© Peter Ogilvie
Review Santa Fe
The Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium provides opportunities for photographers to expand their audiences, engage in critical discussions, and connect with their community. One of the country’s original juried portfolio review events, Review Santa Fe, marks its 24th year on November 1–3, 2025.
Our premier program serves local, national, and international constituents, offering portfolio reviews with esteemed industry professionals from such organizations as National Geographic, The Washington Post, Harvard Art Museums, NPR, and many more. For the public, Review Santa Fe includes a free and open exposition, project presentations, and partner programs throughout the weekend.
FREE AND PUBLIC ACCESS • Join us in Santa Fe, NM, for the Portfolio Walk, and the annual award winners and grant recipients make their public Project Presentations. Further details for the 2025 programs are forthcoming.
2022 Portfolio Walk © CENTER
Portfolio Walk
Each year, the Review Santa Fe Portfolio Walk brings together a global network of 100 selected lens-based artists and up to 50 representatives from museums, publications, book publishers, and media outlets.
For one night only, this lively event creates a rare opportunity to engage with a broad range of vetted photographic and lens-based projects and the artists behind the work. The work on view encompasses some of today’s most pressing social, environmental, and political issues, along with stellar contemporary art projects.
WHEN • Saturday, November 1, 2025, 6:00 – 8:30 PM MT
WHERE • Farmers’ Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM
HOW • Free and Public
© Anna Reed, 2024 recipient
Project Presentations
Each year, CENTER recognizes photographic excellence and innovative contributions to the field through its Awards and Project Grants. As part of CENTER’s career advancement packages, the selected photographers are invited to discuss their projects and processes in a public forum during the Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium at the annual Project Presentations.
On Saturday, November 1, 2025, CENTER will host the project presentations with an audience Q&A with the 2025 Award and Project Grant recipients. Learn more about the 2024 program below; 2025 details and participating artists will be announced in May.
• Transitional Realms by Sara Abbaspour, 2024 Project Development Grant
• Where They Still Remain by Austin Bryant, 2024 Project Launch Grant
• An Impossibly Normal Life by Matthew Finley, 2024 Personal Award
• A Matter of When: Stories of New Mexico’s Downwinders by Sofie Hecht, 2024 Socially Engaged Award
• Hidden Histories of San Antonio by Robert Pluma, 2024 Multimedia Award
• Mergining Dimensions by Anna Reed, 2024 Me&Eve Award
• No Agua, No Vida: The Human Alteration of the Colorado River by John Trotter, 2024 Environmental Award
WHERE • Hosted in person at the La Fonda on the Plaza Hotel in downtown Santa Fe and Livestream via Zoom
HOW • Free and Public
Mark Your Calendar
Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the following Review Santa Fe programs. The full 2025 program details are to be announced; please reference the below schedule from 2024 to get an idea of the available events.
FRIDAY, NOV 1, 2024
CHECK-IN • PRIVATE
4:00 – 6:00 PM MT
OPENING LECTURE • PRIVATE
6:00 – 7:00 PM MT
WELCOME RECEPTION • PRIVATE
7:00 – 8:00 PM MT
SATURDAY, NOV 2, 2024
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION A • PRIVATE
10:00 AM – 3:30 PM MT
PORTFOLIO WALK AND BOOK FAIR • FREE AND PUBLIC
6:00 – 8:00 PM MT
The Farmers’ Market Pavilion, Santa Fe Railyard
SUNDAY, NOV 3, 2024
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION B • PRIVATE
9:00 AM – 12:50 PM MT
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS • FREE AND PUBLIC
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM MT
New Mexico Room, La Fonda and Livestream on Zoom
READING ROOM • FREE AND PUBLIC
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Santa Fe Room, La Fonda
PORTFOLIO REVIEW SESSION C • PRIVATE
2:00 – 5:25 PM MT
CLOSING EVENT • PRIVATE
5:30 – 7:30 PM MT
Volunteers at Review Santa Fe © CENTER
2022 Portfolio Walk © CENTER
2025 Portfolio Reviewers
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Ysabel Pinyol Blasi
Monira Foundation
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Caleb Cain Marcus
Luminosity Lab
Supporters
The Review Santa Fe programs are generously supported by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, New Mexico Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, and is partially funded by the City of Santa Fe Arts & Culture Department and the 1% Lodgers’ Tax.
2025 PROGRAM • Review Santa Fe will take place in historic downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 1 - 3, 2025. Please note, CENTER reserves the right to make necessary changes to the programs and participant registration status to ensure the safety of its staff, participants, and the public. Thank you for understanding.
ACCESSIBILITY • Sign-language interpretation, program guides, assistive listening devices, and other guest facilitation are all available upon request. Please contact us to inform us of your needs - programs@centersantafe.org.