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Review Santa Fe
For more than 20 years, the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium has provided opportunities for photographers and lens-based artists to expand their audiences, engage in critical discussions and connect with their community. One of the country’s original juried portfolio review events, Review Santa Fe marks its 23rd year in November 2024.
Our premier program serves local, national and international constituents, offering portfolio reviews with esteemed industry professionals from such organizations as National Geographic, The Washington Post, Harvard Art Museums, the Phoenix Museum of Art and many more. For non-participating photographers and photo enthusiasts, Review Santa Fe includes a public exposition and book fair, scholar lectures and more. Please refer to our event schedule for details.
FREE AND PUBLIC ACCESS • Please join us in person in Santa Fe, NM, for the Portfolio Walk and Book Fair on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Pavilion. On Sunday, CENTER’s 2024 award winners and grant recipients make their public Project Presentations downtown at the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel.
INVITED PHOTOGRAPHERS • Each year during CENTER’s Call for Entries, lens-based artists from across the globe submit their work for consideration. An independent selection committee ranks projects, and the highest-scoring work receives invitations to participate in Review Santa Fe. All invited artists receive up to nine 20-minute Portfolio Reviews with the Reviewers, inclusion in the Portfolio Walk Public Exposition, Private Receptions, and inclusion in the Photographers Listing & Archive.
View this year’s invited photographers via our Photographers Listing.
2022 Portfolio Walk © CENTER
Portfolio Walk & Book Fair
Each year the Review Santa Fe Portfolio Walk & Book Fair brings together a global network of 100 selected lens-based artists and 50+ representatives from museums, publications, book publishers and media outlets.
For one night only, this lively event creates a rare opportunity to engage with a broad range of vetted photographic and lens-based projects and the artists behind the work. The work on view encompasses some of today’s most pressing social, environmental and political issues, along with stellar contemporary art projects.
In addition to the artworks on display, notable photographic book publishers, indie publications, and art books will be showcased. Newly released publications will be for sale by publishers including Axle Contemporary, Bella Forte Designs, Blurb, Dear Dave, Magazine, HurleyMedia, Photographic Center Northwest, Saint Lucy Books, Santa Fe Workshops, University of New Mexico Art, Luminosity Labs: Workshop Arts, ZEKE Magazine and others.
WHEN • Saturday, November 2, 2024, 6:00–8:00 PM MT
WHERE • The Farmers’ Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM
HOW • Free and Public
“Mary Ann Garcia shares images from her youth in the Catholic school on mission grounds." © Robert Pluma
Project Presentations
Each year, CENTER recognizes photographic excellence and innovative contributions to the field through its Awards and Project Grants. As part of CENTER’s career advancement packages, these selected photographers are invited to discuss their projects and processes in a public forum during the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium at the annual Project Presentations.
On Sunday, November 3, photographer and CENTER Board Vice President Evan Anderman, Ph.D., moderates an intimate discussion and audience Q&A with CENTER’s 2024 Award and Project Grant winners.
• Transitional Realms by Sara Abbaspour, Project Development Grant
• Where They Still Remain by Austin Bryant, Project Launch Grant
• An Impossibly Normal Life by Matthew Finley, Personal Award
• A Matter of When: Stories of New Mexico’s Downwinders by Sofie Hecht, Socially Engaged Award
• Hidden Histories of San Antonio by Robert Pluma, Multimedia Award
• Mergining Dimensions by Anna Reed, Me&Eve Award
• No Agua, No Vida: The Human Alteration of the Colorado River by John Trotter, Environmental Award
WHEN • Sunday, November 3, 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM MT
WHERE • Hosted in person at the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel in downtown Santa Fe and Livestream via Zoom
HOW • Free and Public
Mark Your Calendar
Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the following Review Santa Fe programs
FRIDAY, NOV 1, 2024
CHECK-IN • PRIVATE
4:00 – 6:00 PM MT
OPENING LECTURE • PRIVATE
6:00 – 7:00 PM MT
WELCOME RECEPTION • PRIVATE
7:00 – 8:00 PM MT
SATURDAY, NOV 2, 2024
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION A • PRIVATE
10:00 AM – 3:30 PM MT
PORTFOLIO WALK AND BOOK FAIR • FREE AND PUBLIC
6:00 – 8:00 PM MT
The Farmers’ Market Pavilion, Santa Fe Railyard
SUNDAY, NOV 3, 2024
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION B • PRIVATE
9:00 AM – 12:50 PM MT
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS • FREE AND PUBLIC
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
New Mexico Room, La Fonda and Livestream on Zoom
READING ROOM • FREE AND PUBLIC
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Santa Fe Room, La Fonda
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION C • PRIVATE
2:00 – 5:25 PM MT
CLOSING EVENT • PRIVATE
5:30 – 7:30 PM MT
Volunteers at Review Santa Fe © CENTER
2022 Portfolio Walk © CENTER
Confirmed Portfolio Reviewers
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Ysabel Pinyol Blasi
Monira Foundation
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Christian Waguespack
New Mexico Museum of Art & Vladem Contemporary
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Crista Dix
Griffin Museum of Photography
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Lauryn Hill
AARP
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Michael Kirchoff
Analog Forever Magazine & Catalyst: Interviews
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Mary Anne Redding
Turchin Center for Visual Arts
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Jackson Siegal
CLAMP Art
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Sandra M. Stevenson
The Washington Post
Supporters
The Review Santa Fe programs are generously supported by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, the Herb Ritts Foundation, the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department, New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax –
2024 PROGRAM • Review Santa Fe will take place in historic downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 1 - 3, 2024. Please note, CENTER reserves the right to make necessary changes to the programs and participant registration status to ensure the safety of its staff, participants, and the public. Thank you for understanding.
ACCESSIBILITY • Sign-language interpretation, program guides, assistive listening devices, and other guest facilitation are all available upon request. Please contact us to inform us of your needs - programs@visitcenter.org.
HEALTH & SAFETY POLICY • To keep our community safe, we may require proof of negative COVID tests for participants and those traveling internationally ahead of the program. Masks are highly encouraged for all events.