The Society for Photographic Education : Northeast Region is a diverse group sharing a common interest in the advancement of photography as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. SPEne provides forums through which we can achieve our goals of promoting a broader understanding of the medium and fostering the development of its practice, teaching, scholarship and criticism. The Northeast region includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York as specified by the national organization. The National Society for Photographic Education hosts an annual conference early each year in different cites alternating between the east coast, central states and west coast. Information about the SPE National can be found at www.spenational.org.

SPE exists to benefit photographers and photography

The Society for Photographic Education is a non-profit, membership organization that provides a forum for the discussion of photography and related media as a means of creative expression and cultural insight. Through its interdisciplinary programs, services, and publications, the Society seeks to promote a wider public understanding of the medium in all its forms, and to foster the development of its practice, teaching, scholarship and criticism.

Founded in 1963, the Society construes photographic education in the broadest sense, concerning itself with the practice and analysis of the medium both as an art form and as an instrument of social consciousness. In addition to teachers at nearly every academic level, our current membership includes critics, curators, gallery directors, exhibiting photographers, photojournalists and collectors. And the Society is growing internationally as well, with representatives from several foreign countries, on this continent and abroad.

SPE Regional Membership
Eight regional organizations flourish under the umbrella of the national Society, each serving the special needs of its local constituency. To create a sense of community within every geographic area, the regions organize annual regional conferences each Fall, which range over a wide variety of topics and bring together SPE members in an arena of scholarly inquiry and fellowship.

Membership to SPE automatically assigns you to a regional organization. To become an SPE member, go to the National Site and click on the "Membership" header at the top of the page.

Society for Photographic Education Membership 2005

Corporate Member $600 (1 year from the time of activation)
Institutional Member $400 or $750 (two years)
Collector&Mac246;s Member*(w/ print) $380 (1 year) or $460 (2 years)
Sustaining Member $150 (1 year) 2004/2005 or $290 (2 years)
Regular $90 (1 year) 2004/2005 or $170 (2 years)
Senior Member $65 (1 year) 2004/2005 or $125 (2 years)
Student Member $50 (1 year) 2004/2005 or $95 (2 years)
Postage Contribution** $25 (1 year) 2004/2005 or $40 (2 years) (required outside the U.S.)

*Collector's Members get to choose a print from the Fine Print Collectors Program. See our website for available prints. You can also purchase three prints for $900 and receive a complimentary one-year membership.
**Postage contribution is required for all international members, including those in Canada.