Thank You all for a GREAT Photo Exhibit!

THANK YOU ALL for a great photography exhibit on Saturday. It was truly an awesome event! The work was great, the participants were top notch, the whole thing came together better than I had even hoped for. I can not even begin to estimate how many people attended, it was packed all night from the time the doors opened at 6pm until 10pm when we closed down – at least 600 and probably 1000, since the faces kept changing all evening. I heard fabulous compliments all evening. All I can say is WOW and job well done.



Check out the Video of SCAD-Atlanta Photo Exhibition - Oct 17, 2009 (thanks Steve Aishman & David Jones)

A special thanks to all who helped with the organizing, the cleaning, the painting, the curating, the coordination, the communications & PR, the spreading the word … (if I forget someone I’m sorry, please let me know)

The team and co-curators:

• Marlene Hawthrone-Thomas – Atlanta photo grad student (did so much, please thank her when you see her)
• Deidre Tyree Smith – Atlanta photo grad student (next in line for keeping it together)
• Taylor Lupton – Atlanta photo student
• Gabrielle Sirkin – Atlanta photo student
• Jennifer Jacoby – Atlanta photo student
• Eric Mason – Atlanta photo grad student
• Jamie Liles – Atlanta photo grad student
• Eunice Olouch – Atlanta photo grad student
• Kat Cooper – Atlanta photo student
• Yukari Umekawa – Atlanta photo alumni
• Jenny James – Atlanta photo student

• Denise McFall – Atlanta communications
• Jennifer Jones – Atlanta PR
• Emily Davis – Atlanta Alumni Relations

• Atlantic Station – Josh Williams, Liz Gillespie & Lisa Windle
• Atlantic Station – Jim Jacoby (thanks for dinner)
• Atlantic Station Security

• 19th Street Café & Boneheads – food! Great wings & shrimp
• SCAD Atlanta operations – thanks for the ladder
• SCAD Atlanta photo facilities – Travis Dodd, thanks for the lights and projector

The awards went to
1. Eric Mason
2. Taylor Lupton
3. Maria Joyner
4. Stephanie Pharr – people’s choice