TPS Contact Sheet January 2018

TPS CONTACT SHEET A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | ۜÕ“iÊÎnÊUʘՓLiÀÊä£ÊUÊÓä£n#tpsNewVisions: A Student Show © Amy Kim, TX © Christian Lovell, LA © Megan Desoto, TXFirst Place Second Place Third PlaceCongrats to all the talented students whose works Harris – The Grape Vine; Brandon Hayse – A these young artists are expressing questionsare featured in #tpsNewVisions: A Student Show, Seat with a View and Isabel Miranda – Salem about gender, identity, photographic truth and ourjuried by Kenda North, Professor of Photography Guitarist. collective culture.”at the University of Texas, Arlington. The juror The TPS Board of Directors thank Kenda Northselected 50 works by 37 emerging artists from In her post-jurying remarks, North writes, “The for realizing this wonderful and inventive body of12 states across the country. #tpsNewVisions work submitted to this competition proves that work. We also wish to thank all the students whosurveys the next generation of talent in the field of the definition of ‘photography’ has broadened exercised their creative courage and submittedphotography today. An opening reception in honor considerably in contemporary use. There is a their photographs to this new call for entry. Theof these artists takes place 6–9:00pm on January tremendous diversity of technique and materials juror’s task of selecting works for the exhibition20, 2018, at Tammy Cromer Gallery in Dallas, TX. as well as stylistic applications. My selections was challenging and time-intensive, because thereThe juror will be present to announce the award are intended to honor this diversity. There are were so many amazing images to consider.winners and also share a few words about this examples of straight photographic representation, Be sure to preview the entire show on our website,stellar exhibition. both analogue and digital, as well as creative in the online gallery. Also, a full-color exhibition uses of montage, abstraction, staged images catalog (pictured left) has been created, includingA warm and deserving congratulations to all the and technology. I also responded to a recurrent every piece in the show, which can be purchasedexhibiting artists for revealing their “new visions” in sense of disconnect in many of the images, where online directly from MagCloud. So, get your ownphotography to us—especially the award winners! copy today!Amy Kim, MFA photo candidate at Texas TechUniversity, received First Place for her constructed © Lisa Harris, TXstill life, No Windows 4. Second Place was awardedto Christian Lovell, an undergrad at NichollsState University, for his mysterious portrait titledPaper Cut. Accept All Happiness by MeganDeSoto, graduate student at Texas Woman’sUniversity, earned Third Place for her colorful andthought-provoking image.Honorable Mentions were granted to 5 artistsfor the following works: Austin Cullen – Yarn;Brian Garbrecht – Miscellaneous Pace; LisaHonorable Mentions u© Austin Cullen, TX © Brandon Hayse, TX © Isabel Miranda, MA © Brian Garbrecht, IL T E X A S P H O T O G R A P H I C S O C I E T Y ÊÊU ÊÊ*° \" ° Ê \" 8 ÊÓ ä ™ { ] Ê ,  - \" ] Ê/ 8
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TPS Leadership Drone & Aerial Photography Executive Director Our first-ever Drone & Aerial Amy Holmes George, McKinney, TX Photography competition was œ>À`ʜvÊˆÀiV̜ÀÃÊÊUÊÊ\"vvˆViÀà President: Steve Goff, Odessa, TX juried by Randy Jay Braun, Vice President: Jean Caslin, Lubbock, TX Secretary: H. Jennings Sheffield, Woodway, TX Director of DJI Aerial Photo /Ài>ÃÕÀiÀ: Lupita Murillo Tinnen, Oak Point, TX E.C. Member: Ginger Cook, Paris, TX Academy, in the fall and œ>À`ʜvÊˆÀiV̜ÀÃÊÊUÊÊi“LiÀà resulted in a stunning online William L. Barber, Canyon Lake, TX Michael Epner, Allen, TX © Jeffrey Milstein, NY © Raf Willems, NV exhibition. This virtual gallery, Arthur Fields, Vincennes, IN Robin Dru Germany, Lubbock, TX which debuted November 1, Chris Ireland, Stephenville, TX Lemuel Johnson, Austin, TX 2017, on TPS’ website, David J. Kerr, Houston, TX Dion McInnis, League City, TX Second Place boasted the juror’s “top 25” Giraud Polite, Richardson, TX images by 18 artists from Libby Rowe, San Antonio, TX Chad D. Smith, Commerce, TX First Place across the United States and Jerry Sullivan, Austin, TX around the world, including the Netherlands and Israel. President’s Council Dan Burkholder, Palenville, NY The award winners also appeared on the DJI Aerial Photo Reid Callanan, Santa Fe, NM Keith Carter, Beaumont, TX Academy webpage and the Official DJI Owners Group Roy Flukinger, Austin, TX Christopher James, MA/NH Facebook page, attracting a wide array of attention. Richard Newman, Pacific Grove, CA Stephen Perloff, Langhorne, PA First Place was awarded to Jeffrey Milstein for his Aline Smithson, Los Angeles, CA Mary Virginia Swanson, AZ/NY cleverly composed image, Coney Island Subway Yard 3. Advisory Council © Dina Klotz, MO Raf Willems earned Second Place for his creatively Laura Pickett Calfee, Driftwood, TX Dennis Darling, Austin, TX focused view of Roy’s Motel & Cafe, and Dina Klotz Harris Fogel, Philadelphia, PA Diane Griffin Gregory, Houston, TX received Third Place for her sweeping, dramatic portrayal O. Rufus Lovett, Longview, TX Nancy Scanlan, Austin, TX Third Place of Niagara Falls. Anne Tucker, Houston, TX Honorable Mentions were awarded to Roger Archibald Bill Wright, Abilene, TX – Eastern Iowa Agriculture; Robert Atwater – Pheasant President Emeritus D. Clarke Evans, San Antonio, TX Close; John Chaney – Courtship; Paul Dolk – Iceberg Circumnavigation and Roie Galitz – WalrusesOur Mission u Approaching. Additional exhibiting artists include Richard Buchbinder, Alex Ferrone, Gerard Juarez,Texas Photographic Society is a non-profit organization Brian Lackey, Andy Leclerc, Christine Meytras, Vic Milien, Peter Stern, Erica Thorpe andthat celebrates the photographic arts, inspires creativedevelopment and provides opportunities to engage with the Justin Ward. Visit the archived online gallery [texasphoto.org/contests/DroneAerial/2017/selected] tocommunity. preview this incredible selection of drone and aerial photography and purchase a copy of the exhibition catalogOur Vision u from MagCloud to keep for inspiration!Founded in 1984, TPS supports its members and thecommunity at large by offering exhibitions, publications, TPS National Photography Award Exhibitionsworkshops and mentorship programs. Members share apassion for creating, appreciating and understanding all Come celebrate with us at the reception for our National Photography Award artists! The joint recipients forforms of photo-based media, providing a platform for artistic this inaugural award, Laura Bennett and Tarrah Krajnak, will attend the opening held in collaborationexpression, dialogue and innovation in the photographic arts. with FotoFest, 5:30–7:30pm on March 23, 2018, at Red Maple Gallery Houston, TX. Bennett and Krajnak will deliver separate gallery talks starting at 6:00pm. A solo exhibition of each artist’s work, proudly sponsoredContact Sheet is a quarterly members’ newsletter of TPS. by Red River Paper, will be on view March 13 through April 14, 2018.You may send announcements to Amy Holmes George [email protected] for publication in future issues. Krajnak’s show, titled Sismos79 (derived from the Spanish word for “earthquake”), is a long-term project that examines the particular sites of intersection between her life and the turbulent period in the history of Lima, Peru, circa 1979 (Mulata/Marble Study #1 pictured below). This work will travel to Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (LHUCA) in Lubbock, TX, hanging September 7 through October 27, 2018. Dames of Anatomy, Bennett’s exhibition, will feature both platinum/palladium and archival pigment prints from her ongoing project which addresses the complexities of the female condition and challenges cultural norms (The Veil Insures Her Silence pictured below). Her show will also appear at LHUCA from November 2 through December 22, 2018. © Laura Bennett, CA © Tarrah Krajnak, CA

TPS NEWSMember Spotlight © Evan Sheldon We are pleased to introduce Evan Sheldon, the The Member Spotlight proudly showcases a latest artist featured in our Member Spotlight current TPS member on a quarterly basis, offering (texasphoto.org/member-spotlight). Evan, based in artists yet another opportunity for visual exposure Dallas, TX, is a recent graduate of the University of and promotion of their work. North Texas, where he studied photography and graphic design. His work speaks about the relationship So, do you want to be in the “spotlight”? Make between photography and painting throughout history. sure your work is posted in our online Members’ Evan’s current project combines modern and surrealist Gallery. Simply email a jpeg of your favorite image painting techniques with a painterly alternative (sized 400 x 400 pixels), along with a link to your photographic printing process. Ultimately, he creates personal website, to TPS Executive Director at imagery on gelatin silver paper without the use of [email protected]. We will include it on our site, negatives or a darkroom. Visit our website to read making you eligible for future consideration. more about Evan’s fascinating techniques. TPS 27: The International Competition © Kate Breakey Breakey writes in her juror’s statement, “I am much more drawn to images that have ‘heart’—Get ready! The international competition is back, that make me want to look longer because thereand Kate Breakey will be this year’s juror. Breakey is more to the image than meets the eye, becauseis an internationally acclaimed visual artist based in an individual cared to make something that wasTucson, AZ. TPS 27 will open with a reception on meaningful to them and understood their intentionMay 5, 2018, at the Bath House Cultural Center in doing so. As image-makers, we hope our workin Dallas, TX, where it will hang through June 2, moves someone to want to understand something2018. This competition offers $1,000 in cash prizes too subtle for words. I choose images that I thinkand will be accompanied by a MagCloud catalog to do this, and therefore make me want to come backhighlight all the juror’s selections. /…iÊ`i>`ˆ˜iʈÃÊ to them again and again.”iLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ ÓÈ]Ê Óä£n° Visit texasphoto.org/current-call-for-entry for more details and to enter TPS 27:The International Competition today!Announcements & UpdatesWe hope your 2018 is off to a fantastic start! TPS discussion. The lecture, which took place December © Center for Contemporary Artsis working hard in a continued effort to offer more 6, 2017, was sponsored by our gracious friends atprograms and services for you this year. We are Frame Destination and Red River Paper. Congratulations to Tracy Habenicht [Austin, TX]truly excited to launch a new online portfolio review One of Mike’s prints, along with a complimentary and Bob Levy [Houston, TX] who recently wonprogram for members only during 2018. More TPS membership, was given away in a drawing one-year TPS memberships via an e-zine promotion.details to come. . . . that night to a lucky member of the audience, Tim Gunderson [Carrollton, TX]. TPS 26: The International Competition, juried byOur collaboration with Dallas Center for Alison Nordström, hangs at The Center forPhotography (DCP) continues into its third year. The The next TPS-DCP artist lecture will be Marketing Contemporary Arts (pictured above) in Abilene,presentation, Looking Up—Images That Happen Your Photographic Work to Galleries, with co- TX, through January 27, 2018. It travels next toWhen You Connect With Nature, featuring Mike owner of Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery Missy Options Gallery at Odessa College, Odessa, TX,Mezeul II, (pictured below) one of our 2017 Print Finger and artist Jeanine Michna-Bales, where it exhibits January 29 through February 28,Program artists, was filled with lively stories and at 7:00pm, January 18, 2018, at DCP in Dallas, 2018. This will be the final venue on the circuit. TX. Enjoy an evening of engaging conversation © Peter Poulides about how to seek and maintain successful gallery Get connected and follow TPS on Instagram at representation. Frame Destination, the event instagram.com/texasphotosociety! sponsor, will give away a print frame at the lecture. Mark your calendar now for our next Member Print Share & Social on March 1, 2018, at DCP. Email TPS Executive Director with any questions or to confirm your participation. Look for more of these events to take place across the state in the future.FRIEND US @ FACEBOOK.COM/TEXASPHOTOGRAPHICSOCIETYÊÊUÊÊFOLLOW US @ TWITTER.COM/TWEETTPS

Competitions of astonishing natural attractions, with visits to many at The Griffin Museum of Photography, March 6 © Wendi Schneider premier photo locations. Expect group photography through April 10, 2018, in Winchester, MA, with aDeadline: January 28, 2018 reviews and inspiration as well as individual guidance © Willetta Crowe reception March 8, 2018.Sponsor: The Passporte Gallery and instruction. (phototc.com) © Arthur Meyerson/ˆÌi\ Food Italy: October 2–13, 2018 The UNCANNY exhibition at Walker Fine Art inInfo: thepassporte.com Enchanted Italy: Florence, Tuscany Hill Towns & Denver, CO, will include 9 prints by Malcolm Venice with Randy Ziegler will take you on a unique Easton [Berkeley, CA] from January 20 throughDeadline: February 12, 2018 travel experience to photograph the artistic wonders March 10, 2018.Sponsor: PhotoPlace Gallery and culture of Italy. Randy will be there every step Bob Schwartz [Houston, TX] will exhibit a solo/ˆÌi\ Capturing the Light of the way to encourage, guide and inspire you to show, The Mexican Rodeo, at the Cloisters GalleryJuror: Laura Moya capture artful images. (phototc.com) in Houston, TX, from February 26 through MarchInfo: photoplacegallery.com 30, 2018, with an artist’s reception on March 9 Exhibitions from 6–8:00pm.Deadline: February 12, 2018 Chet Morrison [Dallas, TX] has been invited toSponsor: A Smith Gallery Willetta Crowe’s [Nocona, TX] photograph display several of his photographs in an exhibition/ˆÌi\ Portraits Adobe & Ladder (below) was selected for the Texas at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY. TheJuror: Alyssa Coppelman Tech’s International Cultural Center’s High & Dry show is titled The Neo-Victorians: ContemporaryInfo: asmithgallery.com XVll Photography Exhibition, which runs through Artists Revive Gilded-Age Glamour, and it runs January 31, 2018. from February 10 through May 13, 2018.Deadline: February 28, 2018Sponsor: CENTER Work by Cheryl Medow [Santa Barbara, CA], Members’ News/ˆÌiÃ\ Review Santa Fe, Project Launch, Molly McCall [Carmel Valley, CA] and NormProject Development and The Choice Awards Diamond [Dallas, TX] are included in PhotoNOLA The Journey, a monograph by Arthur MeyersonInfo: visitcenter.org Currents 2017 at the Ogden Museum of Southern [Houston, TX] is available for purchase online. Art in New Orleans, LA, from December 7, 2017, This photo autobiography shares an all-inclusiveDeadline: March 4, 2018 through February 4, 2018. interview conducted by Anne Wilkes Tucker andSponsor: New York Center for Photographic Art Ordinary Time, a solo show by Chris Ireland traces Meyerson’s life from his early beginnings./ˆÌi\ Portals [Granbury, TX] is on display at 500X Gallery inJuror: Darren Ching Dallas, TX, through February 11, 2018. Adrienne Defendi [Palo Alto, CA] had 8 imagesInfo: nyc4pa.com Jill Jordan’s [Dallas, TX] image Hear our Voice from her series Dwelling in Possibility on view at was chosen for the State of America exhibit at Photolab Gallery in Berkeley, CA, through January Workshops PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT, which hangs 20, 2018. until January 27, 2018. Two prints were selected Frank Armstrong [West Boylston, MA]Dallas, TX: March 7–11, 2018 for The Decisive Moment, also at PhotoPlace exhibited a solo show, Often in a DifferentThe Art of Visual Storytelling with Ed Kashi at Dallas Gallery, on view January 31–February 24, 2018. Landscape, at Gallery Kayafas in Boston, MA, fromCenter for Photography will teach you about the Juror Sam Abell chose 2 images by Ann December 15, 2017, through January 20, 2018.many new ways to create photographs, tell visual McDonald [Lubbock, TX] for The Decisivestories, work with mobile photography and develop Moment at PhotoPlace Gallery. Sunrise on theyour personal style. (dallascenterforphotography. Ganges will hang in the gallery itself, and Prayerscom) SPECIAL OFFER: The first 3 TPS members to on the Ganges is included in the online show.register receive $75 discount. A solo show of images from States of Grace by Wendi Schneider [Denver, CO] will be heldBaytown, TX: March 17, 2018Know Your Tools—Solve any Problem inPhotoshop with Nick Quinn at the Art League ofBaytown is a basic to intermediate course thatwill cover tools most used by photographers andhelp you understand how to make those toolswork more efficiently for you. Email [email protected] to register.Condon, MT: June 17–22, 2018Mordancage, Lumenprints, and Chemigrams withMegan Crawford at Photographers’ Formulary willintroduce you to these photographic processes,exploring both the history and technique of each.This workshop will also cover basic digital negatives.(workshopsmt.homestead.com)Ecuador: September 16–25, 2018The Spirit of Ecuador with Karen Gordon Schulman willexplore the land of endless discovery and paradise full

Online Members’ Gallery u© Christena Stephens, TX © Christopher Burns, CT © Lori Pond, CA © Russ Morris, TX © Vienne Rea, MD forgottenwinds.com chrisburnsphoto.com loripond.com russmorris.com viennerea.com Members’ News Continued © Adrienne DefendiTerri St.Arnauld & Frank Yezer [Austin, TX] for News Photography for his image in the daily © Narinder Sallhosted an Artist Takeover, December 2–30, 2017,newspaper feature, Dallas Photographer ShieldedThe Granbury Camera Club hosted Randy at Mantis Salon in Austin, TX. by Police Officer during Shooting Captures theZiegler [Granbury, TX] on January 16, 2018, Santa Bannon Gallery in the Banana Factory in Moment, July 7, 2016.for a lecture, Revelatory Moments: Seeing the Bethlehem, PA, featured work by Harris FogelExtraordinary in the Ordinary. [Springfield, PA] from projects spanning 40 years Norm Diamond [Dallas, TX] presented a talk of his photography. The show hung November 1 about his book, What Is Left Behind—Stories fromCatherine Fairchild’s [Houston, TX] image through December 30, 2017. Estate Sales, at Interabang Books in Dallas, TX, onSnacker (from her Mangetout series) was chosen The School of Visual Arts presented Street Smart: November 13, 2017.for the LOL exhibition at PH21 Gallery in Budapest, The Intersection of Art and Design in the City, aHungary, from December 21, 2017, through multimedia exhibition featuring work by Robert Beyond the Visible Landscape with work by GuyJanuary 13, 2018. Herman [New York, NY], November 18 through Giersch [McKinney, TX] opened with an artist December 20, 2017, at the SVA Chelsea Gallery talk on October 14, 2017, at The Martin Place inContemporary Collage, a group exhibition featuring in New York, NY. McKinney, TX, and hung through October 31, 2017.work by Cecelia Feld [Dallas, TX], hung Molly McCall’s [Carmel Valley, CA] image wasNovember 10, 2017, through January 9, 2018, at chosen for the cover of Diffusion IX, the annual Wendi Schneider [Denver, CO] received 5The Lincoln Center Art Gallery in Fort Collins, CO. photographic publication. An accompanying Honorable Mentions for her States of Grace: Flora interview was launched the same week. work in the Professional Nature: Trees categoryThomas Athey’s [Austin, TX] work was on Juror Cindy Lisica chose Service (below), one of of the ND Awards. Also, her image Locust wasview at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, TX, Narinder Sall’s [Tomball, TX] images from The awarded Winner in the International Gala Awards:October 28, 2017, through January, 6, 2018. The Golden Temple in India, for the Visual Arts Alliance The Urban and Rural Landscape.show, titled A Natural Selection, featured 25 of his 35th Juried Membership Exhibition, which hungnew collages. recently at Spring Street Studios in Houston, TX. Other NewsWork by Shawn Saumell [Aubrey, TX] was Emily Van Cleve of the Santa Fe Arts Journal TPS has teamed up with Precision Camerafeatured in the show La Frontera of Education at published an article about the work of Ellen & Video in Austin, TX, to bring members thethe Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, TX, November Jantzen [Santa Fe, NM] in the November 17, opportunity to cash in on used photographic10, 2017, through January 6, 2018. 2017, issue. equipment and support TPS at the same time. If Robert Moore [Dallas, TX] recently won the you have equipment in good, working conditionKent Krugh’s [Fairfield, OH] project Speciation: Press Club of Dallas Hugh Aynesworth Award that you would like to sell, contact TPS ExecutiveStill a Camera was featured in the December issue Director for more details.of the online zine Adore Noir. The Society for Photographic EducationAdrienne Defendi [Palo Alto, CA] had 5 hosts its 55th annual conference, Uncertainphotographs in the 7th Annual International Holga Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood,Out of the Box show at Tammy Cromer Gallery in March 1–4, 2018, at The University of the Arts inDallas, TX, from November 11 through December Philadelphia, PA. (spenational.org)30, 2017. She received Best of Show for her imageRiverchild Dreams (below). FotoFest 2018 Biennial International Meeting Place, The Portfolio Review for Artists, takes placeTwo of Kristin Ware’s [Huntsville, TX] photos March 10–23, 2018, at the Whitehall Houstonappeared in Holga Out of the Box at Tammy Hotel in Houston, TX. (fotofest.org)Cromer Gallery in Dallas, TX. Dallas Center for Photography will host another Photo Swap Meet on April 7, 2018, in Dallas, TX. (dallascenterforphotography.com) ........................... “You don’t take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it.” — UnknownFOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS, SUBMIT YOUR NEWS TO AMY HOLMES GEORGE AT [email protected]

TPS MEMBERSHIP FORM Members’ Print Program u Yes! I want to join TPS I want to renew This year’s Print Program is here, and you are going to love this collection ofNAME(S) work! Starting at only $195, you can take home one of these beautiful prints.ADDRESS Join or renew your membership with TPS today at texasphoto.org/joinCITY STATE / ZIP PHONE ( ) EMAIL ADDRESS © Christopher James SELECT ONE: CHECK VISA MASTERCARD AMERICAN EXPRESS DISCOVER CREDIT CARD #TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXPIRATION DATE CODE P. O . B O X 2 0 9 4 SIGNATURE FRISCO, TEXAS 75034 * You may also visit texasphoto.org/join to submit payment online RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN/RENEW AS: © Ashton Thornhill $40 Regular: Receive Contact Sheet, special © Wendi Schneider discounts and invitations to member-only opportunities $20 Student and Military: Regular Member benefits $30 Senior: Regular Member benefits $50 International: Regular Member benefits $60 Family: Regular Member benefits for 2 persons in the same household, limit 1 Contact Sheet $195 Friend: Regular Member benefits plus your choice of 1 print from the Print Program $380+ Patron: Regular Member benefits plus your choice of 2 or more prints from the Print Program $915 Benefactor: Regular Member benefits plus all 5 prints from the Print Program * Membership is valid for 12 months TPS PRINT PROGRAM SELECTION(S): Check number of prints desired: 1 @ $195 4 @ $740 2 @ $380 5 @ $915 3 @ $565 Check artist(s): Krista Steinke © Krista Steinke Ashton Thornhill Emmitt Booher Christopher James Wendi Schneider All work is signed by the artist and may be purchased through © Emmitt Booher December 31, 2018. Please email TPS Executive Director Amy Holmes George at [email protected] with questions. *°\"°Ê œÝÊÓä™{ÊUÊÀˆÃVœÊ/8ÊÇxäÎ{ÊUÊÌiÝ>녜̜°œÀ}