Portfolio Review Archive
Ash Hagerstrand, Equity Scholarship Winner 2022
Ash Hagerstrand, Equity Scholarship Winner 2022

Portfolio Review 2022

Photography & Video Art Virtual Review

APRIL 29 + 30, 2022s

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

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

Virtual Portfolio Walkthrough 2022

ACP Portfolio Review 2021

May 13 / June 4 & 5, 2021

Photography Virtual Reviews

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 Portfolio Review 2018

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

Photography Portfolio Reviews

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2016

Friday/Saturday, Oct. 8th & 9th, 2016

Photography Portfolio Reviews

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2015

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2014

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

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2012

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2011

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2010

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2009

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2008

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

ACP Portfolio Review 2007

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