An Evening with Grant Brittain

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Join us for a special one-night event with APA photographer J. Grant Brittain at the Museum of Photographic Arts on Thursday, June 14th. Grant will be presenting and speaking on his work spanning decades of skate culture.

About Grant Brittain

Grant is a San Diego based photographer who has been shooting for nearly 40 years, capturing some of skateboarding’s finest athletes since 1979. His career in photography began while working at the Del Mar Skate Ranch, where he decided to pick up a friend’s camera and start shooting. The rest, as they say, is history. In 1983, Brittain helped to found Transworld Skateboarding Magazine, where he worked as the Photo Editor. In 2004, he left TWS to form The Skateboard Mag, which he helped run for over 10 years.

Today, Grant is still shooting daily and enjoying life in North County as a resident of Encinitas with his family, a Labrador retriever named Stella and a cat named Rosie.

Aside from his famous skateboarding photography and personal book project, he’s staying focused on both commercial and personal work, as well as speaking at photo events around the globe. Take a look at Grant’s website here to see more of his work.

When: Thursday, June 14th, 2018, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Where: Museum of Photographic Arts, 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101 (Balboa Park)
Cost: APA, MOPA members: $10
Students and OTL: $5
Affiliates (ASMP, AIGA, LPW, PPSDC): $15
Non-members: $20
Space is limited, reserve your tickets here.

Thank you to our sponsors:

 

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Who Do You Think You Are?*

*And is it what you want to be known for?

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Join us for an upcoming event focused on your branding and self-promotion on Thursday, May 24th at 6:30PM with veteran creative director Scott Mires.

Do you know your brand? Is it resonating with your potential clients and customers? Did your last promo sound like crickets? We will dive into the world of visual branding and self-promotion to review what works, what doesn’t and why. Award-winning creative director Scott Mires will be critiquing a select number of photography promos and branding submissions and discussing why they are successful – or what they lack.

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Meet Scott Mires
Retired: Founder and Creative Director at MiresBall

For over 30 years I spearheaded major initiatives for industry leading brands. Whether for Qualcomm, Ballast Point Brewing, Taylor Guitars, PepsiCo, Nike, Intel or Pebble Beach my role was to guide and amplify the strategy and creative implementation. My goal was to take a project further than either I or my clients thought possible. Over my tenure it was especially gratifying to be featured in Communication Arts, named one of the globes Top 10 Design Firms by Graphis, and twice being inducted into the Library of Congress.

“My favorite quote: “Eddie would go!”, it’s served me well.”

When:
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Doors open at 6:00 PM, Event begins at 6:30 PM

Where:
Marshall Williams & Chris Park Studio, 5343 Banks Street, San Diego, CA 92110

Cost:
APA|SD Members: Free

Students and Affiliates (ASMP, MOPA, LPW): $15
Non-members: $25 ($5 more at the door)

Register Here

To be eligible to have your branded promotions reviewed, please register for the event and email a pdf to director@apasd.org. Please note not all submissions may be selected and you do not need to submit a piece if you are attending the event.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

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An Evening with Dan Winters

Thank you to everyone who joined us at MOPA for An Evening with photographer Dan WintersWe were so happy to have seen a great turnout of students, old friends and new faces as well. Dan gave an inspiring and unforgettable presentation while sharing some beautiful personal and professional work with us. We appreciate the support of our community and generous sponsors who allow us to produce memorable events like this.

Photos courtesy of © Stacy Keck
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Thank you for your generosity!
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An Evening with Dan Winters

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APA San Diego is very proud to welcome acclaimed photographer Dan Winters. Join us for a special event including a photographic talk and presentation at the Museum of Photographic Arts in the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater on Tuesday, March 6th 2018.

About Dan:
Dan Winters is an award-winning photographer who is best known for his celebrity portraits, photojournalism and illustrations. His work has been featured in a variety of publications including GQ, Vanity Fair, TIME, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and WIRED. His range of clients include
HBO, Amazon, Netflix, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Sony, RCA and Interscope. He’s had multiple solo gallery exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles and a solo exhibition at the Telfair Museum Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah. His work is in permanent collections at the National Portrait Gallery, Museum of Fine Art in Houston, the Telfair Museum and The Harry Ransom Center.

Aside from an impressive client list and overall body of work, Dan has a collection of successful books in publication that address a variety of subjects, including Road To Seeing, a deep dive into his personal journey in photography and The Grey Ghost, a selection of 30 years of New York street photography. He currently splits his time
between Austin, Los Angeles and Savannah Georgia with his wife and son.

March 6, 2018 6:00-8:00 at MOPA / Joan and Irwin Jacobs Theater
APA and MOPA Members: $15
Students: $15
Affiliates (ASMP, LPW, SDMP) $20
Non-members: $25
Doors open at 6:00pm and event starts at 6:30pm
Reserve your seats now.

APA|SD would like to thank our generous sponsors:

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Anatomy of a Personal Project with Philipp Scholz Rittermann

Thank you to everyone who attended our event last week with photographer Philipp Scholz Rittermann. We enjoyed his beautiful work and the inspiring stories of struggle and triumph he shared with us.

A very special thank you to our generous sponsors and supporters for making these events possible:

CLEARSTORY, Chris ParkMarshall WilliamsNelson PhotoWorkbook,  Yodelist and George’s.

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Anatomy of a Personal Project with Phillipp Scholz Rittermann

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It’s not if creative block will strike, just when. So, how does one get unstuck? Keep shooting they say… No assignments? Shoot for yourself!

Join APA San Diego for the first of a series: The Anatomy of a Personal Project – and learn how to rekindle the spark that got you into this racket in the first place.

Philipp will share personal work, strategies to overcome the demons of self-doubt induced inertia, and how to get back out into the world.

About Philipp:

Temporal and spatial themes lie at the heart of Rittermann’s photographic practice. His imagery encompasses nocturnal scenes of industry, pristine landscape, and most recently, installations of large-scale transparencies, which surround the viewer.

Born and raised in Lima, Perú, Rittermann lived in Germany and Spain 
before immigrating to the United States in the early ’80s. His work is held in over one hundred public private, and corporate collections, including MoMA, NY, SFMoMA, CA, MFA, TX, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, France, and many others.

Rittermann has been teaching photography for over thirty years in the USA and abroad. He exhibits in national, and international venues, and was honored with a mid-career survey at the Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego, which published the monograph Navigating by Light. In 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego exhibited large-scale works from Emperor’s River, a photographic project he conducted in China. Emperor’s River has traveled to several museums across the country.

Thursday, January 25th, 2018
6:30 PM
Chris Park and Marshall Williams Studio
5343 Banks Street
San Diego, CA 92110

Tickets and information are available here

Special thanks to our Sponsors:

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Todd Glaser at MOPA

Thank you to everyone who attended our event last week at MOPA with photographer Todd Glaser to benefit Leucadia Photoworks! We had a great turnout of support with an amazing and inspiring presentation by Todd. He shared some beautiful imagery and fun stories about creating his book, PROXIMITY, which helped raise money for LPW. If you want to purchase a copy of his book, please click here.

Photos courtesy of John Durant and Adele Godfrey.

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And a very special thank you to our generous sponsors for making these events possible:

APA | SD’s Holiday Party and Print Exchange | December 7th, 2017

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APA | SD’s Holiday Party and Print Exchange

Thursday, December 7th, 2017 at 6:30 pm

EAT, DRINK & MERRY MERRY
Join us and other San Diego photographers at what is now a venerable
tradition: arrive at Waypoint Public with loose print and depart in the wee hours filled
with winter cheer, your heart full of holiday spirit, your hands clutching a new and
wonderful photograph. It’s a custom. It’s an age-old practice. It’s a party.

Waypoint Public
3794 30th St., San Diego, CA 92104
Space is limited.

RSVP or Questions director@apasd.org
RSVP by December 6th
Not a member?
Join now online

Untitled 2017 Winners Announced

APA|SD would like to thank all of the attendees and participants who helped make the Untitled 2017 exhibition and auction a success. More than 140 entries were received and our judge, Dersu Rhodes, curated the top 20. The prints were displayed at Subtext gallery for a one-night only event and silent auction benefiting the Museum of Photographic Arts and prizes were awarded for the top 3 submissions and people’s choice.

1st Prize: Dana Neibert
2nd Prize: Bil Zelman
3rd Prize: Weston Fuller
People’s Choice: Adele Godfrey

Thank you to all of our generous sponsors!

Here are a few photos from the event courtesy of Stacy Keck.

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