Mary Lee Hodgens is the Associate Director at Light Work, a non-profit photography center located in Syracuse, NY. Through an internationally renowned Artist-in-Residence program, exhibitions and an award-winning journal, Contact Sheet, Light Work seeks to support emerging and under recognized artists working in photo-based media. Hodgens has been contributing to the mission of Light Work for twenty-five years. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art.