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ACP Workshops & Portfolio Reviews

ACP 2021 Portfolio Review

Updated: 20210727


ACP Portfolio Review & Workshop Archive

ACP 2021 Portfolio Review & Workshop

May 13 / June 4 & 5, 2021

2021’s distinguished photographers, reviewers & workshop leaders included:

Andy Adams – Curator & Director, FlakPhoto Projects
Kainaz Amaria – Visuals Editor, Vox
Rob Beinner – Photography Producer & Editor
Honore Brown – Senior Photo Editor, Wonderful Machine
Coco Conroy – Gallery Director, Jackson Fine Art
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery
Jon Dean – Editor in Chief, WUSSY Mag
Polly Irungu – Founder, Black Women Photographers
Maria Kelly – Curatorial Assistant of Photography, High Museum of Art
Cameron Kirkland – Cam Kirk Studios & Collective Gallery
Shane Lavalette – Artist and Co-founder, Assembly
Tara Pixley – Independent Photojournalist & Photo Editor
Sheila Pree Bright – Fine Art Photographer
Ben Rollins – Photographer
Irina Rozovsky – The Humid
Danielle Scruggs – Getty Images Picture Desk Editor
Aline Smithson – Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Lenscratch
V. Elizabeth Turk – Savannah College of Art & Design
Lynsey Weatherspoon – Photographer
Jennifer Yoffy – Publisher, Yoffy Press


ACP 2018 Photographers’ Conference

Friday/Saturday, Oct. 19th & 20th, 2018

2018’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders included:
Richard Renaldi  Photographer
Holly Andres  Photographer
Sue Morrow – Editor, News Photographer magazine
Matt Eich  Photographer
Derek Blanks  Photographer
Kelly Sidley  Curatorial Assistant, Dept. of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY
Morrigan McCarthy  National Picture Editor, The New York Times

Reviewers / Consultants:
Barbara Griffin – President, Barbara Griffin Productions, Atlanta
Erin J. Nelson  Curatorial Assistant of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Matthew Rond  Photo Editor, Turner
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art
Jennifer Yoffy – Owner, Yoffy Press


ACP 2016 Portfolio Review & Walk

Saturday, Oct. 8th & 9th, 2016

2016’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Bill Boling – Founder, Fall Line Press – Atlanta, GA
Taylor Curry – Co-founder, Aint–Bad Magazine – Savannah, GA (bio)
Mia Dalglish – Owner, Pictura Gallery – Bloomington, IN
Dennis Darling – Photographer, Professor, University of Texas at Austin – Austin, TX
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery – Atlanta, GA
Shane Lavalette – Photographer, Director, LightWork – Syracuse, NY (bio)
Mindaugas Kavaliauskas – Director, Kaunas Photo Festival (Lithuania)
Maria Kelly & Greg Harris – Curatorial Assistant and Assistant Curator, Department of Photography, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Michael Pannier – Founder, Southeastern Center for Photography – Greenville, SC
Shannon Perich – Curator, History of Photography Collection, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History – Washington, DC (bio)
Jeff Rich – Photographer, Professor, Curator, Oxford American Magazine’s “Eye on the South” – Iowa City, IA
Michele Romero – Photo Editor, Entertainment Weekly Magazine – New York, NY
David Rosenberg – Editor, Behold photoblog (Slate.com)
Carson Sanders – Co-founder, Aint–Bad Magazine – Savannah, GA
Jennifer Schwartz – Founder, Crusade for Art – Atlanta, GA
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art – Atlanta, GA (bio
Sybylla Smith – Independent curator, Photographic consultant – Boston, MA (bio)
Sasha Wolf – Owner, Sasha Wolf Gallery – NYC, NY (bio
Tracey Woods – Associate Photo Editor, Essence Magazine – New York, NY (bio)
Tim Wride – Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art – Palm Beach, FL (bio)

Roving Reviewers:
Clint Alwahab – Senior Photo Editor, CNN – Atlanta, GA (bio)
Eric Pickersgill — Photographer, founder thegallery145.com
Mary Stanley – Founder – Young Collectors Club


ACP 2015 Portfolio Review & Walk

2015’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
David Bram – Founder, Fraction Magazine; Co-founder, Flashpowder Projects
Alyssa Coppelman – Independent photo editor
Catherine Couturier – Owner, Catherine Couturier Gallery
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery
Jim Estrin – Founder, NY Times Lensblog
Bryan Formhals – Founder & Host, The LPV Show
Hava Gurevich – Director, Art2Art Circulating Exhibitions
Maria Kelly – Curatorial Assistant of Photography & Exhibitions, High Museum of Art
Michael Kochman – Creative Director, Image, Turner Broadcasting Systems
Paul Martineau – Associate Curator Department of Photographs, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Dina Mitrani – Owner, Dina Mitrani Gallery
Mark Murrmann – Photo Editor, Mother Jones Magazine
Jennifer Schwartz – Founder, Crusade for Art; Co-founder Flashpowder Projects
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art
Aline Smithson – Photographer & Founder, Lenscratch
Gordon Stettinius – Publisher, Candela Books; Owner, Candela Gallery

Roving VIP (on site the day of the reviews, and additional opportunity to get exposure for your work):
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club
Carson Sanders and Taylor Curry of Aint–Bad Magazine


ACP 2014 Portfolio Review & Walk

2014’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Elizabeth Avedon – Independent Curator, Contributor L’Oeil de la Photography, NY
Brie Castell – Owner, Castell Photography Gallery, Asheville, NC
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Parker Eshelman – Photo Editor, The Wall Street Journal, NY
Taj Forer – Co-founder, Daylight Books, NC
Greg Harris – Assistant Curator, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
W.M. Hunt – Photography Collector, Curator and Consultant, NY
Michael Kochman – Artistic Director, Image, Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA
Paul Kopeikin – Owner, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Brenda Massie – Director, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Jeff Rich – Photographer, Curator of Oxford American Magazine’s Eyes on the South, Asst. Professor University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Storm Janse van Rensburg – Independent contemporary art curator, Berlin, Germany
Eve Schillo – Curatorial Assistant, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Schwartz – Founder, Crusade for Art, Atlanta, GA
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
John N. Wall – Creator & Editor, The Southern Photographer, NC
Rick Wester – Owner, Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC, NY

Roving VIP’s (on site the day of the reviews, and additional opportunity to get exposure for your work):
Matthew Rond – Photo Editor, Image, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club
Dan Winters – Photographer


ACP 2013 Portfolio Review & Walk

2013’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Ernesto Bazan – accomplished international photographer, lecturer, instructor and author, Veracruz, Mexico
Elisabeth Biondi – Independent Curator, NYC, NY
William Boling – Founder & Publisher, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, GA
Debi Campbell – Project Manager, Photo Shoot Production, Scripps Networks Interactive, Knoxville, TN
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Jason Francisco – Photographer, Assoc. Professor, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Dennis Kiel – Chief Curator, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Michael Kochman – Artistic Director, Image Management, Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA
Brenda Massie – Director, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Richard McCabe – Curator of Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Martin McNamara – Director, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA
David Rosenberg – Editor, Behold photo blog (Slate.com)
Jennifer Schwartz – Owner, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Lauren Steele – Managing Editor of Reportage, Getty Images, NYC, NY
Barbara Tannenbaum – Curator of Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Jonathan Woods – Senior Photo Editor, TIME.com

Roving VIPs (on-site the day of the reviews, and additional opportunity to get exposure for your work)
Matthew Rond – Photo Editor, Image Management, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and contributing editor for CNN Photos blog
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club


ACP 2012 Portfolio Review & Walk

2012’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
Brett Abbott – Curator of Photographs, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Bill Boling – Publisher, Fall Line Press, Atlanta, GA
David Bram – Founder / Editor, Fraction Magazine, New Mexico
Arnika Dawkins – Owner, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Jason Francisco – Photographer, Assoc. Professor of Photography, Emory Univ. Atlanta, GA
Lisa Kurzner – Independent Curator, Cleveland, OH
Jason Landry – Owner, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
Wally Mason – Director, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Brenda Massie – Director, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Kirsten Rian – Independent Curator, Portland, OR
Bill Schwab – Publisher, North Light Press, Detroit, MI
Jennifer Schwartz – Owner, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Chip Simone – Photographer, Atlanta, GA
Anna Skillman – Owner, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Paul Stanek – Photo Editor, Wonderful Machine, PA
Gordon Stettinius – Owner, Candela Books + Gallery. Richmond, VA
Brian Ulrich – Photographer, Asst. Professor of Photography, Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Richmond, VA

Roving VIPs (on-site the day of the reviews, and additional opportunity to get exposure for your work)
Matthew Rond – Photo Editor, Image Management, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and contributing editor for CNN Photos blog
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club


ACP 2011 Portfolio Review & Walk

2011’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
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 2010 Portfolio Review & Walk

2010’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
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 2009 Portfolio Review & Walk

2009’s distinguished panel of reviewers included:
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 2008 Portfolio Review & Walk

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 2007 Portfolio Review & Walk

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