Saturday's Banquet Keynote Speaker
Shane Balkowitsch
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Shane Balkowitsch has been a practitioner of Frederick Scott Archer’s 1851 Wet Plate Photography process for over a decade.
Shane’s life’s work is titled “Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective”. Using the wet plate process, this project is a journey to capture 1000 present day Native Americans on glass plates at his Bismarck, North Dakota, natural light studio.
Among the 110 international collections that have archived his work are the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum and the Royal Photographic Society of the United Kingdom.
Shane does not own, nor has ever used, a digital camera.
Friday's Keynote Speaker
Carol Polich
"The Art of Seeing Creatively"
Carol Polich brings to us an inspiring and exquisite presentation using WORDS to help ignite the imagination when seeking subjects to photograph. WORDS generate creative perspectives for our subjects which move our photos from “common to creative.” Her lectures are always a blend of visuals set in motion with music and words. She introduces herself through the “portal” of “Who Am I?” and takes you on a journey which has extended for over 35 years with professional photography and writing, without ever assuming she ‘d be in the photo business or an author! Patience and persistence has been prevalent with passion always being a motivator.
