HANNAH FRIESER
Hannah Frieser is a curator, writer and arts administrator. She has curated and organized exhibitions with leading contemporary photographers such as Pipo Nguyen­duy, Kanako Sasaki, Don Gregorio Antón, Angelika Rinnhofer, Alexander Gronsky, Shen Wei, Adam Magyar, and Meryl Meisler, as well as expanded art projects for Suzanne Opton and Barry Anderson. Her essays have been featured in publications such as Contact Sheet, exposure, Daylight, Nueva Luz, and Chinese Photography Magazine, and in monographs for Susan kae Grant and David Taylor.

Frieser is the co-founder of Converging Perspectives, an online initiative devoted to the presentation of contemporary photography in a culturally aware context that fosters an international understanding in direct support of the artists. Converging Perspectives’ projects include in-depth essays, online programming, and long-term mentoring. Frieser was the executive director for the Center for Photography at Woodstock for over six years, and the director of Light Work for over nine years. Prior to this, she worked for the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) for over a decade, including serving on SPE’s national board of directors.

Frieser co-chaired the 2010 SPE National Conference, “Facing Diversity: Leveling the Playing Field in the Photographic Arts,” with Miriam Romais. The main speakers included Kip Fulbeck, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Veronica Passalacqua, and Dawoud Bey. In 2011, she was the chair of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic SPE Regional Conference, “Photographers + Publishing,” featuring Alec Soth, John Gossage, Mary Virginia Swanson, Suzanne Opton, and Andy Adams. She has reviewed portfolios and juried exhibitions worldwide for FotoFest, The New York Times Portfolio Reviews, folioPORT and FotoTriennale.dk, among a number of others.

CHARLES GUICE
Charles Guice is an art advisor, curator, mentor, and writer. An accomplished arts professional with extensive experience, conversant in the diverse role of photography, he has been instrumental in advancing the careers of numerous leading contemporary visual artists, such as Max de Esteban, Erika Diettes, Priya Kambli, Kambui Olujimi, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems. As a gallerist, Guice placed works in prominent private and public collections throughout the United States and abroad, including The Brooklyn Museum; The J. Paul Getty Museum; The High Museum of Art; The International Center of Photography; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; and The William College Museum of Art.

He is the co-founder of Converging Perspectives, an online initiative devoted to the presentation of contemporary photography in a culturally aware context that fosters an international understanding in direct support of the artists. Guice has written articles and essays for publications such as B&W, Contact Sheet, and Nueva Luz. In addition, he maintained Art Participant, an independent blog about photography, culture, and art in general.

Drawing from a broad knowledge of modern and contemporary art practices, Guice is currently serving on the Board of Directors for 10×10 Photobooks, has served on the Boards of Trustees for The California College of the Arts (CCA) and The Museum of The African Diaspora (MoAD), and was a founding member of the nominating committee for the Aperture West Book Prize. A former healthcare executive, he has also curated exhibitions varying in scope, and was a principal, managing director, and co-curator for Photo Miami.

The first black member of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), joining and exhibiting over a decade ago, Guice has been an invited juror for CENTER, The Center for Fine Art Photography, and PDN, as well as a frequent portfolio reviewer at ASMP, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Click! Portfolio Reviews, En Foco, FotoFest, Medium Review, The New York Times Portfolio Reviews, Photolucida, photoNOLA, and Review Santa Fe. In 2014, he was named as one of Feature Shoot’s “101 Photo Industry Professionals You Should Follow on Twitter”.