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We're fired-up about our list of reviewers this year, and wanted to share with you bios of a few of the reviewers (and their photos, of course). Here's Anna Skillman, owner and director of Jackson Fine Art.
Anna Skillman is the owner and director of Jackson Fine Art located in Atlanta, GA. Anna Walker Skillman has been active in the arts community for the last 13 years. After graduating in Art History from the University of Georgia in 1991, she began her career working at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco. In 1993, Anna moved to Atlanta to manage the studio of artist Todd Murphy. After working with Mr. Murphy, Anna turned to photography and joined Jackson Fine Art in 1997. In March of 2003, she purchased Jackson Fine Art from Jane Jackson, who became curator of the collection of Sir Elton John. As gallery director and co-curator for the past eight years, Ms. Walker Skillman is committed to a reputation of excellence in exhibiting photography by both emerging and established artists; with a focus on a blend of 20th century and contemporary work. Her commitment to Atlanta is to educate collectors and art enthusiasts as well as exhibit and support leading photographers locally, nationally and internationally. In addition, she has served on the board of AIPAD, the Association of International Photography Dealers.
Ms. Skillman seeks to review complete bodies of work with no more than 25 photographs in the portfolio. Ms. Skillman is interested in innovative artists with a strong knowledge of the medium, its diverse processes and history. She prefers to see finished prints presented in the size in which they are intended for exhibition. Ms. Skillman does not like to see scans, slides and print offs of the image for presentation.
We're fired-up about our list of reviewers this year, and wanted to share with you bios of a few of the reviewers (and their photos, of course). Here's Clint Alwahab, Senior Photo Editor, CNN.
Clint Alwahab is a Senior Photo Editor for CNN Digital, overseeing daily production and distribution of all photography across CNN's desktop, mobile web and mobile apps. He is based in the CNN world headquarters in Atlanta.
CNN Photos engages audiences across platforms and enhances storytelling by showcasing photography that is unique, dynamic and informative. We spotlight the best pictures and photo stories from around the world while establishing the CNN brand in the photojournalism community.
Clint can provide feedback on a range of imagery, but focuses mostly on documentary photojournalism. From daily and breaking news coverage to long term storytelling, he can give guidance on shooting and editing as well as presenting your work to major news outlets.
Sasha Wolf Projects represents emerging and mid-career fine art photographers. We work to place our artists in important private and public collections, edit and support various publications and curate and support exhibitions. SWP is a member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD).
Sasha Wolf reviews or judges work for leading art institutions and fairs numerous times a year (Photo NOLA, ICP, SVA, The New York Times, Women in Photography, Daylight, Look 3, NY Photo Festival) and conducts workshops around the country for artists on working with art galleries (Columbia University MFA, School of Visual Arts MFA, Photo NOLA, Look3, Aperture Foundation).
Sasha Wolf opened her Gallery in the summer of 2007 after spending a number of years as a private photography dealer. Prior to her work in the fine art photography world she was a writer, director and producer in the film and television industries and an award winning short filmmaker. Her last film, Joe, was nominated for the Palme d'Or du court métrage at Cannes and has screened all over the world.
We're fired-up about our list of reviewers this year, and wanted to share with you bios of a few of the reviewers (and their photos, of course). Here's Shannon Perich, Curator, History of Photography Collection, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Shannon Thomas Perich is the Curator in the Photographic History Collection, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. She is also the Project Director for a new floor dedicated to the history of American Culture opening in 2018. She has curated many exhibitions including Laughing Matters (2016) and Country: Portraits of an American Sound at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. Her essay included in Charles Mintz book Lustron Stories will be published this fall by Ohio State Press. Previous publications include The Changing Face of Portrait Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital and The Kennedys, Richard Avedon's photographs of JFK's family just before his inauguration. She is an occasional blogger for americanhistory.si.edu. Her collecting focus aspires to triangulate photography with an exploration of individual stories and lives, and a larger national narrative.
Perich is interested in photography of any genre and format that explores question about what it means to be American, responses to popular culture, and intersections with the history of photography. She is open to discussing your projects, advice on Smithsonian internships and fellowships, and how to use historical collections for your work.
We're fired-up about our list of reviewers this year, and wanted to share with you bios of a few of the reviewers (and their photos, of course). Here's Tim B. Wride, Curator of Photography, Norton Museum of Art.
Tim B. Wride joined the staff at the Norton Museum of Art in 2011. Since that time he has mounted fifteen exhibitions including Outside/In: Florida Photographers Face-to-Face with the Permanent Collection, Clubs, Joints, and Honky-Tonks: Photographers experience the Music World, to name a few. Mr. Wride also coordinated the Norton installations for Elegant Enigmas. Since his arrival he has grown the collection by more than 2000 objects and has commissioned 8 artists to create works specifically for the museum.
Prior to joining the Norton Museum, Tim was the founding director of a non-profit foundation that provided cash grants to artist and was a Curator in the Department of Photographs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for 14 years. During his tenure at LACMA, he curated more than 25 permanent collection focus exhibitions as well as larger survey and monographic exhibitions including P.L.A.N.: Photography Los Angeles Now.
As an independent, Wride curated the exhibition, Street Sight, which was the first examination of the unique hybrid of Street Photography in Southern California; and later received a grant to curate Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community which was presented at the University of Southern California as part of the J. Paul Getty Foundation's regional initiative to document previously unexplored areas of the region's art historical influences.
Wride will look at anything in front of him. Be warned, however, he will also tell you what he thinks and will expect you to be as thoughtful and able to express your ideas as he is.
We're fired-up about our list of reviewers this year, and wanted to share with you bios of a few of the reviewers (and their photos, of course). Here's Taylor Curry, of Aint–Bad Magazine!
Taylor Curry (b. 1988) received his B.F.A. in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2012. His photographic work focuses mostly on the use of cameraless photographic processes and exploration of the medium. He is a founding member of Aint–Bad Magazine - An Independent Publisher of New Photographic Art. He is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York.