Welcome to the Nashville Photography Club
The Nashville photography club is a venue for the enjoyment of photography and the improvement of photographic skills. The members are a mixture of amateur and professional photographers who want to share ideas and learn from each other. Find out more about the club under the About TAB.
Our May 15, 2018 meeting ONLY will be at
Goodlettsville Public Library
205 Rivergate Pkwy
Goodlettsville, TN 37072
The featured speaker for May 15, 2018 is
Jack Spencer, who will present
Photography and the Creative Process
Jack Spencer is a fine art photographer whose work has been in over 100 solo gallery and museum exhibitions as well as a great many group shows. His work is in major private and public collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Berkeley Museum of Art; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Brookings Institute, Fairfax, Virginia; the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville; the Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; and the Cleveland Museum of Art. In 2005, he received the Lucie Award for International Photographer of the Year in the nature category.
Jack was recently was given “The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award.” His work has been published in the monographs “Native Soil,” by LSU Press, “Jack Spencer” by 21st Editions and “Jack Spencer: Beyond the Surface” by Vanderbilt Press, as well as the 2017 release for “This Land-An American Portrait” by University of Texas Press and “Mythologies” by 21st Editions. Jack lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jack was recently was given “The Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award.” His work has been published in the monographs “Native Soil,” by LSU Press, “Jack Spencer” by 21st Editions and “Jack Spencer: Beyond the Surface” by Vanderbilt Press, as well as the 2017 release for “This Land-An American Portrait” by University of Texas Press and “Mythologies” by 21st Editions. Jack lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Photo of the month theme for May is
Green
The featured speaker for June 19, 2018 is
Bill Hobbs, who will present
Construction Photography
Bill has been doing photography since he was 10, growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Later, he went to college in Tennessee and then Texas, where he got a degree in journalism and started working as a reporter for small-city newspapers in Texas and Tennessee. He even took a few news photos here and there. In 1988, he moved back to Nashville, where he has been ever since, and worked for a series of publications, and now works in public relations and social media, while also taking freelance writing and photography assignments.
His photography is heavily influenced by the black-and-white newspaper photography that he grew up with in the 1970s, and by the work of fine-art photographers like Ansel Adams and by the photojournalism of photographers like Ernst Haas and Henri Cartier-Bresson, and by the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, who came from the Brandywine Valley region of Pennsylvania, not far from where he grew up. And he is influenced by the artistry of Howard Forrest Henry, a painter and photographer and, during the late 1960s, art director at N.W. Ayer, the famed Philadelphia advertising agency. He also was Bill’s maternal grandfather. At the intersection of the journalistic effort to be real and truthful and the artistic impulse to create – that is where much of his photographic inspiration comes from.
He works more often in black & white than in color. He is drawn to the simplicity and the challenge of black & white images, while often finding color to be a distraction.
His photography is heavily influenced by the black-and-white newspaper photography that he grew up with in the 1970s, and by the work of fine-art photographers like Ansel Adams and by the photojournalism of photographers like Ernst Haas and Henri Cartier-Bresson, and by the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, who came from the Brandywine Valley region of Pennsylvania, not far from where he grew up. And he is influenced by the artistry of Howard Forrest Henry, a painter and photographer and, during the late 1960s, art director at N.W. Ayer, the famed Philadelphia advertising agency. He also was Bill’s maternal grandfather. At the intersection of the journalistic effort to be real and truthful and the artistic impulse to create – that is where much of his photographic inspiration comes from.
He works more often in black & white than in color. He is drawn to the simplicity and the challenge of black & white images, while often finding color to be a distraction.
Photo of the month theme for June is
Market
We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm
in the Theater at Watkins College
in the Theater at Watkins College
NPC is sponsored by Watkins College of Art!
2298 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37228
Each club meeting begins with announcements and special features:
* Member Minute and Member Spotlight occur if people sign up for these features. See details under the About tab. Let our president know if you are interested in participating in either of these.
- Member Minute * - see explanation under About tab
- Member Spotlight * - see explanation under About tab
- Photo of the Month Judging
* Member Minute and Member Spotlight occur if people sign up for these features. See details under the About tab. Let our president know if you are interested in participating in either of these.
The Nashville Photography Club has been approved as a 501c3 non-profit tax exempt organization. Hence, donations made to the Nashville Photography Club are considered to be tax exempt donations.
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Upcoming Speakers
Note that presentations two or more months in advance
are subject to change.
However, this list gives members an idea of probable future presentations.
Note that presentations two or more months in advance
are subject to change.
However, this list gives members an idea of probable future presentations.
June 19, 2018 - Bill Hobbs - Construction Photography
July 17, 2018 - Nick Datona - TBA
August 21, 2018 - Jim Brown - Sports Photography
September 18, 2018 - Jose Francisco Salgado - Astronomy
October 16, 2018 - Steve Shpall - PhotoShop Composites
November 20, 2018 - Dave Morel - Models
July 17, 2018 - Nick Datona - TBA
August 21, 2018 - Jim Brown - Sports Photography
September 18, 2018 - Jose Francisco Salgado - Astronomy
October 16, 2018 - Steve Shpall - PhotoShop Composites
November 20, 2018 - Dave Morel - Models
CAMERA AND LENS CLEANING
Peachtree Camera employees come to Nashville usually twice a year and do cleaning of cameras and lenses during our monthly meeting for NPC members only. They usually come in March and September. The cost of the service for club members is excellent.
Peachtree Camera employees come to Nashville usually twice a year and do cleaning of cameras and lenses during our monthly meeting for NPC members only. They usually come in March and September. The cost of the service for club members is excellent.
No Camera / Lens cleaning March 2018..... but watch this space for next scheduled service date.....
