The Project Lab: Critique Group
Open to 2025 Review Santa Fe Photographers
We are excited to announce a new opportunity for all invited 2025 Review Santa Fe photographers — The Project Lab: Critique Group.
Building on the success of our past mentorship program, this new format creates a collaborative online space designed to help you prepare for Review Santa Fe while connecting with your peers. Through guided discussion and supportive feedback, you’ll refine your projects, sharpen your presentation skills, and feel more confident going into the reviews.
The Project Lab is facilitated by Tony Chirinos, photographic educator, multi-time Review Santa Fe alum, and Guggenheim Fellow. With his experience both as a reviewer and reviewee, Tony brings valuable insight into what makes a portfolio stand out.
WHEN • Saturday, September 13, 2025 - Saturday, January 17
WHERE • Hosted online through Zoom
HOW • Pre-registration is required - see below
SCHEDULE • (subject to change)
Saturday, September 13 • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM MT
Saturday, September 20 • 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM MT
Saturday, October 4 • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MT
Saturday, October 11 • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MT
Friday, October 31 • 4:00 – 5:30 PM MT (In-Person!)
Saturday, November 22 • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MT
Saturday, January 17 • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM MT
You do not need to attend every session — join as many as your schedule allows.
Registration
Critique Group • $275 Member // $295 Non-Member
Spaces are limited and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A second group may be added if demand exceeds capacity.
Tony Chirinos is a Miami-based photographer who explores the themes of death and the vulnerability of life.
His goal as an artist is to produce work that engages the viewer aesthetically and intellectually, while also moving beyond mere entertainment to something that asks the viewer to think critically. He considers himself a documentary-style photographer, one that uses visual language to create a photographic narrative.
Tony had the good fortune to receive a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in New York (2003). Beforehand he was trained as a biomedical photographer at Miami Children’s Hospital (1985), and later in 1989, he created the Medical Photography Department at Baptist Health Systems until his departure in 2001. During those years, he learned to produce the finest quality documentary photographs of the medical world, which he later used as his artwork for some of his photographic projects.
He is a Fellow of the South Florida Cultural Consortium (2010) and the recipient of CENTER’s Excellence in Teaching Award (2019). Currently, he is a tenured professor of photography at Miami Dade College and has been teaching since 2003.