Two years ago, I met Lisa Volpe, Curator of Photography at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for an online portfolio review and then we met again last year in person at FotoFest in Houston. Her enthusiastic advice and insights allowed me to resolve a compositional and visual problem within my  work that...

By her own reckoning, Arnika Dawkins “is passionate about connecting collectors to artwork that is significant, inspiring and provocative.” But she is so much more than that. Arnika Dawkins Gallery opened its doors in 2012 in a historic cottage in the thriving Cascade neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia,...

Kris Graves is a dynamic and entrepreneurial artist whose work addresses social and cultural problems and aims to elevate the representation of people of color in the fine art canon. His landscapes and portraits amplify the stories of those in the margins, and emphasize the importance of memory. As a photographer,...

By Elin Spring My first meeting with Nancy Kathryn Burns, Worcester Art Museum Stoddard Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, was a happy accident. She was leading some visitors through an exhibit I had driven from Boston to see and I quietly latched onto the group. Before long, I couldn’t...

By Elin Spring A modern Renaissance woman, Julie Grahame juggles a career as photography consultant, curator, reviewer, writer and speaker. Publisher of the online photography magazine aCurator.com, she is senior representative for the Estate of Yousuf Karsh, and currently sits on the Board of the American...

By Elin Spring For some years, I have admired the innovative ways that the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts curates and exhibits their impressive photographic holdings. Whether exclusively photographic or multi-media, drawn from their archives or visiting...

I had been admiring Jennifer Shaw’s dreamy, visceral photographs for some time when I heard the news: she would be the 2018 Juror for the Somerville Toy Camera Festival (STCF), my favorite September event! An avid photographic experimenter and compelling visual storyteller based in New Orleans, Shaw...

Richard McCabe wears many hats: recently published fine art photographer, Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and now, celebrity Guest Juror for the Griffin Museum of Photography’s 24th Annual Juried Exhibition! I caught up with the talented Mr. McCabe as he blew...

In late 2015, Sarah Kennel came aboard as The Byrne Family Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. She is co-curator of this summer’s blockbuster Sally Mann exhibit, “A Thousand Crossings”, along with her former boss at the National Gallery...

In the world of theatre, a “triple threat” is a performer who can act, sing and dance. In the world of photography, a “triple threat” is Kat Kiernan, photographer, writer/editor and curator. As someone who understands the field from so many angles, I was delighted when I heard that Panopticon...