Thursday, March 4th – Sunday, March 7th, Philadelphia will be the site of The Society for Photographic Education’s 47th National conference, presented this year in collaboration with the photography organization En Foco. Entitled Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts, the conference will examine the state of diversity in the field of photography and the art world and will feature talks by Dawoud Bey, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Veronica Passalacqua and Kip Fulbeck.

Visit Aperture at Booth # 25 in the exhibition hall all at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown — the event is open to the public.

On Friday, March 5th, from 6:00-9:00 pm, the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center will host a book signing and reception. Artists Hank Willis Thomas, Dr. Deborah Willis, John Willis, Richard Renaldi, Susan Lipper, Justin Kimball, Lisa Kereszi, David Graham and Dawoud Bey will be available to sign books.

For a schedule of the conference’s events and general information click here

Click here to buy Dawoud Bey’s Class Pictures

Click here to buy Hank Willis Thomas’ Pitch Blackness

Click here to buy Richard Renaldi’s Fall River Boys

Tags: Dawoud Bey, Deborah Willis, Hank Willis Thomas, Richard Renaldi

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