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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."
The Photographic Artist
Published by Calumet, Inc., (Chicago, IL) "I have also found a great technical publication out of the Texas Photographic Society called Tech Sheets."
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."
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Officers of TPS Board
President
D. Clarke Evans, San Antonio
Vice President-Austin
Laura Pickett Calfee, Driftwood
Government liaison
Vice President-State
Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Longview
Fine art & commercial photographer
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
Polly Chandler, Austin
Fine art 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
Scott Martin, San Antonio
Owner, Onsight, a digital imaging consulting firm
Michael O'Brien, Austin
Editorial & fine art photographer
Richard Orton, Austin
Photographer, Texas House of Representatives
Jody Richardson, Austin
Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Haur & Feld, LLP
Glynda Hatfield Rose, Austin
Fine art photographer
Trish Simonite, San Antonio
Assistant Professor, Trinity University
Luther Smith, Fort Worth
Professor of Art Photography
Texas Christian University
Victoria Smith, Austin
Staff Photographer
Holt Rinehart & Winston
William Tolan, Austin
Photographer and educator
Peter Williams, Austin
Owner, AgavePrint digital printing and reproduction services
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Advisory Council Members
Dan Burkholder, Carrollton
Fine art photographer, author and teacher
Reid Callanan, Santa Fe, NM
Director, Santa Fe Workshops
Keith Carter, Beaumont
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
UT Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Harris Fogel, Philadelphia, PA
Chairman, Media Arts Department
University of the Arts
Amy Holmes George, Nacogdoches
Assistant Professor of Photography & Digital Media
Stephen F. Austin State University
Dave Hamrick,
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
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
Craig Varjabedian, Santa Fe, NM
Photographer and workshop leader
Wendy Watriss, Houston
Co-founder and Curator
Houston International FotoFest
Bill Wright, Abilene
Author and fine art photographer
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Partner
Texas Commission on the Arts, Austin
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Benefactors
Accurate Printing & Litho
San Antonio
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
Austin
Davis Gallery
Austin
McCombs Foundation
San Antonio
Pat Brown
Austin
Dan Burkholder
Carrollton
Laura Pickett Calfee
Driftwood
Keith Carter
Beaumont
Jean Caslin
Houston
Polly Chandler
Austin
Richard Chepey
Corpus Christi
Jerry & Marilyn Comer
Richardson
Bill Davis
Austin
Roy Flukinger
Austin
Michael T. Harper
Austin
Chip Hooper
Carmel Valley, California
Max Kellenberger
San Francisco, California
Richard Newman
Pacific Grove, California
Sean Perry
Austin
Richard Reynolds
Austin
Ron Rosenstock
Holden, Massachusetts
Trish Simonite
San Antonio
Amanda Stahl
Johnson Cityr
Steve Tabb
Dallas
Steve Tabb
Dallas
Douglas R. Wong
Milpitas, California
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Patrons
River City Silver & A Photographic Lab
San Antonio
SWBC, Inc.
San Antonio
Santa Fe Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Eric Banks
Elmira, New York
Kate Breakey
Tucson, Arizona
Kent Brown
San Marcos
Marty Carden
Richmond
Steve Goff
Odessa
Amy A. Griffin
Austin
Richard Griffin
Austin
Paul Kozal
Gualala, California
Beckwith Thompson
Odessa
Alice and Bill Wright
Abilene
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