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Meet the presenters of SPE’s 2027 Annual Conference! We’re excited to introduce Meghan Kirkwood, presenting “Engaging Oil Landscapes through Place-based Investigations” “This session explores how photographers working with place-based investigations can use post-documentary, lyrical approaches to inform their work. Using my series, Orphan Wells, as an example, I consider how artists concerned with environmental issues and communities affected by environmental harm can attend to multiple narratives that overlap, intertwine, and collectively animate a story of a place.” About the Presenter Meghan Kirkwood is an Associate Professor and chair of undergraduate Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned a B.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design in Photography before completing her M.F.A. in Studio Art at Tulane University and PhD at the University of Florida. Kirkwood’s work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group shows at venues including Blue Sky Gallery (Portland, OR), Filter Space (Chicago), Bangkok Art and Culture Center (Thailand), ArtSpace Durban (South Africa), Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver, CO) Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND), Greenville Center for Join us at the 2027 SPE Annual Conference to hear Meghan explore place-based photographic strategies.