She came from a farming family and went to technical college to study horticulture. She found that 80% of the graduates in their field went in to the pesticide industry, but, sickened by the smell of chemicals, chose to pursue organic farming instead.” © Mark Leong
Image (left): Detail of “Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) covered in crude oil from BP’s Deepwater Horizon wellhead spill wait to be cleaned at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in Fort Jackson, Louisiana, June, 2010.” from the series Our Warming World © Daniel Beltrá, Blue Earth Fiscally Sponsored Project and Review Santa Fe Alum
MARK LEONG • Coming of Age: China’s Post-90s Generation WEBSITE • markleongphotography.com
In 1980, fearing the effects of overpopulation in what was already the world’s largest country, China implemented law limiting couples to a single child. This was arguably history’s biggest social experiment. What happens in a society built on four thousand years of traditional clan connections, where brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins abruptly go missing? The full effects of these gaps are still unclear and will continue to emerge for decades.
In 2018, I started a long-term project photographing “post-90s” young urban Chinese adults under 30 — just after the government ended the one-child policy. Called “little emperors” for their heliocentric importance in their families, this cohort of single children were born after 1990, just as China was lifting itself out of centuries of turmoil and poverty to become a superpower. Lacking siblings but fortified with money, technology and political stability, it was as if they had grown up on a different planet than their parents.
Now come of age, these two hundred million young adults are poised to impact the world. But they also an untidy array of increasingly fluid personalities dealing with previously unknown choices and pressures in a much more globalized China with a greatly diminished social safety net.
— From the Coming of Age Project Proposal
[CALLANAN EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD NOMINEES]
Initiated in 1998, the Callanan Excellence in Teaching Award honors a high school, college, or postgraduate teacher’s dedication and commitment to their students and field. Educators in all areas of photographic teaching are eligible – fine art, documentary, history, and criticism. This award recognizes educators who demonstrate a genuine passion for teaching, an ability to excite students to learn, respect students as individuals, and an enduring artistic curiosity.
View the 2024 nominees recognized by their students and colleagues for their exemplary teaching:
JAVIER ARCENILLAS • PIC.A School, Photo International Center of Alcobendas, Madrid
MARGARET ADAMS • Radford University
AÍDA ESTHER NAVARRO BERMEJO • University Institution of Fine Arts & Sciences of Bolívar
SUSAN BURNSTINE • Los Angeles Center for Photography, Center for Photographic Arts, & Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
DAVID EDWARDS • High School Photography Teacher
NATE ELY • Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts
JOHN C.P. GOHEEN • Senior Professional in Residence, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
ALEC JOHNSON • Opus College of Business Associate Professor & Photography Workshop Honoring Our Veterans
DAVE JOHNSON, M.F.A. • Faculty, Coastal Carolina University
STELLA JOHNSON • Boston University, International Center for Photography, Leica Akademie, Lesley University College of Art & Design, & Maine Media Workshops
JENNY KUHLA • Savannah College of Art Design
ERIC KUNSMAN • National Technical Institute for the Deaf, School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
ANNA REED • Leyden High School, District 212
JULIA SBRILLER • Creadores De Imágenes
MARTINA SHENAL • University of Arizona Professor
ROBERT STONE, M.F.A. • Franklin Pierce University
[CALLANAN EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD RECIPIENT]
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THIS YEAR’S CALLANAN EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD RECIPIENT
KATHLEEN SANKER
Artist, Photographer, & Professor of Art, St. Charles Community College • kathleenmsanker.com
SEGMENT FROM THE JUROR STATEMENT —
“In this digital age, we are all photographers, but with the mentorship of a dedicated teacher, one can become excited about the practice of photography and strive to advance their skills. Her nominators credit her with a relentless pursuit of creating the best possible
learning atmosphere; which includes supporting students along whatever academic path they choose and ensuring they have the resources necessary to do so. As an educator it is natural to teach from one’s own perspective, often resulting in a classroom of homogenous photographs; Kathleen Sanker’s students instead speak of how she encouraged them to follow their instincts, find their own influence, and create a unique style of their own.”
ALANNA STYER • Documentary Artist, Educator, Activist, Education Research Fellow, Photographer’s Green Book, & Director of Education, Venice Arts LA • 2023 Teaching Award Winner and Review Santa Fe Alum
NOMINATION QUOTES
“The empathy that she leads her classrooms with has no choice but to consume the space, resulting in a collaboration that can only harbor growth.”
“Through her actions, my classmates and I were taught to think and speak critically about creating and critiquing artwork; we were taught that through kindness and an openness to new experiences, we could become better artists and uplift those around us to develop a greater art community in general.”
“She created an environment where curiosity became passion, skills became talent, and encouragement led to self-confidence... I would not be the artist I am today without her inspiration, guidance, and considerate support.”
[THE DEMOCRATIC LENS]
THE DEMOCRATIC LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), CENTER’s initiative, The Democratic Lens, was a discussion series of public lectures, interviews, and essays, exploring the historical relationship between photography and civic engagement. In alignment with NEH Special Initiative’s “A More Perfect Union” theme, scholars presented photographs, readings, and resources that connect audiences to the diverse cultures, landscapes, histories, and individuals who collectively shaped the nation.
The Democratic Lens programs explored historical accounts of Americans who used photography as a tool for reshaping the cultural landscape of the United States. Through the lens of photographic history, the series explored the democratic process, equity, and citizens’ capacity to influence a nation by telling the stories that shaped the country by reviewing the role of photography in American labor rights, the civil rights movement, and Indigenous representation, among others.
Please visit the website — THEDEMOCRATICLENS.ORG
Image: “Come Let Us Build a New World Together” poster for SNCC and Photography of the Civil Rights Movement — Image featured in Leigh Raiford’s Interview How Civil Rights Photos Have Been Used and Remembered.”
The Democratic Lens: Photography and Civic Engagement discussion series is made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the interviews, essays, lectures, programs, reports, and websites do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
[THE DEMOCRATIC LENS]
THE DEMOCRATIC LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CONTENT OVERVIEW — THEDEMOCRATICLENS.ORG/OVERVIEW
ESSAYS
• What AI can Teach Us About Interpreting Photos – Kim Beil, Ph D
• The Persistent Demand for Misinformation and Fake Images – Holly Stuart Hughes
• Imaging as Activism – Lucy R. Lippard
• What Can’t Be Unseen: Photography and Activism – Kymberly Pinder, Ph.D.
• Photographic Portraits as Social Capital and Social Theft – Laura Wexler, Ph.D.
INTERVIEWS
• So Many Cameras, So Many Issues – Kim Beil, Ph.D.
• On Artists Call, Arts Activism and Solidarity – Erina Duganne
• Images of Traumatic Histories – Kymberly Pinder, Ph.D.
• How Civil Rights Photos Have Been Used and Remembered – Leigh Raiford, Ph.D.
• Race, Citizenship, and Self Image in 19th Century American Photography – Shawn Michelle Smith, Ph.D.
• Dorothea Lange: Documenting the Depression, Migration, and Forced Relocation –Dyanna Taylor
• Lewis Hine’s Impact on Labor, Immigration, and PhotoJournalism – Leslie Ureña, Ph.D.
• Women, Domestic Images, and Imperial Ambitions – Laura Wexler, Ph.D.
• On War Photography, and Empathy – Anne Wilkes Tucker
• Troubling NDN Pictures: Challenging the Historic Representation of Indigenous People –Will Wilson
LECTURES
• Photography, Ecology, Democracy – Makeda Best, Ph D
• How We Teach the Truth: Vision and Justice – Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Ph D
• Imaging as Activism – Lucy R. Lippard
• What Can’t Be Unseen: Photography and Activism – Kymberly Pinder, Ph.D.
• “Deep Into What I’m Seeing”: Photography and The Making and Unmaking of Black Citizenship – Leigh Raiford, Ph.D.
• War/Photography: Empathy As A Perspective – Anne Wilkes Tucker
• Photography and Restitution: The Civil Potential of the Image – Laura Wexler, Ph D
Barbara Boissevain special collector's edition of "Salt of the Earth"
Alex Harris, Tesuque Bingo, Tesuque, NM, August 1985, Archival Pigment Print
[DISCOVER SANTA FE]
THE REVIEW SANTA FE PHOTO CONFERENCE IS HELD IN SANTA FE, NM, AT THE LA FONDA ON THE PLAZA.
Santa Fe, NM, known as “The City Diff erent,” is home to a wealth of arts, culture, and history. Originally home to the Tewa people, Santa Fe is one of the longest inhabited cities in the country, and the oldest state capitol. Visitors come to the city to experience the rich culture, and to be immersed in the breathtaking landscapes.
New Mexico’s legacy of photographic excellence began with the medium’s most definingnames. Photographs of New Mexico preceded its statehood due to expeditions led by Timothy O’Sullivan, among others, who documented newly opened territories of the West. Art Patron Mabel Dodge Luhan invited visitors, including Paul Strand, Edward Weston, and Alfred Stieglitz’ wife, Georgia O’Keefe, who eventually made her home in New Mexico. The University of New Mexico photography program attracted esteemed educators, including historian Beaumont Newhall, and photographers Van Deren Coke and Patrick Nagatani. The University of New Mexico Museum, the New Mexico History Museum’s Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, and the New Mexico Museum of Fine Art all count as outstanding photographic collections and host regular exhibitions. CENTER is honored to be a part of Santa Fe’s unique photographic history as it celebrates 30 years in 2024.
AIRPORT & GROUND
TRANSPORTATION —
You can travel to Santa Fe a few ways. The City of Santa Fe has a small airport located about 14 miles from the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel, flysantafe.com.Mor e fl ights are available via the Albuquerque Sunport, the nearest international airport. Santa Fe is located an hour north of Albuquerque. Rental cars and Groome Transportation off er airport shuttle service. If you plan to drive, Santa Fe is located on the historic Route 66.
[DESTINATION MAP]
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CENTER event locations, exhibitions, and bookstores in Santa Fe, NM.
[REVIEW SANTA FE LOCATIONS]
[1]LA FONDA ON THE PLAZA HOTEL • Nov. 1 - 3 • 100 E. San Francisco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 •lafondasantafe.com
[2]THE MARKET PAVILION • Portfolio Walk & Book Fair • Nov. 2 • 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501 •santafefarmersmarket.com
[3]WEBSTER ENTERPRISES • The Plaza, 54 ½ Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87501 • 505-954-9500 •webster-enterprises.com
[THINGS TO DO & SEE AROUND NEW MEXICO]
[4]BOSTICK & SULLIVAN • 1541 Center Dr, Santa Fe, 87507 • bostick-sullivan.com • 505-474-0890
[5]EDITION ONE GALLERY • 729 Canyon Rd. Santa Fe, 87501 • editiononegallery.com
[6]GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM • 217 Johnson St. Santa Fe, 87501 • okeeffemuseum.org
[7]MEOW WOLF • 1352 Rufina Cir, Santa Fe, 87507 • meowwolf.com/visit/santa-fe
[8]NEW MEXICO HISTORY MUSEUM • 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, 87501 • nmhistorymuseum.org
[9]NM MUSEUM OF ART VLADEM CONTEMPORARY • 404 Montezuma Ave., Santa Fe, 87501 •nmartmuseum.org/vladem-contemporary/
[10]OBSCURA GALLERY • 225 Delgado Street • 505-577-6708 • obscuragallery.net
[11]PHOTO-EYE BOOKSTORE & GALLERY • 1300 Rufina Circle A3, Santa Fe, 87507 • photoeye.com •505-988-5159
[12]UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO ART MUSEUM • 203 Cornell Dr. NE, Albuquerque, 87106 •artmuseum.unm.edu • 505-277-4001
[BECOME A CENTER MEMBER]
Join CENTER, a network of leading industry professionals and committed photographers. Standard benefits include discounts on entry fees, special invitations to networking events, free access to seminars, and more!
[MEMBERSHIP LEVELS & BENEFITS]
$35 • Alumni/Student/Senior 65+ • standard benefits
$55 • Individual • standard benefits
$120 • Supporting • all of the above benefits + online listing inclusion, 40-minute consultation
$300 • Patron • all of the above benefits + featured photographic book
$500 • Sustaining • all of the above benefits + vip access to CENTER events
$1000 • Benefactor • all of the above benefits + collectible print
For more information on how to join CENTER’s Member Circle, please visit — CENTERSANTAFE.ORG/MEMBERSHIP
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Image: Kimono Boys In The Dreamy Snow” from the series ZAIDO © Yukari Chikura — Purchase
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30th Anniversary Print Sale.
[THANK YOU]
CENTER would like to thank those who make our programs possible: The Gumbo Foundation, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, the Herb Ritts Foundation, the City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Department, New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, our members, friends, and donors.
[ADMINISTRATION]
DEBORAH ESPINOSA, M.A., J.D. • Director of Engagement
WHITNEY WERNICK • Programs Manager
LAURA WZOREK PRESSLEY. M.P.A. • Executive Director
[BOARD OF DIRECTORS]
EVAN ANDERMAN, PH.D. • Board Vice-President & Photographer
REID CALLANAN • Board Treasurer & Director, Santa Fe Workshops
TONY CHIRINOS • Photographer & Educator
STUART COHEN • Photographer & Author
ONDREA HIDLEY • Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft & Photographer
BEVERLY MARTIN • Educator & Designer
PETER OGILVIE • Photographer
ROLAND PABST • Board Secretary & Engineer
KYMBERLY PINDER, PH.D. • Curator & Stavros Niarchos Foundation Dean, Yale School of Art, Yale University
MARY SLOANE • Photographer
DYANNA TAYLOR • Board President & Cinematographer
WILL WILSON • Photographer & Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin
[ADVISORY COUNCIL]
MARY ANNE REDDING • Curator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
ALINE SMITHSON • Photographer, Educator & Founder, LENSCRATCH
HOLLY STUART HUGHES • Independent Editor & Writer
AMBER TERRANOVA • Photo Director, Educator, & Visual Arts Producer
SANTIAGO VANEGAS • Photographer Partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax
