Editing Live: A Look Inside the Process with Beth Huerta

Join us on Saturday, May 6th for our next workshop, ‘Editing Live: A Look Inside
the Process with Beth Huerta‘. As a follow-up to last year’s workshop,
‘Developing & Presenting Your Portfolio’, Beth will share more valuable insight on
her editing process and edit galleries live while we observe.

During this online workshop, Beth will:

  1. Offer a review of her approach to editing (an abbreviated refresh of
    the information that she covered in her first workshop).
  2. Provide a front-row seat to study her process while she edits
    photographer’s work in real-time.
  3. Show relevant and important examples of what constitutes an
    effective edit and discuss best practices in editing.
     

About Beth:
In her current position as Senior Agent/Editor at the award-winning agency
Candace Gelman & Associates, Beth has been fortunate to work with, advise
and represent renowned artists such as Sandro, Marcus Smith, Olivia Bee,
Kennedi Carter and The Voorhes, amongst others. She also works as a
freelance editor for photographers including Art Streiber and Tracy + David.
Prior to CG&A, Beth worked as a consultant/assistant for a bevy of internationally
acclaimed advertising and editorial photographers including Howard Schatz and
Theo Westenberger. Beth is a frequent workshop presenter and contributing
writer for the American Photographic Artists Association. She is an adjunct
instructor for the Photography program at Drexel University and has taught at
The University of the Arts and Columbia College Chicago. Beth serves on the
advisory board for FreshLens Chicago and is a Mentor for NYC Salt, a program
that creates opportunities in visual arts for under-served New York City youth.

Register today for this exclusive online workshop with Beth and learn how to
take your editing game to the next level
!

Join us on Saturday, May 6th from 10:00 am – 12 pm PST

Reserve your spot now!

APA Members: $20
Non-Members: $40

Students with valid ID can receive discounted admission.
Contact director@apasd.org for code.



APA | SD presents: Peer-to-Peer Critique

Do you have a photography project or series that you are passionate about? Curious about what your peers and others think of it?

Join APA San Diego and the photo community for an in-person conversation to share your own work and/or to comment on the work of others. Five photographers will be selected to present and discuss their personal work or project in an in-person critique session. 

Send us a link to your project for consideration. Submissions should be ready to share and present to an audience.

When:
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
6:00 PM PST

Where:
5343 Banks Street
San Diego, CA 92110

APA | SD Members: Free
Non-Members: Suggested Donation $10

RESERVE YOUR SPOT HERE!

Email director@apasd.org to submit your project.
Deadline to submit is April 15th, 2023

APA | SD Happy Hour | Wednesday, March 15th

Join APA | SD for Happy Hour on Wednesday, March 15th, from 5:30 – 7:30 PM at Panama 66 in Balboa Park. This happy hour is 21+ and open to the larger photo and creative community. We’ll be outside in the covered patio area enjoying some drinks and food. Registration isn’t needed, but we would love to know if you could join us. 

APA | SD members are encouraged to attend! Live music begins at 7PM with GILBERT CASTELLANOS YOUNG LIONS.

The Food & Beverage menu can be found here.

Panama 66 is located next to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park at: 1450 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Email director@apasd.org for questions and to reserve your spot. 

APA | SD presents: Peer-to-Peer Critique

Do you have a photography project or series that you are passionate about? Curious about what your peers and others think of it?

Join APA San Diego and the photo community for an in-person conversation to share your own work and/or to comment on the work of others. Five photographers will be selected to present and discuss their personal work or project in an in-person critique session. 

Send us a link to your project for consideration. Submissions should be ready to share and present to an audience.

When:
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
6:00 PM PST

Where:
5343 Banks Street
San Diego, CA 92110

Free and Open to All

Email director@apasd.org to reserve a spot or to submit your project.
Deadline to submit is February 3rd, 2023

Dan Winters Live at San Diego Air & Space Museum

Photos: © Dan Winters

Time and Space: An Evening with photographer Dan Winters

The San Diego chapter of American Photographic Artists is proud to welcome back acclaimed photographer, Dan Winters, on January 12th, 2023 at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park.

Join us for a special one-night event including a photographic talk and presentation highlighting his work and stories from years spent behind the camera. The event will feature some of Dan’s aerospace photography and discuss his longtime fascination for this technically challenging work.

Doors open at 6 PM and the event will begin at 6:30 PM PDT

About Dan Winters

Dan Winters is widely recognized for his celebrity portraiture, scientific and aerospace photography, photojournalism, and illustrations.  He has won over one hundred national and International awards from American Photography, Siena International Photo Awards, International Photography Awards, Communication Arts, the Society of Publication Designers, PDN, the Art Directors Club of New York, Life magazine and World Press Photo, among others. He was also awarded the prestigious Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography.  He was honored by Kodak as a photo “Icon” in their biographical “Legends” series.  Winters’ clients include  National Geographic, New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, New York Magazine, TIME, Esquire, GQ, WIRED and Rolling Stone among others, as well as a host of advertising, music and entertainment clients.  He has 5 published books and has had multiple solo exhibitions of his work in NYC, Los Angeles, Savannah, Siena, Italy and Madrid, Spain. 

APA Members: $15
Students (with valid ID): $15
Non-Members: $25

Reserve your spot today click here! 
Tickets must be purchased in advance. 

Not a Member?
Our annual memberships start at $50! Join Now!

Untitled 2022 Winners and Gallery Exhibition

Clockwise from left: Rebecca Grant, Art Streiber, Dana Hursey

Thank you to everyone who entered Untitled 2022! Please join us to celebrate the artists at the one-night-only exhibition on Saturday, November 12th, 2022 at Bread & Salt Gallery in the Brick Room. The top three (3) images will be announced and awarded prizes. See all competition entries shown in a rotating slideshow, sip craft beer, and support the photo community. Our APA chapter will donate 20% of the contest entry proceeds to The Gordon Parks Foundation in support of their Arts & Social Justice Fund.

To preview this year’s winners visit UntitledShow.org

Thank You to our jurors:
Katherine Ware, curator of photography at the New Mexico Museum of Art; Photography consultant and curator, Julie Grahame; and Photo editor, researcher and founder of the non-profit, Free Juice, Allison Retina Stewart.

When:
Saturday, November 12th, 2022
6 – 9 PM

Where:
Bread & Salt Gallery
1955 Julian Ave.
San Diego, CA 92113

Thank you to our sponsors:

APA Awards 2022: Call for Entries Now Open!

2021 Portrait Winner © John Davidson

APA AWARDS 2022

Our annual competition is open to all photographers at every level, worldwide – everyone from emerging photographers to established professionals.

Our Judges will select 43 APA Award Winners this year for 14 categories and one Best of Show.

APA Leader level members save 50% on each image and get featured in our awards annual publication.

ENTER THE 2022 APA AWARDS HERE


AWARDS CATEGORIES 

Architecture / Interiors
Beauty / Fashion
Celebrity / Musicians
Conceptual / Altered
Corporate / Industrial
FRESH / New work (Created in 2022)
Documentary / Photojournalism
Food / Still Life
Lifestyle
Nature / Animals
Personal Projects
Portrait
Sports / Adventure
Travel / Landscape
Series / Diptych / Triptych (enter Series HERE)

FINAL DEADLINE, JULY 7, 2022 NOON PACIFIC 

Take a look at the great list of creatives and art buyers/producers, serving as jurors.

Prizes from Sony, Wacom, INOVATIV, StellaPro Lights, PhotoShelter, FOUND, Think Tank, Adobe and more. It just takes one image to win.

An Evening with Pooneh Ghana | May 12th, 2022

© Pooneh Ghana

We’re excited to welcome music photographer Pooneh Ghana for a photographic talk and presentation on May 12th at 5 p.m. PDT. Pooneh Ghana was born and raised in Texas and began her journey as a photographer in high school at age 16 traveling to Austin to attend shows/music festivals with some cheap film cameras in hand.

Pooneh then combined her two greatest passions, a love for music and photography, and began her career working as a freelance music photographer using the skills she learned early on by experimenting with photography. Over the years, she’s created stunning film photos while working and touring with various artists including Tame Impala, The Strokes, Beck, Leon Bridges, Angel Olsen, Cage The Elephant, Glass Animals, Courtney Barnett, Idles, and many more.

Her work has also been featured in a variety of publications such as Rolling Stone, NME, WIRED and Pitchfork.

Today Pooneh resides in Los Angeles, California, and continues to enjoy documenting all aspects of the music world and the culture that surrounds it. From shooting for publications to going on tour, she’s grateful to wake up everyday and do what she loves.

Join us for a special online event on Thursday, May 12th at 5 p.m. PDT

Free to APA Members
Non-Members: Pay What You Wish. All Proceeds go to the photographer.

Reserve your spot today click here! 

Not a Member?
Our annual memberships start at $50! Join Now!

Untitled 2021 Winners Announced

We want to thank all of our sponsors, and participants who helped make Untitled 2021 a wonderful exhibition and event. A special thank you to our jurors, Anna Goldwater Alexander, Director of Photography at WIRED; Mark Gallo, Creative Director, traina; and gallery owner Joseph Bellows who curated the top 21 selections from nearly 500 submissions. Congratulations to all of our Untitled 2021 finalists and prizes will be awarded to the top 3 images.

20% of the entry proceeds will go to Outside the Lens to support their mission and programming. 

Selected Winners

  • Todd Glaser – 1st Place
  • Jennifer Rubin – 2nd Place
  • Jim Esposito – 3rd Place
  • Nick Nacca
  • Markku Lahdesmaki
  • Marshall Williams
  • Joe Patronite
  • Taggart Lee
  • Beto Soto
  • Dana Hursey
  • Marina Griffin
  • David Fouts
  • Joshua Goodell
  • Jens Lucking
  • Robert Ripps
  • Liana Grigoryan
  • Sam Zauscher
  • Sean Horton
  • Matt Harbicht
  • Jim Esposito
  • Art Streiber

Click here to preview the top 21 winners!

Thank you for supporting our photo community!

THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 SPONSORS!

Untitled 2021: A Photographic Exhibition

Join APA | San Diego at Bread & Salt Gallery for a one-night only exhibition of the top 21 photographic prints from our Untitled 2021 contest. APA | SD will donate 20% of the contest entry proceeds to Outside the Lens; a San Diego-based organization that provides photography and digital media programming to youth and the community. See all competition entries shown in a rotating slideshow, sip craft beer from Saint Archer Brewing and support the photo community. Winning entries were curated by Anna Goldwater Alexander, Director of Photography at WIRED; Mark Gallo, Creative Director, traina; and Joseph Bellows | Joseph Bellows Gallery. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 images.

To preview the top 21 winners click here

When:
Friday, November 12, 2021
6:00-9:00 PM

Where:
Bread & Salt
1955 Julian Avenue
San Diego, CA 92113

THANK YOU TO OUR 2021 SPONSORS: