Jurors – SHOTS 13

Arnika Dawkins

Arnika Dawkins is the owner of her eponymous fine art photography
gallery, established in Atlanta in 2011. Arnika shows work by talented
emerging and mid-career artists, with a specialization in showing fine art
photography by African Americans and images of African Americans. Her
passion is connecting collectors to photography that is significant, inspiring,
and provocative.

As a fine art photographer and avid collector herself, she is a valuable resource to collectors and artists alike. She is passionate about the medium, having obtained a Master of Arts in Digital Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Billy Howard

Billy Howard is a documentary photographer, writer and videographer and a
2011-2012 Rosalynn Carter Fellow in Mental Health Journalism. Recent
projects include an exhibit on people with HIV/AIDS with The Smithsonian
Institute Folklife Festival; two group exhibits with Vogue Italia; contributions to
documentaries for Frontline and HBO; featured interview on CNN’s photoblog;
and an exhibit on the blind and visually impaired, Blind/Sight: Conversations with
the Visually Inspired, which is currently on tour.

He produced the first full length photographic book on People with AIDS,
Epitaphs for the Living: Words and Images in the Time of AIDS, and
has documented global health and poverty issues for the CDC, CARE
and the Carter Center. He has received grants from the Southern Arts
Federation/National Endowment for the Arts, The Elizabeth Firestone
Foundation, Georgia Council for the Arts and others and received an
honorary Doctor of Literature Degree from St. Andrews College in
North Carolina.