Join APA | SD for a casual gathering for members at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in La Jolla on Friday, October 6th from 12pm-2pm PT to connect and tour the upcoming exhibitions.
We’ll enjoy some coffee starting at noon and mingle a bit before we head into the museum for a 1 pm tour.
This is a great way to meet other members, learn more about APA, and ask your fellow peers and board members any industry questions.
Members can join us for coffee and/or just the tour. This a members-only gathering and a chance to meet other members as well as get more involved with your local chapter.
Photos clockwise from top left: Dana Hursey, David Ardill, Art Streiber, Yana Mostitsky, Paul Kessel, Steve Korn
Untitled is an annual competition and exhibition designed to showcase the best work of APA members and beyond – Images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. This contest is open to all photographers at any level. All entries will be curated by our jurors and the top 20 images will be selected to display for exhibition with the top three (3) photos awarded prizes.
While an APA membership is not required to enter, members receive discounts on entries as well as sponsor benefits and discount pricing for gear and services throughout the year.
We welcome this year’s jurors: Ann M. Jastrab, Executive Director at Center for Photographic Art and Arianna Rinaldo, Independent curator, photography consultant and freelance photo editor.
You can find full details and submission guidelines at untitledshow.org.
Entry fees help support programming and events for APA San Diego and 20% of the entry proceeds will be donated to the youth photography organization Outside the Lens.
Join APA | SD for a casual gathering for members at The San Diego Museum of Art on Friday, August 25th from 12pm-2pm PT to tour some of the current exhibitions, O’Keeffe and Moore and Bruce Davidson: Subway.
We’ll meet for coffee at the CRAFT CAFÉ at Mingei at noon and walk over to the museum a little before 1pm.
This is a great way to meet other members, learn more about APA and ask your fellow peers and board members any industry questions.
The Craft Cafe at Mingei is located at: Balboa Park, Plaza de Panama, 1439 El Prado, and San Diego, CA 92101 across from SDMA. Join us for coffee or just the tour. This is a member’s appreciation meet up and a chance to be more involved with your local chapter. We sincerely hope to see you there.
Please RSVP by 8/15 to director@apasd.org, as we need to provide a headcount for the museum.
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
