Photographer, educator, and editor, Andrea Birnbaum joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work and limited edition book, Spilt Milk.

2026 Chico Attendees SeriesPhotographer, educator, and editor, Andrea Birnbaum joins Michael Chovan-Dalton from the 2026 Chico Review to talk about her work and limited edition book, Spilt Milk. "Spilt Milk is about family, memory, and what is handed down through generations. I am using family photographs and other items to construct images, exploring how certain behaviors have affected the family dynamic. Through this project, I am re-evaluating my personal history and altering my perspective with the newly acquired knowledge."https://www.andreabirnbaum.comhttps://www.andreabirnbaum.com/books/spilt-milk-limited-editionhttps://www.instagram.com/andreabirnbaumphotoAndrea Birnbaum is a social documentary photographer and educator. Her work as a freelance photographer spans many genres, including editorial, corporate, non-profit and portraiture for more than twenty years. She holds an MFA in Media Arts from Maine Media College in Rockport, Maine.Recent exhibitions include:2025 Family, Community and Belonging, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ2024 Re-examining the Family Tree, Photographic Nights of Selma, Selma, Alabama2021 Once Upon a Time, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA2021 Memory, juried by Fran Forman, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC2021 A Woman’s View, juried by Elinor Carucci, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC2021 Julia Margaret Cameron and Pollux Exhibitio, FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain2020 You Can Always See The Sun, Photographic Nights of Selma, Selma, AlabamaThis podcast is sponsored by the Charcoal Book ClubBegin Building your dream photobook library today athttps://charcoalbookclub.comThe Chico Review is the country’s premier Photobook Retreat. Organized by Charcoal Book Club, The Chico Review takes place over six nights at Chico Hot Springs Resort, near Livingston Montana. Applicants will spend the week with over twenty of the most influential and creative photographers, book makers, gallerists, museum curators, and photobook publishers in the industry.https://chicoreview.comhttps://www.charcoalworkshops.com