2022’s distinguished photographers, video artists, reviewers & workshop leaders included:

• Aline Smithson, Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Curator, LENSCRATCH – Photo Reviewer
• André Ramos-Woodard & Jennifer Marion, Co-founders, the space in between – Photo Reviewer
• Anneka Herre, Program Director, Light Work, Urban Video Project – Video Art Reviewer
• Anne Kelly, Gallery Director, photo-eye Gallery – Photo Reviewer
• Claire A. Warden, Artist – Photo Reviewer & Artist Talk Presenter
• Jasmine Amussen, Editor, Burnaway – Photo Reviewer
• Jeff Rich, Artist, Professor of Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design – Photo Reviewer
• Jeffrey Richmond-Moll, Curator of American Art, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia – Photo & Video Art Reviewer
• June T Sanders, Artist / Educator / Curator – Photo Reviewer
• Kay Tuttle, Executive Director, The Light Factory – Photo Reviewer
• Maria L. Kelly, Assistant Curator of Photography, High Museum of Art -Photo Reviewer
• Michael Kirchoff, Artist / Editor in Chief, Analog Forever Magazine / Founding Editor, Catalyst: Interviews / Contributing Editor, One Twelve Publishing – Photo Reviewer
• Priya Kambli, Artist / Educator – Photo Reviewer & Artist Talk Presenter
• Rebecca Drolen, Artist / Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas School of Art – Photo Reviewer
• Shaminder Dulai, Independent editor, photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, founder of PhotoWalk Cities – Photo Reviewer
• Stephanie Dowda DeMer, Executive Director, Atlanta Celebrates Photography – Video Art Reviewer
• Zen Cohen, Artist / Founder & Curator, Open Air Media Festival / Assistant Professor of Art and Film Studies, Coe College – Video Art Reviewer

Professional Practice Artist Talks 2022

• Building a Studio Practice with Claire A. Warden
• Building a Professional Artist Network with Priya Kambli

Equity Scholarship Winners 2022

• Ash Hagerstrand
• Eliza Aviña
• Kei Ito
• Mark Anthony Brown Jr
• Raul Rodriguez
• Semaj Campbell

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

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, 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

2016’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders included:

Bill Boling – Founder, Fall Line Press – Atlanta, GA
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

2015’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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)
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club

2014’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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)
Matthew Rond – Photo Editor, Image, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
Mary Stanley – Owner, Mary Stanley Studio, founder Young Collectors Club
Dan Winters – Photographer

ACP Portfolio Review 2013

2013’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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)
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

2012’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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)
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

2011’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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 traveling 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

2010’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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

2009’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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

2008’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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

2007’s distinguished photographers, reviewers, & workshop leaders 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