Staff
Leo Hsu
Executive Director
Leo Hsu is interested in questions around the ways that making and living with photographs shapes and is shaped by experience, and in the ways in which the medium’s tensions and possibilities are simultaneously troubling and energizing. He has worked as a writer and editor for Fraction Magazine and Foto8 and as a news photographer. He teaches in photography at Carnegie Mellon University, holds a PhD in Anthropology and New York State Certificate in Culture and Media from New York University, and brings fifteen years experience as a project manager. Born in Taipei, he grew up in Squirrel Hill and returned to Pittsburgh after many years away. Leo was a past Silver Eye board member and previously was the interim executive director at Silver Eye.
Helen Trompeteler
Deputy Director of Programs
helen@silvereye.org
Helen Trompeteler is a curator and writer deeply committed to supporting the vision of underrepresented artists working across expansive lens-based practices. As Deputy Director of Programs at Silver Eye, she brings twenty years of curatorial experience following roles at the Royal Collection Trust (UK), the National Portrait Gallery (UK), and as an independent curator. She has published extensively on photography for books and publications worldwide.
Jillian Daniels
Deputy Director of Operations
jillian@silvereye.org
Jillian Daniels is a mixed-media artist, curator, and designer specializing in communication design. She holds a BS and BA from University at Buffalo and is a McNair Fellow whose research is grounded in historical narratives and design theory to better understand social, political, built, and cultural environments through visual and graphic storytelling.
Sean Stewart
Lab Manager
sean@silvereye.org
Sean Stewart is a photographer and artist with deep experience in digital printing, scanning, framing, and art handling. He holds a BFA from Drexel University and has shared his work at Silver Eye, VICE, and Juxtapose. Stewart’s work is quiet and contemplative, and his subject matter is centered around contemporary American issues.