THE 2017 APA AWARDS CALL FOR ENTRIES
HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 14TH


REGISTER NOW
 until June 29th at no additional fee.

STARTING JUNE 29TH submission fees increase $10 per entry.

THE APA AWARDS is one of the most respected photo contests in the world.

Enter just one image and you could walk away with thousands of dollars worth of prizes!

Enter as many images as you like and increase your chances even more.

Winners will receive a connection to people who can hire you, and there’s more:

Selected images to be included in a 2-page spread in Lürzer’s Archive 2018
A gallery showcasing winning images will be viewable online for two years.
A selection of winners will be included in a promotional mailing and sent to select art buyers and photo editors across the country.
An acclaimed panel of Judges will be viewing your work.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT – proceeds help advance APA’s core mission of protecting photographers’ rights so you can feel good about entering.

Beggars Banquet with scott b. davis and MOPA, June 8, 2017

San Diego photographer scott b. davis will present a slide lecture of his work for APA|SD’s “Beggars Banquet” series on June 8, 2017, followed by a viewing of prints made from an 8”x10” and 16”x20” field cameras.

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Beginning with large format b/w landscapes, davis slowly moved toward abstract and minimalist works, incorporating the 19th century platinum / palladium printing as an integral part of the process. Today, davis is working on a series of negative prints made in camera, exploring the perception of light and space in the Sonoran desert.

About the Artist

Since the 1990’s scott b. davis has made photographs that explore unremarkable wilderness corridors and anonymous urban spaces in the American landscape. A platinum printer for two decades, his night photographs and recent work with platinum paper negatives examine the far ends of the visible spectrum and consider the limits of human perception. His work with large format wooden view cameras (8”x10” up to 16”x20”) facilitates working slowly and affords large-scale negatives used for platinum printing.

In 2012 davis founded the Medium Festival of Photography, an annual event that brings emerging and established contemporary photographers to San Diego for four-days of portfolio reviews, artist lectures, exhibitions, and related events.

scott b. davis’s photographs have been reviewed in the New York Times, Village Voice, the New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, and other print + online media. His work can be found in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Pier 24, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum of Photographic Arts, and others. davis’s photographs have been exhibited throughout the United States, in Germany and Japan.

His website www.scottbdavis.com contains additional exhibition and project information.

Join us for APA|SD Beggars Banquet graciously hosted by MOPA.
June 8, 2017 6:30-8:00 in the MOPA Atrium
APA and MOPA Members: $10
Students & Affiliates (ASMP, SDX) $15
Non-members: $20

Surviving Photography: A How-to Guide

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We’re pulling back the curtain on a career in photography and taking an honest look at what it entails.

Stacy Keck and Kevin Roche are San Diego based photographers who shoot everything from tech conferences to flamingoes in Bolivia to weddings in Beverly Hills. 

Join them for a discussion about how to make sense of turning your passion into a career and being successful in different areas of work, and how it ties into overall business.  They’ll open up about what they show on social media vs. the “hustle” and how to balance jobs that pay the bills with ones that feed your passion.  

Doors open 6:30 pm at the San Diego Photo District, 11717 Sorrento Valley Road San Diego, CA 92121

Purchase tickets here

APA Members $10

Student, MOPA, ASMP Affiliate $15

Non-Members $20

Holiday Party and Print Swap

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APA | SD’s Holiday Party and Print Exchange

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Come – join us and some of California’s top 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
Free to all, but space is limited.
Please RSVP by December 6th to director@apasd.org

 

Untitled 2016 Winners Announced

APA|SD would like to thank all of the attendees and participants that helped make the Untitled 2016 exhibition such a success. More than 250 entries were received and the top 30 were curated by our judge, top American art buyer Josette Lata. The prints were displayed at 3rdSpace for a one-night-only event and silent auction benefiting MOPA. More than $5,000 in prizes were awarded by our gracious sponsors.

 

Our congratulations go out to the winners of this year’s competition:

1st Prize: Scotty Cottrell

2nd Prize: Michele Zousmer

3rd Prize: Bil Zelman

Peoples Choice: Maren Caruso

The Top 30 images that were selected for the show can be seen in the Untitled 2016 gallery.
Please pay a visit to our sponsors who helped make this event possible. Thank you, and we look forward to next year’s Untitled event!sponsor-page

 

Beggars Banquet featuring Anton Orlov

 

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Join APA San Diego in welcoming Anton Orlov to the Beggars Banquet series. Anton Orlov is an award winning artist working in the analog film medium, specifically wet plate, tintype and ambrotype. Anton is currently traveling the country in a converted 35ft school bus, the rear 12ft of which has been turned into a full-size darkroom for his project The Photo Palace. He will be sharing this work and discussing his process at this intimate event. See Anton’s work at http://orlovphoto.com.

Please join us for this special, limited event on Thursday, October 16th. 6:30-8:30pm.

Hosted at Riverdale Studios (6314 Riverdale Street, San Diego 92120)

Purchase tickets here!

APA | SD Members: $10
ASMP/Students: $15.00
Non-members: $20.00

Untitled 2016: Call for Entries Deadline Extended!

APA_Untitled_Post_R2_2016-horizontalAPA | San Diego is calling for photography that represents your best work; Images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. 30 images will be chosen for display at a one-night only benefit auction at 3rd Space on Saturday, October 22nd, 2016; proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Museum of Photographic Arts. All entries will be judged by art buyer Josette Lata and prizes will be awarded for the top images. All entries will be represented in the exhibition slide show on the night of the event.

Deadline extended to October 4th!

1st Place

OLYMPUS UNDERWATER CAMERA & ACCESSORY BUNDLE: $435.00 Value
– Olympus Tough TG-Tracker
– 64GB Micro SD Card
– Camera Case

YODELIST: One Year Subscription –  $995 Value

RIVERDALE STUDIOS: Full Day Studio Rental –  $500 Value
(up to 10 hours – liability insurance is required.)

4by6: Gift Certificate  – $300 Value

THINK TANK: Retrospective Leather 30  – $259.75 Value

ALIEN SKIN: Exposure X2 Bundle  – $200 Value

GEORGE’S CAMERA:  Gift Certificate  – $100 Value

NELSON’S PHOTO: Rental Gift Certificate  – $75 Value

BELLY UP: Entry for 10 to any Show  – $70 Value

CHROME DIGITAL: Gift Certificate  – $50 Value


2nd Place:

4by6: Gift Certificate – $200 Value

THINKTANK: Shapeshifter – $199.75

BLACK RAPID:  Metro Strap – $169.95 Value

ALIEN SKIN: Exposure X2 – $150 Value

PROMASTER: XC522 Professional Tripod – $139.95 Value

NELSON’S PHOTO: Rental Gift Certificate  – $75 Value

GEORGE’S CAMERA:  Gift Certificate  – $50 Value

CHROME DIGITAL: Gift Certificate – $25 Value


3rd Place:

THINKTANK: Streetwalker Pro –  $199.75 Value

BLACK RAPID:  Metro Strap – $169.95 Value

ALIEN SKIN: Exposure X2 – $150 Value

4by6: Gift Certificate – $100 Value

NELSON’S PHOTO: Rental Gift Certificate  – $75 Value

GEORGE’S CAMERA:  Rental Gift Certificate  – $50 Value

CHROME DIGITAL: Gift Certificate – $25 Value


People’s Choice:
MOPA VIP Bundle

ALIEN SKIN: Exposure X2 – $150 Value

NELSON’S PHOTO: Rental Gift Certificate  – $75 Value

GEORGE’S CAMERA:  Processing Gift Certificate  – $50 Value

4by6: Gift Certificate – $50 Value

CHROME DIGITAL: Gift Certificate – $25 Value


TOP 30

4by6: Gift Certificate – $50 Value


ALL PARTICIPANTS

4by6: 25 FREE Business Cards

 

* Prizes are subject to change

Untitled 2016: Call for Entries. Submit your work today!

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APA | San Diego is calling for photography that represents your best work. Images that show your unique vision, creative passion, and individualistic style, titled or untitled. 30 images will be chosen for display at a one-night only benefit auction at 3rd Space on Saturday, October 22nd, 2016; proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Museum of Photographic Arts. All entries will be judged by art buyer Josette Lata and prizes will be awarded for the top images. All entries will be represented in the exhibition slide show on the night of the event.

UPDATE: Deadline extended to October 4th, midnight PST!

Submission guidelines and entry form at UntitledShow.org

Beggars Banquet with Anthony Friedkin

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APA San Diego invites you to the first of the Beggars Banquet series featuring renowned Los Angeles photographer Anthony Friedkin in an intimate one-on-one studio setting. His photographs are included in the permanent collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. His pictures have been published and exhibited internationally.
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Celebrating a lifetime as an artist with a camera, Mr. Friedkin will be showing his hand-made, fine art darkroom prints chosen from various photo essays he has accomplished through the years. These include The Gay Essay, the Hollywood Series, images from his heralded Wave Portfolio and his new panoramas documenting LA Street Art.
Please join us for this special, limited event  
Thursday September 8th, 2016, 6:30-9:00 PM
Hosted at John Durant’s studio
3421 Tripp Ct #4, San Diego, CA 92121
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APA and MOPA Members $10
Affiliates and Students: $15
Non-members: $20

To register for the event click here

Very special thanks to our sponsors John Durant and the Museum of Photographic Arts

 

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Beers with Peers is Back!

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Beers with Peers is heading up to North County!

Join us for a casual meet-up over craft beers. Meet your chapter Board members, share your latest victory (or defeat), or just catch up with your photo industry peers.

Not an APA member? No problem, everyone is welcome. Want to become a member? See all the benefits here.

It all starts at 6:00 PM at Culture Brewing Co., 111 S. Cedros Ave, Solana Beach, CA 92075

Good times await you. Free to all. See you there!