Atlanta Celebrates Photography

 

 

ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY

Festival Guide Here

If it's October, it's time for Atlanta Celebrates Photography! On Thursday, our ACP featured programming begins with the first of our weekly, 30-minute livestreams, "History Unwound: Exploring Photography's Greatest Hits (in reverse)." We'll take a look at the history of the medium through the cameras (and formats) that created some of your favorite photographs; in this first installment, we'll feature the classic 35mm rangefinder. Thursday will also bring the online exhibition of "Picturing Justice" in collaboration with Atlanta Legal Aid.

Each week we'll send an update with all the photo-based events & exhibitions to fit your calendar, and this week, there's a sizeable list of exhibitions currently on view(both in-person and virtually). Online exhibitions with [enhanced] means their exhibitions are viewable on our partner platform Exposure.co

At festivalguide2020.acpinfo.org, you'll discover multiple ways to browse #acpfestand find an event that fits your interests and schedule. Perhaps the best way to explore the festival is through our free iPhone and Android apps! (Please note: many of the livestream events below require registration.)

This Week's Featured ACP Events & Exhibitions

Thursday, Oct. 1

#11 ACP Presents: History Rewound - Exploring Photography's Greatest Hits (in reverse) livestream class, 7PM

#02 ACP Special Online Exhibition: Picturing Justice

This Week's Events & Exhibitions at Participating Venues

Wednesday, Sept. 30

#43 Strange Time, a small print exhibition, Juror's Talk & Livestream, 7PM

Thursday, Oct. 1

#62 "A Jazz Memoir" online artist's talk from Herb Snitzer, 11AM 

#56 Hope and The Next Horizon..WIF XXVII opening reception for in-person exhibition at Mason Fine Art, 5PM

#24 Documenting the South - online artist's talk with Julie Platner & Phyllis Dooney, 6:30PM

#53 Roswell Photographic Society: "When in Roswell..." on-view at Roswell City Hall

#54 "Dark Houses Atlanta" online & in-person exhibition by Michael Boatwright at GSU Perimeter

#55 "Flowers" by Kate Breakey, in-person and online exhibition at Brickworks Gallery

#57 Through the Lens of Our Youth (Lost-N-Found Youth) in-person and online exhibitions 

#58 "Architectural aspects of famous buildings in two southern cities" online exhibition by Jeffrey Chilcutt 

#60 Spirit of Place online exhibition by Corinne Adams 

#85 Silver Living Legacies Extraordinaire: Women of Distinction online exhibition

#86 Remote Possibilities..A Women In Focus Artist Choice Exhibit, online & in-person at Digital Arts Studio

Friday, Oct. 2

#63 Arts Clayton 17th Annual Juried Photography Competition in-person exhibition

#64 "Brash Nuance / Two Visions in Black and White" online exhibition from Hsuan Chung & Zoltan Gerliczki

Saturday, Oct. 3

#67 Good Trouble: ACP 2020 Ones To Watch at MINT in-person opening reception, ticketed, opens 11AM 

#45 Peachtree Corners Photography Club - "Scenes Around Peachtree Corners" livestream, 5PM

#41 The Surreal World of Sam Dobrow Photography, online artist's talk 

#65 Testament: Danny Lyon Photographs from the 1960s, online exhibition  

#66 Josephine Sacabo: THOSE WHO DANCE, in-person exhibition in New Orleans

 

Sunday, Oct. 4

#68 Art of the Capture: Photographing Our World exhibition on view at Emory University Hospital Midtown plus an online opening reception at 2PM

#46 Run for the Border, by Sistagraphy - online artist's talk from Charlene Clory, Cynthia McCoy, Edna Spann & Florence Lemon, 5PM

#30 Decatur Digital Photography Meetup 2020 Online Exhibit, Top Choices Celebration livestream 

More In-Person and Virtual Exhibitions also available via the Festival Guide.

Houston Center for Photography

 

 

 

 

HCP is excited to share our new Teacher Guide to accompany virtual tours of our fall exhibition, Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph, on view September 10, 2020 – January 10, 2021.

 

 

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REGISTRATION OPENS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7! Please join us for SPE’s Virtual Chapter Conference events. One low price gets you access to all chapter events! Beginning on September 26 and concluding on November 7, our Chapters will be presenting virtual content over the course of multiple weekends. SPE’s virtual chapter conference experience will be available at an extremely discounted rate for SPE members, so take advantage of our reduced membership rates and become a member today.   Now through through October 11, receive $20 off regular, contingent, senior, and bridge SPE membership levels. If you are a student, your membership will only be $20! RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY! Here are some of the speakers you can look forward to seeing at the chapter events. Stay tuned for more! Kalee Appleton, Morgan Barrie, Marion Belanger, Julia Bradshaw, Anthony Francis, Dana Fritz, Brian Garbrecht, Lily Guillen, Jessica Hays, Shreepad Joglekar, Elise Kirk, Martin Krafft, Aiden Lancaster, Margaret LeJeune, Brent Lewis, Amanda Musick, Judy Natal, Scott Nobles, Stefan Petranek, Bailey Russel, Jacinda Russell, June T. Sanders, Martina Shenal, Nick Shepard, Charlie Tadlock, Hugo Teixeira, Nic Umbs, Terri Warpinski, Ricky Weaver, Avery Williamson, Will Wilson Interested in Presenting? There are still Chapter Call for Proposals Open! SPE WestxSouthwest Film Festival The West and Southwest Chapters welcome submissions from photographers, artists, and filmmakers. Deadline to submit: September 9, 2020 Learn more ▶ Northeast Chapter Call for Proposals Making (It) Work: Anywhere you are Deadline to submit: September 15, 2020 Learn more ▶ Click HERE