Texas Photographic Society: About


> Mission and membership	> Advisory Council
> What people say about TPS	> Partners
> Officers of the TPS Board	> Benefactors
> Members of the TPS Board	> Patrons

Mission & Membership

The Texas Photographic Society, founded in 1985, is a nonprofit organization of amateur and professional photographers dedicated to supporting contemporary photography as a means for creative expression and cultural insight. TPS focuses on furthering the educational and artistic development of its members while involving the community at large by sponsoring exhibitions, publications, workshops and outreach programs.

TPS boasts over 1,400 active members from 49 states, and D.C, and 12 countries. While Texas based, over half the membership resides outside the state. TPS exhibits have been shown in California, Florida and throughout Europe. The Board of Directors, now 41 strong, includes: educators, authors, curators, gallery owners, fine art and commercial photographers and other interested professionals. Many notable figures in the photographic arts come to Texas to exhibit at TPS events, host workshops, or juror TPS exhibitions. TPS is funded by members dues, contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations.

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What people are saying about TPS

Texas Commission on the Arts
"They are a very active organization. Their newsletter is very well done; it's extensive and statewide. They have broad based support with a wide membership. They do numerous publications and newsletters. Their juried shows are done by jurors of national renown. They're incredibly well organized."

Camera Arts Magazine
Published by Steve Simmons, (Sacramento, CA), "Some clubs such as the Texas Photographic Society are incredibly active, with an accomplished and far-flung membership."

Panel comments, Texas Commission on the Arts
"Their publications contain a tremendous amount of information that is useful to photographers... (TPS has) done a great deal to develop an understanding of photography throughout Texas."

Officers of TPS Board

President
D. Clarke Evans, San Antonio

Vice President
Amy Holmes George, McKinney - Photographer and Educator

Secretary
Pat Brown, Austin - Fine art photographer

Treasurer
Amanda Stahl, Johnson City - Certified Public Accountant

Executive Committee Member
Jean Caslin, Houston - Partner, Caslin Gregory & Associates

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Members of the Board

E. Lynn Baldwin, Houston - Commercial and art photographer
Kenny Braun, Austin - Photographer
Scott C. Campbell, Longview - Fine art and commercial photographer
Kay J. Denton, Austin - Fine art photographer
David H. Gibson, Dallas - Fine art photographer
Steve Goff, Odessa - Head of Photography Department, Odessa College
Lem Johnson, Austin - Fine art photographer
O. Rufus Lovett, Longview - Fine art photographer and Photography Instructor, Kilgore College
Kenda North, Denton
Jody Richardson, Austin - Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Haur & Feld, LLP
Glynda Hatfield Rose, Austin - Fine art photographer
Luther Smith, Fort Worth - Professor of Art Photography, Texas Christian University
Victoria Smith, Austin - Fine Art Photographer
Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Plano

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Advisory Council Members

Dan Burkholder, Palenville, NY - Author, Fine art photographer, author and teacher
Reid Callanan, Santa Fe, NM - Director, Santa Fe Workshops
Keith Carter, Beaumont - Author, Fine art photographer, author and teacher
Dennis Darling, Austin - Photography Sequence Director, Dept. of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
Roy Flukinger, Austin - Research Curator of Photography, Univeristy of Texas Humanities Research Center
Harris Fogel, Philadelphia, PA - Associate Professor of Photography, The University of the Arts
Dave Hamrick, Austin - Assistant Director, Sales & Marketing Manager, University of Texas Press
Chip Hooper, Carmel, CA - Photographer
Christopher James, Boston, MA - Professor and Chair, The Art Institute of Boston
Sonia Katchian, Chapel Hill, NC - Photojournalist and Corporate Photographer
Michelle Dunn Marsh, Seattle, WA - Director, Aperture West
Scott Martin, San Antonio - Owner, Onsight, a digital imaging consulting firm
Richard Newman, Pacific Grove, CA - Education Coordinator, Calumet Photo
Stephen Perloff, Langhorne, PA - Editor The Photograph Collector and The Photo Review
Nancy Scanlan, Austin - Freelance photographer and teacher
Mary Virginia Swanson, Tucson, AZ - Marketing consultant & educator
Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston - Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kathy Vargas, San Antonio - Assistant Professor of Art and Chair of Art and Music, University of the Incarnate Word
Wendy Watriss, Houston - Co-founder and Curator, Houston International FotoFest
Bill Wright, Abilene - Author and fine art photographer

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Partners

Davis Gallery, Austin
Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
School of Journalism, UT at Austin
Texas Commission on the Arts, Austin

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Benefactors

Accurate Printing & Litho, San Antonio
Caslin Gregory & Associates, Houston
Odessa College, Odessa
Tami Bone, Austin
Kate Breakey, Tuscon, Arizone
Dan Burkholder, Palenville, New York
Keith Carter, Beaumont
Jerry & Marilyn Comer, Richardson
Bill Davis, Austin
Gary Faye, Rancho Mirage, California
Sandra Freeman, Dallas
David Gibson, Dallas
Jim Geitgey, Midland
Steve Goff, Odessa
Chip Hooper, Carmel Valley, California
David Johndrow, Austin
Heidi Lender, San Francisco, California
Blue Mitchell, Portland, Oregon
Richard Newman, Pacific Grove, California
Phillip Periman, Amarillo
John Scanlan, Santa Fe, New Mexico
University of Texas Press, Austin

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Texas Photographic Society (TPS) publishes and exhibits members’ photographs in print, online and in photography exhibits thoughout the U.S. and Europe. TPS membership includes photographers ranging from students to dedicated professionals. Together, they share an enthusiasm and dedication to fine photography.