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Mission & Membership
 The Texas Photographic Society, founded in 1985, is a nonprofit organization of amateur and professional photographers dedicated to supporting contemporary photography as a means for creative expression and cultural insight. TPS focuses on furthering the educational and artistic development of its members while involving the community at large by sponsoring exhibitions, publications, workshops and outreach programs.
TPS boasts over 1,400 active members from 49 states, and D.C, and 12 countries. While Texas based, over half the membership resides outside the state. TPS exhibits have been shown in California, Florida and throughout Europe. The Board of Directors, now 41 strong, includes: educators, authors, curators, gallery owners, fine art and commercial photographers and other interested professionals. Many notable figures in the photographic arts come to Texas to exhibit at TPS events, host workshops, or juror TPS exhibitions. TPS is funded by members dues, contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations.
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What people are saying about TPS
Texas Commission on the Arts
"They are a very active organization. Their newsletter is very well done; it's extensive and statewide. They have broad based support with a wide membership. They do numerous publications and newsletters. Their juried shows are done by jurors of national renown. They're incredibly well organized."
The Photographic Artist
Published by Calumet, Inc., (Chicago, IL) "I have also found a great technical publication out of the Texas Photographic Society called Tech Sheets."
Camera Arts Magazine
Published by Steve Simmons, (Sacramento, CA), "Some clubs such as the Texas Photographic Society are incredibly active, with an accomplished and far-flung membership."
Panel comments, Texas Commission on the Arts
"Their publications contain a tremendous amount of information that is useful to photographers... (TPS has) done a great deal to develop an understanding of photography throughout Texas."
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Officers of TPS Board
President
D. Clarke Evans, San Antonio
Vice President-Austin
Yam Tolan, Austin
Photographer and Educator
Vice President-State
Tammy Cromer-Campbell, Longview
Fine art & commercial photographer
Secretary
Pat Brown, Austin
Fine art photographer
Treasurer
Amanda Stahl, Johnson City
Certified Public Accountant
Executive Committee Member
Jean Caslin, Houston
Partner, Caslin Gregory & Associates
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Members of the Board
E. Lynn Baldwin, Houston
Commercial and art photographer
Kenny Braun, Austin
Photographer
Scott C. Campbell, Longview
Fine art and commercial photographer
Kay J. Denton, Austin
Fine art photographer
David H. Gibson, Dallas
Fine art photographer
Steve Goff, Odessa
Head of Photography Department
Odessa College
Lem Johnson, Austin
Fine art photographer
O. Rufus Lovett, Longview
Fine art photographer and
Photography Instructor, Kilgore College
Scott Martin, San Antonio
Owner, Onsight, a digital imaging consulting firm
Michael O'Brien, Austin
Editorial & fine art photographer
Richard Orton, Nacogdoches
Fine art photographer
Jody Richardson, Austin
Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Haur & Feld, LLP
Glynda Hatfield Rose, Austin
Fine art photographer
Trish Simonite, San Antonio
Assistant Professor, Trinity University
Luther Smith, Fort Worth
Professor of Art Photography
Texas Christian University
Victoria Smith, Austin
Fine Art Photographer
Peter Williams, Austin
Owner, AgavePrint digital printing and reproduction services
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Advisory Council Members
Dan Burkholder, Palenville, NY
Author, Fine art photographer, author and teacher
Reid Callanan, Santa Fe, NM
Director, Santa Fe Workshops
Keith Carter, Beaumont
Author, Fine art photographer, author and teacher
Dennis Darling, Austin
Photography Sequence Director
Dept. of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin
Roy Flukinger, Austin
Research Curator of Photography
Univeristy of Texas Humanities Research Center
Harris Fogel, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Professor of Photography
The University of the Arts
Amy Holmes George, Morristown, NJ
Fine Art Photographer
Dave Hamrick, Austin
Assistant Director, Sales & Marketing Manager
University of Texas Press
Chip Hooper, Carmel, CA
Photographer
Christopher James, Boston, MA
Professor and Chair, The Art Institute of Boston
Sonia Katchian, Chapel Hill, NC
Photojournalist and Corporate Photographer
Michelle Dunn Marsh, Seattle, WA
Director, Aperture West
Richard Newman, Pacific Grove, CA
Education Coordinator, Calumet Photo
Stephen Perloff, Langhorne, PA
Editor The Photograph Collector and The Photo Review
Nancy Scanlan, Austin
Freelance photographer and teacher
Mary Virginia Swanson, Tucson, AZ
Marketing consultant & educator
Anne Wilkes Tucker, Houston
Curator of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Kathy Vargas, San Antonio
Assistant Professor of Art and Chair of Art and Music,
University of the Incarnate Word
Wendy Watriss, Houston
Co-founder and Curator
Houston International FotoFest
Bill Wright, Abilene
Author and fine art photographer
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Partners
Davis Gallery, Austin
School of Journalism, UT at Austin
Texas Commission on the Arts, Austin
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Benefactors
Accurate Printing & Litho
San Antonio
Santa Fe Worskshops
Santa Fe, NM
Angela Bacon-Kidwell
Witchita Falls
Eric Banks
Elmira, NY
Kate Breakey
Tuscon, AZ
Christopher Broughton
Carpinteria, CA
Dan Burkholder
Palenville, NY
Susan Burnstine
Los Angeles, CA
Keith Carter
Beaumont
Jean Caslin, Caslin Gregory & Associates
Houston
Jerry & Marilyn Comer
Richardson
Carol Crosthwait
Waco
Bill Davis
Austin
Jim Geitgey
Midland
David Gibson
Dallas
Steve Goff
Odessa
Chip Hooper
Carmel Valley, California
Sam Hurt
Abington, VA
Lazslo Layton
Gold Canyon, AZ
Richard Newman
Pacific Grove, California
Phillip Periman
Amarillo
Ron Rosenstock
Holden, Massachusetts
John Scanlan
Santa Fe, NM
William R. Thompson
Phoenix, AZ
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Patrons
Calumet Inc.
Chicago, IL
River City Silver & A Photographic Lab
San Antonio
University of Texas Press
Austin
E.A. Basse III
San Antonio
Laura Pickett Calfee
Driftwood
Jean Caslin
Houston
Paula Chamlee
Ottsville, PA
Richard Chepey
Chorpus Christi
Diane Griffin Gregory
Houston
Amy Griffin
Austin
Sam Hurt
Abington, VA
St. Clair Newbern III
New York City, NY
Kevin D. Stewart
New York City, NY
Beckwith Thompson
Odessa
Bill Wright
Abilene
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