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ACP PROGRAMS - Portfolio Review
Added in 2005 at the request of photographers, the ACP Portfolio Review and Walk offers artists the opportunity to meet with highly respected curators, dealers, editors, and agency representatives from across the United States and beyond. The Portfolio Walk (following the review sessions) gives participating photographers the opportunity to present their work to the general public at an evening reception, open to all.

Sponsored in part by Turner Broadcasting and their "Turner Voices" initiative, 17 reviewers and 51 artists will meet one Saturday in October. Each photographer will meet privately with five reviewers for twenty minutes each. Every year we have many more applicants than available slots, so each application will be evaluated by ACP and a third-party judge to determine if the applicant may participate in the Reviews.

Please join our email list, or visit this page, to be notified once we begin accepting applications (around June). Registrants will be contacted with the results at the end of July. The cost of the review is $300 (for a minimum of 5 reviews).

Some participant feedback:

"I have been to a few reviews now and have to tell you Atlanta Celebrates Photography is a great event in the annals of the business and you did a great job in ensuring its success. Many thanks." - S.B., a 2010 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"I was in the ACP PortfolioReview and thanks to that I am now in a 'Landscape' group exhibition in Inner Mongolia, China." - W.S., a 2010 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"Thanks so much, in my personal experience was fantastic, My work got very good, honest, insightful and extremely helpful commentary, so hopefully it will transfer in advancement of the road I am walking on." - A.C., a 2010 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"The portfolio event is a really great resource! I am going to be part of Fraction magazine's December edition because of my meeting with David. I also met with the Blue Sky folks and they seemed very interested in my work." - J.R., a 2010 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"Just wanted to let you know that the ACP Portfolio Review 'system' works." -T.V., a 2009 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"I thought you might be interested in seeing this online auction -- my piece is included as a result of meeting Dan at ACP this year..." - L.N., a 2009 ACP Portfolio Review participant

"As a very direct result of the 2008 portfolio review, I have a portfolio published in the current issue of Lenswork Extended...thanks so much to ACP's Portfolio Review!!" - T.H., a 2008 ACP Portfolio Review Participant

ACP 2011 - PORTFOLIO REVIEW
ACP 2011 - PORTFOLIO WALK
10/01/2011 Through a juried review of all the applicants, 51 photographers were selected to participate. These photographers will display their portfolios to a distinguished panel of reviewers. This portion of the event is closed to the public.

2011's distinguished panel of reviewers includes:

Brett Abbott - Curator of Photographs, High Museum of Art
Matthew Brower - Curator, University of Toronto Art Centre (tent)
Hélène Joye-Cagnard - Co-Director, Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography
Darren Ching - Creative Director of PDN (Photo District News) and owner Klompching Gallery
Michael Itkoff - Editor, Daylight Magazine
Steven Kasher - Owner, Steven Kasher Gallery
Michael Kochman - Artistic Director, Image Management, Turner Broadcasting System
Alexandra Le Faou and Gordon Watkinson - Co-Directors, Foto + Synthesis travelling exhibitions
Michael Mazzeo - Owner, Michael Mazzeo Gallery
Brenda Massie - Director, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery
Kevin Miller - Director, Southeast Museum of Photography
Blue Mitchell - Founding Editor, Diffusion: Unconventional Photography; Curator/Founder, Plates to Pixels Gallery
Dana Salvo - co-owner Clark Gallery
Jennifer Schwartz - Owner, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery
Anna Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art
Katherine Ware - Curator of Photographs, New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts
Jennifer Ward - Deputy Curator, FotoFest

ACP 2011 Portfolio Walk
Calling all photographers, gallerists, collectors, curators, students, art consultants and photography lovers! You are invited to view the work of the 51 photographers who came from all over the United States to participate in the ACP Portfolio Reviews. Here you can also meet the distinguished panel of reviewers.

This will be a great opportunity to see what is happening right now on the international photography scene. Get inspired, buy some great art directly from the artist, or make your next big discovery.

This event is free and open to the public.

ACP 12 - PORTFOLIO REVIEW
ACP 12 - PORTFOLIO WALK
ACP 12 - PORTFOLIO LECTURE
10/16/2010
2010's distinguished panel of reviewers include:
Danielle Avram - Curatorial Assistant, Photography & Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art
David Bram - Founder, Fraction Mag, NM
Taj Forer - Editor, Daylight Magazine, NC
Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers Magazine, GA
Stuart Horodner - Artistic Director, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, GA
Michael Kochman - Creative Director, Turner Image Management, GA
Stella Kramer - Independent Photo Editor, Consultant, NY
Lisa Kurzner - Independent Curator, Writer, Art Consultant, OH
Yan Li and Li Shufeng - Curators, Beijing, China
Evan Mirapaul - collector, art critic, independent curator, NY
Laura Moya - Director, Photolucida, OR
Christopher Rauschenberg - Co-Founder, Co-Curator and Board Chairman, Blue Sky Gallery, OR
Anna Walker Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art, GA
Susan Todd-Raque - Private dealer, independent curator, GA
Paula Tognarelli - Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, MA
Caroline Wall - Director, Robert Mann Gallery

ACP 11 - PORTFOLIO REVIEW
ACP 11 - PORTFOLIO WALK
ACP 11 - PORTFOLIO LECTURE
10/10/2009
2009's distinguished panel of reviewers:
Andy Adams - Editor/Publisher, Flak Photo
Julian Cox - Head Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Ellen Fleurov - Director, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers Magazine, Atlanta, GA
Hannah Frieser - Director, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Stuart Horodner - Curator, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Jason Houston - Photo Editor, Orion Magazine
Lisa Kurzner - Independent Curator, Cleveland, OH
Michelle Dunn Marsh - Co-Publisher, Aperture magazine and Senior Editor, Chronicle Books
Andrea Meislin - Owner, Andrea Meislin Gallery, NY, NY
Michele Mosko - Owner, Michele Mosko Fine Art, Denver, CO
Charlie Stainback - Curator, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Susan Todd-Raque - Independent Curator, Educator and Dealer, Atlanta, GA
Anna Walker-Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
April Watson - Associate Curator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Sasha Wolf - Owner, Sasha Wolf Gallery, NY, NY

ACP 11 Portfolio Review Lecture
Michelle Dunn Marsh from Aperture
"The publishing world has changed more in the last five years than in the previous five centuries; what does this mean to the segment that is photo book publishing? Michelle Dunn Marsh will discuss some of the joys and challenges in the process of making art books today, including insights on the investment publishers and museums make in each book, the importance in considering what makes a great book, not just a portfolio of photographs, the evolutionary stages from a few prints to a finished book and the years in between, the new opportunities in self-producing books, and most important, the eternal joy and critical importance of experiencing photography in book form. Examples from a variety of books will be shown, and questions are most welcome."
ACP 11 Portfolio Review Lecture - Festival Guide Listing

ACP 11 Portfolio Walk
The public is invited to view the work of the photographers who participated in the Portfolio Review (from 6-8pm) and to meet the distinguished panel of reviewers. Participating photographers come from 17 states. This event will give you the rare opportunity to view, discuss and perhaps even purchase photographic works directly from this diverse group of talented artists. Collectors, Gallery Directors, Curators and Art Consultants, take note!

ACP 10 - PORTFOLIO REVIEW
ACP 10 - PORTFOLIO WALK
10/11/2008
2008's distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Sue Brisk - Independent Editorial Director, NYC, NY
Brian Clamp - Owner, Clampart, NYC, NY
Jorg Colberg- writer, curator and contemporary photoblogger, MA
Daniel Cooney - Owner, Cooney Fine Art, NYC, NY
Sean Corcoran - Curator of Photography, Museum of the City of New York
Julian Cox - Head Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Natasha Egan - Assoc. Dir. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Catherine Evans - Chief Curator, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Sylvie Fortin - Editor, Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
Brooks Jensen - Publisher, Lenswork, Anacortes, WA
Debra Klomp Ching - Co-Owner, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Carol McCusker - Curator, MOPA, San Diego, CA
Danielle Place - Creative Director, Photography Department, Turner Images, Atlanta, GA
Erik Schneider - Owner, Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
Anna Skillman - Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Madeline Yale - Director of Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX

ACP 9 - PORTFOLIO REVIEW
ACP 9 - PORTFOLIO WALK
10/06/2007
2007's distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Julian Cox - Head Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Amanda Doenitz - Independent Appraiser; Contributing Editor Art On Paper, LA
Michael Foley - Director of Foley Gallery, NY
Jason Fulford - Artist and Co-Founder of J&L Books, Brooklyn
Sylvie Fortin - Editor of Art Papers, Atlanta
Charles Guice - Owner, Charles Guice Contemporary Gallery, Berkeley
Stuart Horodner - Director of Programs, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Karen Irvine - Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Lisa Kurzner - Independent Curator and Critic, Atlanta
Anne Lyden - Associate Curator of Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, LA
Mary McClean - Mary McClean Art & Photo Research; Knopf Photo Dept., Random House, NYC
Amy Miller - Director of Photography, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
Kira Pollock - Photo Editor, New York Times Magazine, NYC
Anna Walker Skillman - Owner of Jackson Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta
Del Zogg - Manager of Works on Paper Study Center, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston