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48 States
12 Countries
Named a State Wide Service Provider by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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TPS Member Benefits
TPS members enjoy the following membership programs

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Contact Sheet

Want to get published?

Want others to see your work in print?

Let others know what you are doing?

Since 2000, our bimonthly newsletter, the Contact Sheet, has published 1,375 member’s photographs and listed 8,000 gallery shows, workshops, competitions in which our members have participated.

Our color exhibition catalogues have been widely praised for their design and quality. Since we began publishing color exhibition catalogues in 2001, we have reproduced 1,210 images from 1,007 artists in exhibition catalogs which are sent to over 200 galleries, museums, curators, art directors, photography magazines and collectors. TPS programs have been held in 22 Texas cities and in California, New Mexico, New York, Florida, France, Italy, Germany and Greece. Via the Contact Sheet, our monthly e-mail newsletter and web site, we keep you up-to-date on statewide photographic exhibits, national contests and workshops as well as member news.

Contact Sheet Downloads:
Contact Sheet 1 - 2009
Contact Sheet 2 - 2009

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Collectors' Print Program



Do you want to collect photography?

Members joining TPS at higher membership levels are eligible to receive, at a discounted price, a fine art print from featured established artists. Selected photographs for 2009 are by Dan Burkholder, Angela Bacon-Kidwell, Christopher Broughton, Susan Burnstine, and Laszlo Layton. We have sold 1,183 photographs in September's Fine Print Auction which is a part of PHOTOTexas weekend.

We have auctioned prints from nationally known photographers such as: Eve Arnold, Michael Kenna, Harry Benson, John Sexton, Ruth Bernhard, Keith Carter, Jerry Uelsmann and Kim Weston. Our color Auction Catalog is a great resource, not only for collectors but of contemporary photography. An excellent way to build an eclectic personal photography collection is through the TPS Member's Print Exchange. Participants submit one of their own archivally-printed and mounted images which will be randomly traded to another contributing member.

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Photography Competitions

Want to have your work looked
at by nationally known curators?


No problem, we do that. Jurors for TPS shows have included: Anthony Bannon (Director, George Eastman House); Barbara Crane (Director, Photography Department, Chicago Art Institute) Van Deren Coke (Curator Emeritus, San Francisco MOMA); Jean Caslin (Executive Director, Houston Center for Photography); Roy Flukinger (Senior Curator of Photography & Film, Ransom Center University of Texas at Austin) Peter Hay Halpert (Contributing Editor, American Photo Magazine); Jeffrey Hoone (Director, Light Work); Arthur Ollman (Director, Museum of Photographic Arts); Charles Stainback (Director of Exhibitions, International Center of Photography); D. J. Stoudt (Art Director, Texas Monthly Magazine) Anne Tucker (Curator of Photographs, Houston Museum of Fine Arts) and Wendy Watriss (Co-founder & Curator Houston's International FotoFest).

Since 2000, 3,984 artists have submitted 28,118 images for judging. From these 948 artists have had 715 images that have been shown throughout Texas and have been shown in Florida, California, France, Greece, Germany, and Italy.

Within the past 5 years, TPS has sponsored:
The National Competition: Open to all members and nonmembers alike and tours the state. TNC has appeared in 14 Texas cities: Abilene, Alpine, Austin, Corpus Christi, Crosbyton, Dallas, El Paso, Kilgore, Longview, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, San Angelo, and San Antonio.

The Members Only Show: Now in its 24th year, the show opens in different cities each year with work selected by a local prominent juror. Prior MOS's have opened in Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Houston, Longview, Lubbock, San Marcos, and San Francisco, California.

The Big Bend Show: Juried by Roy Flukinger, Curator of Photography at the Ranson Center at the University of Texas; a 3 year traveling exhibit co-sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

Alternative Processes: Juried by Christopher James, Author and Professor and Chair, The Art Institute of Boston; a 3 year traveling exhibit co-sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts.

The Student Exhibition: Juried by Keith Carter, Author, artist, professor Lamar University; a 2 year traveling exhibition.

And three exhibitions in Arles, France and one in Italy.

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PHOTOTexas Weekend

Want to learn more about photography? That's easy.

TPS organizes an annual three-day photo weekend packed with activities designed for all levels of photographers. This year's event will include the popular Workshops series (past instructors: Mary Ellen Mark, Keith Carter, Dan Burkholder) the Collector's Fine Print Auction XII, multiple gallery exhibits, and the opening of TPS 18: The National Competition a curated show displaying some of the finest in contemporary photographic works. A color exhibit catalogue will be printed and sent to all who enter, and to select curators, museums, collectors and magazines. Festivities will take place in Austin on September 11, 12, and 13.

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TPS Website

Got a website?
Want to increase traffic on your website?
Just send a thumbnail of your favorite image - we'll put it with the other thumbnails of members Catherine Ames (London); Jim Megargee (New York); Chip Hooper (Carmel, CA) Dan Burkholder (Carrollton, TX); Arthur Meyerson (Houston) Keith Carter (Beaumont, TX) and Paula Chamlee (Ottsville, PA).

Lost the information on a current exhibit?
No problem, check out our extensive list of exhibitions from around the state.

Interested in taking a workshop in New Mexico?
Italy? Morocco? Austin?

Link up with one on the Workshops page – a listing of photography workshops available everywhere.

Misplaced your call for entry form?
Download one from texasphoto.org.

Have a suggestion for TPS?
Let us know!

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Members' Print Exchange

At this annual event, each participating member submits one archivally-printed and mounted image for trade with other contributing TPS members. Names are then randomly matched with one of the submitted prints. In this way, the Exchange enables participants to add a fine print from a fellow member to their photographic collection.

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Push Pin Meetings

TPS sponsors informal meetings around the state to encourage artists to share their works and ideas.

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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.