On February 8, 2014 Tuan Pham will be presenting “Beauty of Things Insubstantial, Insignificant and Untouchable” at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. Tuan will share the wonder and joy of visual discovery, and the teachings of Ancient Masters on “Wise attention.” You can sign up for this presentation on the National Arboretum website. Remember
Roger Lancaster had his photo “Awakening at the Beach” published as a two page spread in the August/September issue of “Grand Strand Magazine” http://grandstrandmag.com/ which serves the Myrtle Beach SC area. The photo was a sunrise scene taken at Surfside Beach SC.
Willa Friedman will have a solo exhibition of her images Reflections at 1st Stage Gallery from Nov. 23 to Dec. 29. You are invited to a reception at the theater on Sunday afternoon, November 24, from 4:30 to 6:30. The gallery is part of 1st Stage Theater in the Tysons Corner area at 1524 Spring
Colena Turner and Benita Mayo volunteered as photographers for the 13th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC, on September 21. They covered the authors of Children’s books, PBS Kids and Fiction and Mystery authors.
It brings us great sadness to inform you of the passing of longtime NVPS member, Bill Prosser. Bill passed away while on a photo tour in China with his wife, Ann. Bill was a wonderful photographer, active competitor and teacher who made many contributions to NVPS. He cared deeply about helping novice photographers and did
Dan Ward received notification that one of his images has been selected for the 2014 Diversity Calendar published by the MITRE Corporation’s Diversity Action Council. The image, Inclusion Dragon, was one the images Dan created for last year’s NVPS portfolio project.
Tuan Pham is working with the US National Arboretum to offer a public presentation and a workshop on Photography as Zen Art for early 2014. The presentation is about Beauty of Things Insubstantial, Insignificant and Untouchable, and the workshop addresses Zen principles In Search of Artistic Personality.
Congratulations to Jan Ponder. A show featuring 33 of her photo encaustic prints (photography painted with hot wax) will be on display at The BayWoods of Annapolis Art Gallery from November 10 through December. The show opens with a reception at 2:30 p.m. on November 10th. Some examples of here work are here: http://www.janponderphotography.com/Galleries/PhotoEncaustics/18400211_NpfnVK
Minnie Gallman’s Rainbow on Skye was a finalist in the Washington Post Travel Photo Contest. The 38 finalists out of 1,700 entries are displayed on the Washington Post Website. “The photo was taken with an iPhone during my trip to Scotland last summer. The bus stopped for a pit stop on our way to a