Join APA | SD for Happy Hour on Wednesday, June 21st, 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. Meet and mingle with peers and APA members, talk shop, and get to know our sponsors. 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.
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:
Offer a review of her approach to editing (an abbreviated refresh of the information that she covered in her first workshop).
Provide a front-rowseat to study her process while she edits photographer’s work in real-time.
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.
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
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.
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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