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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. |
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> Click here to subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter.
> Keep me informed about the Our Town series of workshops/exhibits. |
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Website updated June 29, 2009
24 competitions, 1 with a deadline of June 30th, members' workshops in Texas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey,New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming, Ecuador, Ireland, Iceland, Japan, Morroco, and Peru; and exhibits. |
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
-W. Eugene Smith quotes |
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Childhood: An International Photo Exhibition
Entries due October 02
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The juror is Jamie Lee Curtis, actress, children’s book author, activist, photographer and
collector. Ms. Curtis said about the exhibit, “Childhood is fleeting – yet sometimes, in a fraction of a second, photographers can capture its essence: joy, pain, play, boredom, frustration, elation. As an author of children’s books I have tried to capture what it feels like to be a child – the good and the bad – and to stimulate a dialogue between children and parents regarding the issues raised in the book. I hope to see creative work that captures childhood’s many guises.”
more . . . |
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An International Student Photography Competition
Entries due October 26
Lucian Perkins is an American photojournalist who has worked for The Washington Post since 1979. He has won numerous awards, including the World Press Photo of the Year award in 1996 for a photograph of a boy peering out the window of a bus leaving Chechnya. In 1995....more |
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TPS current shows
Alternative Processes, 2008: A Traveling Exhibition at River City Silver. 5103 McCullough. Mo-Fr 8:30a-6p, thru June 15.
To view a catalogue of accepted entries.
To go to the River City Silver website. |
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Our Town Odessa
Our Town Odessa class. |
Night Photography Workshop, May 2009 with Lance Keimig [Pembroke, Ma].
During the two night sessions, participants created a body of nocturnal images in a variety of locations. From relatively short exposures of a few seconds, to exposures of an hour or more,they explored the range of possibilities of Night Photography. Students were said to have had a great time. For more about Lance and other opportunities with him, visit www.thenightskye.com |
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Featured Exhibitions |
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Carol Schiraldi
Lone Star Steeple |
Austin Artspace and Gallery
7739 Northcross Drive, Suite Q. 512-771-2868. What Texas Means to Me? Exhibit and Awards Show, featuring Carol Schiraldi [Cedar park]. July 10 thru August 21. Artist Reception July 11, 6-9p. |
Rania Matar
Yamira, 18, Boston |
Houston Center for Photography
1441 West Alabama. 27th Anniversary Juried Membership Exhibition juried by Katherine Ware [Santa Fe, NM] featuring TPS Members Susan Hayre Thelwell [Santa Fe, NM], Rania Matar [Brookline, MA], Lori Hepner [Pittsburgh, PA], and Laurie Lambrecht [NewYork City, NY]. Opening Reception July 10, 6-8p, thru August 23. |
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TPS Contact Sheet Vol 29, No 3 it's in the mail!
Click here to view Vol 29, No 3. |
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Call for Entries: Fantastic Plastic
Watson Studio Gallery and the Texas Photographic Society are teaming up to bring you the next juried exhibition!
"To hold, point and shoot a [plastic] Diana camera implies a conscious decision to relinquish control. To concentrate your creative powers on capturing the moment and telling a story – rather than fiddling with a bunch of knobs and levers ." This quote from the Society of Lomography sums up the goal of this exhibition.
Fantastic Plastic will feature the work of selected avant-garde artists who challenge themselves to create compelling images with plastic cameras and other lo-fi cameras such as Holga, Lomo, pin-hole, Lensbabies lenses, cell-phone cameras, home-made cameras, TV with vintage cameras, etc. The jurors will be Susan Burnstine [Los Angeles, CA] and Carol Watson [Johnson City].
For more info, visit www.lostcanuck.com/studio/index.php/studio/calls_for_entry. |
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2009 Print Program Artists Announced! |
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Internationally acclaimed artist Dan Burkholder, Palenville, NY, is the 2009 Print Program Featured Artist. His image is a 10” X 15” archival inkjet print made on premium Museo matte paper. Signed and numbered by the artist, this Special Edition print is limited to 25 prints. Other 2009 Print Program artist are Angela Bacon-Kidwell (Wichita Falls), Christopher Broughton (Carpinteria, California), Susan Burnstine (Los Angeles, California), and Laszlo Layton (Gold Canyon, Arizona). more |
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The FotoFest 2010 Biennial:
Meeting Place Portfolio Review
March 12 – April 1, 2010
Deadline: July 13, 2009
The Meeting Place is the largest, most international program of its kind in the world for artists, curators and editors. During the course of the 16-day event, over 150 professionals from the U.S.and 20 other countries review the work of 500 artists. The event is a launching pad for many creative and editorial artists’ careers. The FotoFest Biennial originated the modern portfo lio review. With the portfolio reviews are more than 100 photo-based exhibitions and events at museums, galleries, artist organizations and corporate spaces.
The Meeting Place offers four sessions of four day reviews and photographers are guaranteed a minimum of four formal appointments per day in addition to informal reviews.The registration form is available at www.fotofest.org/biennial2010/meetingplace. A list of reviewers invited to the 2010 Meeting Place is available at www.fotofest.org/biennial2010/meetingplace/reviewers.htm. |
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TPS Upcoming Events for more events, visit the TPS Calendar. . .
| August |
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| 1st |
Details for 1st Annual Childrens' Photo Contest posted online |
| 15th |
Details for Student Competition posted online |
| 15th |
Details for Our Town: Amarillo posted online |
| 23rd |
Our Town: Odessa, Environmental Portrait Lighting with Angilee Wilkerson |
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| 11th |
TPS 18: TIC opens at Kirchman Gallery in Johnson City |
| 11th |
Auction XV - Davis Gallery in Austin. |
| 12th |
Artist Reception for TPS 18: The International Competition at Kirchman Gallery |
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Entries due in San Antonio for Childrens' Photo Contest |
| 22nd |
Entries due in San Antonio for Our Town: Amarillo |
| 26th |
Entries due in San Antonio for Student Competition |
| 31st |
Halloween Masquerade and Opening Reception of Alternative Processes Show at Watson Gallery in Johnson City. |
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Alternative Processes Show ends at Watson Gallery in Johnson City |
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TPS 18: The International Competiton opens at the Center for Contemporary Art in Abilene, Texas. |
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Our Town: Amarillo opens at Kirchman Gallery in Johnson City |
| 21st |
Student Show opens at Semmes Art Gallery at the University of the Incarnate Word |
| 21st |
Artist Reception for Student Show at Semmes Gallery |
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Featured Book |
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O. Rufus Lovett [Longview, TX]. Weeping Mary. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.
In this book, O. Rufus Lovett presents an eloquent photo essay created in the tradition of such master photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, and Helen Levitt. Focusing on the people of the community, especially the children, Lovett photographs with honesty and a deep empathy for his subjects.
Curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker [Houston].
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Featured Workshop |
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Japan: Through the Cultural Maze.
November 7-18, 2009. Led by Sonia Katchian, Director of PhotoShuttle: Japan; fine-art photographer and founder of Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Douglas Beasley; and esteemed author/digital photo guru, Tim Grey
© Sonia Katchian |
With an exceptional instructor-to-student ratio of 3 : 1, participants will be guided toward a spiritual approach to picture-making , and toward improved skills in digital optimization. And, as though that weren't enough, the Japan Photo Workshops are an induction for photographers into all things Japanese (Sonia Katchian's specialty http://photoshuttle.com).
Geared specifically to the professional photographer who wants to learn the ropes about working in Japan and get Japan imagery immediately into their portfolio, while taking their work up several notches ... this workshop is also open to photographers ambitious and energetic enough to keep pace!
Full details at http://photoshuttle.com/workshops |
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The Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. With incisive reviews, exciting portfolios, lively interviews, the latest in books and exhibitions, The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today. |
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Of interest from the World Wide Web
American Photo magazine lists The Best Photo Books of 2008, Volumes that push the creative boundaries of art on paper. Several books of note include: Photographing America: Henri Cartier-Bresson & Walker Evans, Misty Dawn: Portrait of a Muse by Jack Sturges, Behind the Scenes Annie Leibovitz: At Work, Saguaros by Mark Klett, Guts and Glory, The Golden Age of American Football 1958 - 1978 by Neil Leifer and Kilgore Rangerettes by TPS board member O. Rufus Lovett.
Cross Cultural Collaborative, an educational non-profit that invites people to
promote cultural exchange and understanding through the arts, is offering several workshops and other oppurtunities in Ghana. Please take a look.
Leica is offering special-edition "Safari" camera that includes: an olive green painted LEICA M8.2 and the silver anodised finish LEICA ELMARIT-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH lens, an exclusive Billingham camera case and an elegant carrying strap bearing an embossed Leica logo. Limited to 500, price $10,000.
The University of Texas Press has a 33% website discount sale on most of their books including books by TPS members Weeping Mary by O. Rufus Lovett; A Certain Alchemy by Keith Carter; and Still by Robb Kendrick.
In 1982 T.M. Lee created the Holga with hopes to inspire millions of Chinese to create lasting memories with this simple and affordable camera, at a time when photography was an expensive luxury that few could indulge in. Today the Holga has inspired millions throughout the world with the unique imagery it creates in the hands of the inspired artist. The Holga website is a gallery of impressive images, all taken with Holga cameras
Do you have a favorite photography related website, movie or book you want to share with TPS members? Pass it along, we'll pass it along. Clarke@texasphoto.org
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The Alice and Bill Wright
Photography Gallery
at The Grace Museum |
September 25th will mark the opening of a dedicated 3rd floor gallery space as The Alice and Bill Wright Photography Gallery. The gallery will exhibit photography from the recent gift of the Wrights to The Grace Museum of a large portion their private collection of photography. The newly acquired collection features over 200 original photographic prints by Ansel Adams, Marion Post Wolcott, Russell Lee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Keith Carter and others. The inaugural exhibition will feature works by important Texas photographers of the past and present. Roy Flukinger, Senior Curator of Photography and Film, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, will speak a the dedication on September 26 and be present at the opening. Due to the generosity of the Wrights and previous photography donations, The Grace Museum’s current photography collection is the foundation on which to build the premier collection of Texas photography in the country. The Wright’s will continue to assist in the expansion and support of The Alice and Bill Wright Photography Collection at The Grace Museum. |
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PDN Seeks Submissions For: The Concerned Photographer
PDN's September issue will be devoted to celebrating The Concerned Photographer, highlighting photographers or photo organizations that have lent their time and talents to affecting positive change. We'll be looking at both community-based and international projects, independent efforts and works done in partnership with charities and NGOs. They will be selected by the PDN editors on the basis of originality, ingenuity and in particular their impact. All projects must have been underway from June 2008 to present. To nominate a project or photographer, send sample images or a URL, a brief mission statement and a summary of the project's impact and outcome to: editor@pdnonline.com. |
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Texas Regional Art Symposium 2009 and
Patricia B. Avery Regional Art Exhibit
The Heard-Craig Center for the Arts is honored to host a one day Texas Regional Art Symposium on October 10, 2009. The Texas Regional Art Symposium historical and contemporary art exhibits will feature well known artists of the region speaking on subjects ranging from southwest material culture to original research on individual artists such as sculptor Allie Tennant and painter Frank Klepper.
The Texas Regional Art Symposium will also be hosting the Patricia B. Avery Regional Art Exhibit, applications for this exhibit will be accepted until August 1st.
For more information, go to www.heardcraig.org. |
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What about HDR Photography?
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Have questions, we have answers.
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Dan Burkholder, TPS board member, author and teacher extols the virtues of HDR photography. "It’s the latest and hottest technique, made possible only through digital. High Dynamic Range photography is the process of taking several pictures of a scene at various exposures, then merging them into one file... more
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Texas Photographic Society
6338 N. New Braunfels #174
San Antonio, Texas 78209
www.texasphoto.org
Copyrights of all photographs found on this site are the property of the photographer. Photographs may not be reproduced without permission from the photographer. |
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© Patricia Sandler [Los Angeles, CA] has entered into the International Exhibit: Childhood with her image Disneyland. |
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© Charles Corda [Coconut Grove, FL] has entered his images into Childhood: An International Photo Exhibition. |
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© Aline Smthson from Los Angeles, CA will be teaching Making Art with Toy Cameras:
Low Fidelity Photography at the Deborah Martin: Studio 528. |
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© Kim Weston Photography Workshops in Carmel Highlands, CA include A Day with Kim Weston, Wildcat Studio Nude I and II, and The Platinum Workshops. |
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© Susan Hayre Thelwell of Santa Fe, NM will be teaching a workshop, Black and White Capture to Print, at the Santa Fe Photography Workshops |
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© Cig Harvey:Associate Professor at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and the Texas Photographic Society's International Competition 2009's juror. |
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© Eleanor Owen Kerr of Baton Rouge, LA has entered into The International Competition with her image Mill Pond Dream. |
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© Meghan Cronrath of Kutztown, PA has entered into The International Competition with her image Cocoon. |
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© John Bergholm of Emeryville, CA has entered into The International Competition with his image Grammy and Grandpa. |
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©Marissa Rebecca of Philidelphia, PA has entered into The International Competition with her image Formidable Distraction III. |
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