Who We Are

For more information about joining the Board of Directors at the Vermont Center for Photography or to contact any board member directly, please contact Joshua Farr at josh@vcphoto.org

Joshua Farr is a photographer, curator, designer, printer, and exhibition installer based in Guilford, Vermont. Since 2011, he has served as Director of the Vermont Center for Photography, where he curates the center’s exhibitions and helps shape its programming, workshops, publications, and public events. In addition to his work at VCP, Joshua was a staff photographer and exhibitions installer at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center from 2012 to 2021. His background in both image-making and hands-on exhibition production informs his approach to curating and presenting photographic work. He received his BFA in Photography from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011. Joshua lives in southern Vermont with his partner and two dogs. (Portrait by Paul Reitano)

Enrico Catanzariti was born in Naples, Italy, in 1985 to a Colombian mother and Italian father. Growing up between Italy, Colombia, and Canada, he developed an interest in both European and North American cultures. After completing classical studies in Naples, he began studying theoretical physics before earning a degree in political science and international relations from L’Orientale University of Naples. A musician since his teens, he has been the drummer for the folk-bluegrass group La Terza Classe since 2012, touring extensively in the United States. His interest in visual arts began with videography during the pandemic, which grew into an audiovisual production company and eventually led him to photography, both digital and analog. In art and life, Enrico is drawn to contrasts and the richness found in differences. (Portrait by Robert George)

Forest Simon grew up in rural New Hampshire before joining VCP in 2025. He has previously worked as the collections photographer for Montgomery Place Historic Estate and as an MFA assistant at Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts. His photographic interests center on the natural world and the various ways people interact with and within it. He holds a BA in Photography and Environmental Studies from Bard College. (Portrait by Eddy Pula)

Willoughby Carlo, originally from Huntington, VT, moved to Massachusetts to attend Hampshire College. Since graduating, Willoughby has spent her time in Western Massachusetts and Southern Vermont studying photography and art in all its forms. Most of Willoughby’s work focuses on analog and experimental processes. She believes that art and photography are as much about the process as the end result, and we learn the most about ourselves when we pay attention to the process and accept change. Willoughby currently works as an instructor at In-Sight Photography Project and is excited to join the team as the PhotoThrift Manager at the Vermont Center for Photography. (Portrait by Paul Reitano)

Chris Beebe moved to the area a decade ago, after a series of unique visits to Vermont – a blue heron flying overhead, a collection of butterflies swarming all around, and an overly-generous local bake sale. With a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering and having worked in a consulting capacity in the clean energy field for over a decade, Chris brings a diverse set of skills to support the mission of VCP including design, project development, and grant writing. While his formal photography education is limited to classes taken while living in NYC, he has spent many years donating portrait and event photographs for local organizations and seeks to bring the joy of photography to as many people as possible. Chris lives in Guilford with his wife and daughters.

Mitch Weiss is a Vermont based photographer, consultant and mentor. His photographs reflect and honor the techniques of mid 20th century large format film photography. Mitch’s work ranges from high-profile celebrity portraiture for charity auctions to private art commissions and personal nature studies. In 2009, he was hospitalized with an acute onset of blindness. The abrupt loss of vision left an immense yearning to heal and get back behind the camera. If recovered, he vowed not to let a single day pass without creating or contributing. Miraculously, Weiss made a slow, yet full recovery and continues to honor that vow to this day.

Dale Rio is a photographic artist whose work explores mortality, human constructs, and our relationship with the natural world. Her photographs have been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, and are held in private collections and publications. She earned a BA from Smith College and an MFA from Pratt Institute, and in 1997 received a Fulbright Travel Grant and the Miguel Vinciguerra Grant to document life in rural Sicily. Dale has worked as a photographer, master printer, educator, curator, and editor, and has attended residencies at Penland, MASS MoCA, the Farmington Valley Arts Center, and Ars BioArctica. She co-founded The Halide Project in Philadelphia and later launched Point A to Point B and Lux et Libera.

Bernard van der Lande is a practicing photographer and dedicated collector of humanist and documentary photography. He and his family live in Putney, Vermont.

His collecting interests center on photographers whose work reflects social observation and the human condition. As both a maker and collector, Bernard maintains an active engagement with photographic practice.

Professionally, he is a Partner at a global private equity firm focused on alternative assets.

Catherine Dianich Gruver is a photographer and former gallerist based in Dummerston, Vermont. She owned and operated the Dianich Gallery in downtown Brattleboro for many years, where she presented exhibitions focused primarily on photography and related visual arts. Through her work at the gallery, she contributed to the region’s cultural life by bringing a range of artists and perspectives to Southern Vermont audiences. Her experience as a photographer informed her curatorial approach, emphasizing thoughtful presentation and dialogue on photographic practice.

Tyler Burns is an active member of the Brattleboro and Windham County community, where he is passionate about fostering connections and building a strong sense of place. A photographer whose work has been exhibited at VCP, Tyler explores the textures and forms found in nature. As an active member and frequent user of VCP’s facilities, he brings firsthand knowledge of the creative community we serve. In addition to his artistic practice, Tyler is a local business owner, committed to supporting and enriching our region.

Davída Carta, originally from Milan, Italy, moved to the United States to pursue her photographic education, and in 2018 she received her Masters of Fine Art in Photography from the New Hampshire Institute of Art. In 2016 she founded the online platform Underexposed Magazine, where she has been publishing and curating fine art photography work made by women and women identifying photographers ever since. She currently teaches photography for Landmark College and she is based in Western Massachusetts.

Karen Haas has been the Lane Curator of Photographs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since 2001, where she is responsible for a large collection of photographs by American modernists, Charles Sheeler, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Imogen Cunningham. The Lane Collection numbers more than 6,000 prints and ranges across the entire history of western photography. Her MFA activities include exhibitions, such as Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography; Barbara Bosworth: The Meadow; Ansel Adams in Our Time; (un)expected families; Make Believe; Charles Sheeler from Doylestown to Detroit; and Gordon Parks: Back to Fort Scott. She is co-author of Reframing Photography: Multiple Histories and has written a book on the early work of Edward Weston. Her other publications include An Enduring Vision: Photographs from the Lane Collection; Ansel Adams; and The Photography of Charles Sheeler: American Modernist.