After looking doing a little research I definitely want to check out the SPE National Conference because:

“The Society for Photographic Education is a nonprofit membership organization that provides and fosters an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the society seeks to promote a broader understanding of the medium in all its forms through teaching and learning, scholarship, and criticism.”

It sounds so exciting and if you watch the video below you’ll see why!

2013 Society for Photographic Education National Conference in Chicago from Walker Pickering on Vimeo.

Even though it has been sold out twice in a row now, and overly crowded the question remains… WHY WAS I NOT THERE?!
Most importantly I want to go to SPE to drink coffee and talk to Professionals as well as the students who participate in the workshop. I’m always looking for ways to improve and open to any advice.

In the future I would really love to get involved with SPE and possibly get free stttuuufffff (who doesn’t love free things?)

Another that I am interested in is PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo

PhotoPlus seems like a legit place to go because there are approximately over 24,000 professional photographers that attend; portfolio reviews are included; and people get to test out new-coming technology! It sounds similar to Photoshop World but Photoplus seems to expand further in the area of testing technology as well as professionals who attend either way they’re all thrilling.

Later on – in the far future, when I’m a little wiser – I want to attend the many International Photo Festivals that are held.

:)

Quick hike to NYC for the Photoexpo.

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On my way to New York with a friend for a day of enjoying photography. First PhotoExpo at the Javits Center. A massive room, filled with booths displaying all the latest photo gear. And packed! Thousands of people jamming the aisles. Happily, I was quite serene. I like the cameras I have, and didn’t need to feverishly pepper the Nikon and Olympus reps with questions.

Then on to Pace-McGill in midtown to see “Archaeology,” a show of Irving Penn’s platinum still lifes. I saw this work in New York when it was first shown in the 80s, and I still find it intense and interesting.

And we finished the day at the International Center for Photography with a show called “The Mexican Suitcase,” photos from the Spanish Civil War by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and David Seymour. The negatives were thought to have been lost in the chaos of the war, although they were often rumored to be in a suitcase somewhere in Mexico. A couple of years ago, they turned up in Brazil, quite an astonishing moment in the history of photography.

My photos are from the train ride into the city. I was experimenting with the high-contrast black and white setting on my camera. It was in many ways a perfect East Coast day. A bit somber, with an overcast sky that made everything seem very serious. And life’s own contrasts were in sharp evidence . . . the environments seen here from the train window juxtaposed with the cool, silent gallery on 57th street, displaying immaculately beautiful photographs with a selling price of $70,000.