CONTRIBUTORS:
Liz Cantú
Liz was born in McAllen, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Communication from Texas A&M University. Liz moved to Arizona in August 2007 to pursue a doctoral degree in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication. Growing up on the border between the U.S. and Mexico has encouraged Liz to explore the richness, complexities, and diversity of the borderlands. Her research interests include the construction of Latinidad in United States media; transnational flow of cultural industries between the U.S. and Mexico; and immigration issues.
Edgar Cardenas
Edgar grew up in Wisconsin, however, he has spent a significant amount of time in Southern California and New England. Edgar received his BA in psychology from Gordon College and his MA in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of New Haven. He is currently a PhD student in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Edgar's interests lie in the interaction between humans, the built environment, and nature. He is working to integrate his research interest with his photography.
Bryon Darby
For the past decade Bryon Darby has been photographing the ever-changing landscape of the West. A life-long inhabitant of the desert, Bryon was raised in Northern Utah where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Utah State University. Currently, he is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Photography at Arizona State University.
Steve Gittins
Steve was born in Newport, South Wales in the United Kingdom where he lived until moving to Arizona in August 2008. He is currently studying a Masters of Fine Arts in photography at Arizona State University. He studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport where he received his Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Degree.
Ryan Heckel
Ryan was born and raised in suburbs of North Phoenix, where he spent his youth exploring the transitional area between the ecosystems of the hostile desert and the hospitable city. While exploring this space he became interested in understanding systems and how they function, particularly where conflicts arise. He received his BFA in Photography in the Spring of 2008 from Arizona State University.
Jen Kitson
Jennifer Kitson is a cultural geographer concerned with the becoming of place through practices of remembering and forgetting. She received a BA in Geography from San Francisco State University, an MA in Geography from California State University, Los Angeles, and is currently a PhD candidate in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban planning. As a California transplant, she is both familiar with and continuously astounded by the unfolding urban landscape in Phoenix. Her current research explores the ambivalence of nostalgic practice and performance in residential historic districts.
Mark Klett
Mark Klett photographs the intersection of cultures, landscapes and time. His background includes working as a geologist before turning to photography. Klett has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Buhl Foundation, and the Japan/US Friendship Commission. His work has been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally for over 25 years. He is the author of twelve books including Yosemite in Time (Trinity University Press, 2005, with Rebecca Solnit and Byron Wolfe), Third Views, Second Sights (Museum of New Mexico Press 2004), an ... [more]
Katie Lehman
Katie E. Lehman was born and raised under the Arizona sun. From the small cowboy town of Wickenburg to the sprawling concrete desert of Phoenix, Katie explores the intersection of culture and sub-culture with varying sentiment. She is currently pursuing her BFA in Photography at ASU as well as her BA in English Literature. She has been published in various media outlets and exhibits at local galleries around town.
Tracy Longley-Cook
Tracy Longley-Cook completed her M.F.A. degree in Photography at Arizona State University in the spring of 2007. Tracy received her B.F.A. in Photography at the University of Washington in 1997, and also spent a year studying at the Maine Photographic Workshops, 1994-95. She has exhibited her work internationally, and has been published in View Camera Magazine, Camera Arts and Alligator Juniper literary journal. Tracy is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Paho Mann
Paho Mann was born in 1978 on his parents homestead near Snowflake Arizona. In 1992 he moved with his family to Albuquerque New Mexico where in 2001 he received a BFA from the University of New Mexico. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ), Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN) and the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh, PA) among others. Mann’s work is included in the Tucson Museum of Art’s permanent collection and has been commissioned for public art projects by the city of Phoenix. Currently, Mann ... [more]
Haruna Miyagawa-Fukui
Raised mostly in Tokyo while spending her adolescent years in East Tennessee, peppered with the suburban life of the Quaker State, she feels at home transgressing the boundary of busy city life and tranquil rural life. Her Interests lie in the interface of what seem antithetical as the fault line is often the ground for innovation. She is currently working towards her Ph.D. in Sociology at School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.
Amy Richardson
Amy Richardson was born in Buckeye, Arizona in 1984. As a third generation Buckeye native, Amy was raised in a farming family. She lived there until 2004 when she moved to Tempe, Arizona to attend Arizona State University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography in December of 2006.
Jason Roehner
Jason Roehner grew up on the East Coast until 1998 when he and his family moved to Arizona, where his early fascination with the seemingly exponential growth of Phoenix led him to explore the relationship of the desert to its inhabitants. He graduated with his BFA from Arizona State University in the Spring of 2008 and has returned to continue his work on the project.
Nadia Sablin
Nadia Sablin was born in St. Petersburg, Russia and immigrated to the United States when she was 12. She received her BFA at Rochester Institute of Tchnology and is now pursuing an MFA degree at ASU. Her work has been exhibited at the the SOHO photo gallery, Chelsea Art Museum, Northwest Center for Photography, and published in Black and White magazine.
Jenea Sanchez
M. Jenea Sanchez in Intermedia artists from Douglas, AZ. Her work places the viewer in a liminal space where contemplation from multiple perspectives is encouraged. She explores the visual, psychological and environmental aspects of borders, landscapes and the image/role of women within dominant and displaced communities. Video, installation, performance and handmade cactus paper exemplify the various approaches used to engage in ideas that stem from Sanchez’s mutation of cultural ideologies into new avenues of exploration.
Sanchez is currently an Intermedia MFA candidate at ... [more]
Adam Thorman
Adam Thorman was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his BFA in Photography from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in 2003, after which he spent three years working in the San Francisco photography community. He received his MFA from Arizona State University in 2009 and is now going on his fourth year as an Arizona resident. His work has been exhibited nationally and has been honored with several awards. He currently resides in Prescott, AZ where he is an Instructor of Photography at Prescott College.
Joe Trevino
Joe Trevino is native born Arizonan currently pursuing his MFA at Arizona State Univeristy. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography in May of 2006. Currenlty he\'s working on a few different projects exploring different processes involving the landscape as his subject matter.
Kelsey Vance
Originally from Northeastern Connecticut, Kelsey Vance is new to the desert Southwest climate. She received her B.F.A. in photography from Maine College of Art in 2006 and is now working towards her M.F.A. in photography at Arizona State University.
Chad White
A native to the west coast by birth and habit, Chad's work has extensively drawn from spaces reflecting relationships between boundaries of culture and the natural environment. Chad received his BFA in photography from the University of New Mexico, an MFA in Photography from Arizona State University and exhibits work nationally. Chad currently lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona.
Whitney Zamá
Whitney Zamá currently studies at Arizona State University in pursuit of her MFA in photography. She examines notions of order and facad by photographing home interiors and body grooming ritual. Born and raised in San Jose, CA she moved to Utah where she received her BA in Communications with emphasis in broadcasting from Brigham Young University in 2001.