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D&R Greenway and Princeton Photography club present
“Waterscapes” : High School Student Photographic Juried Show.
Opening reception: April 11, 2012, 7 PM.
Click here to read the info about the winners.
About Us
President's Message
Carl Geisler. Photo taken by Valerie Chaucer-Levine.
1982 – 2012 -
The Princeton Photography Club is 30 years old.
No… 30 years young!
In 1982 the photography world was a settled place, film was king. You could keep your camera forever; so little changed, except for the film you used.
The Princeton Photography Club was formed by a small group of enthusiasts who had one primary thought in mind: advancing the Art of Photography. Yes, technique, both behind the camera and in the darkroom, mattered but these founding members knew one cardinal truth: If the photograph isn’t good, the best technique won’t make it any better.
2012
Over the first decade of the 21st century the entire photographic world changed. The digital image reigned supreme with film on its deathbed and the great yellow father (Kodak) is no more.
Now the improvements in camera and imaging technology come thick and fast, so fast that it is often impossible to keep up. The compact digital camera that many of us started with is being surpassed by the cell phone on one side and the new interchangeable lens compacts on the other. The darkroom has been mostly replaced by the “digital darkroom,” your computer, whose programs are updated constantly, and it often becomes a struggle to learn yet another new application.
So where does the Princeton Photography Club fit into this photographic world?
As I write this, our membership exceeds 225 individuals, all with their own talents and levels of achievements. We have members that are new to the photographic experience and others who know all the ins and outs of this new world. Still others have returned (or never left) the world of film. Some are doing cyanotypes and platinum palladium prints. However the basic tenet of the 1982 founders stands firm; the primary reason for all this effort is to create art.
How does the Princeton Photography Club help this creativity flourish?
We hold ten open meetings a year (September through June) and we invite some of the best photographers to present their thoughts and images. Over the last few years such photographic luminaries as Amy Arbus, Emmet Gowin, Jeff Rotman, Ernestine Ruben, George Tice, and Larry Fink have imparted their photographic knowledge to our members.
Each year we also present more than 40 workshops covering the technical aspects of this new photographic age: one course covering every aspect of Adobe Lightroom®; another, the ins and outs of Photoshop®; others, the use of third-party plug-ins and color management tools. We even show you how to mat and frame your photos for exhibition.
But we emphasize the creative. Ilya Genin, one of the club’s highly imaginative photographers offers a monthly session called, “The $5 Critique: U Get What U Pay 4.” For those of you new to photographic critique workshops, he combines his fine eye for composition as well as his technical expertise to bring insight into what makes a photograph “work.”
Ricardo Barros gives three sequential courses in creativity, each encompassing five or six sessions in which he explores what makes a creative photograph. Level one is open to everyone, level two has an entrance exam, and level three is by invitation. Each level has a waiting list as word of mouth has spread accolades and class size is limited.
Joining us this year, Rick Wright offers a very different take on creativity from Ricardo in a seminar called "Methods and Madness of Color and Composition."
Larry Fink, Professor of Photography at Bard College, will also offer a weekend seminar on creativity later this year.
There are other aspects that set the Princeton Photography Club apart from a traditional camera club. We do not offer regular inter- or intra-club competitions as many clubs do; we want our members to look outward to the larger world, not inward to the strictures of a club competition.
The club sponsors open exhibitions where we accept any photograph that our members submit. From this entry level we encourage our members to enter local and regional contests such as at Grounds for Sculpture, then going farther afield to the Perkins Center for the Arts and Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exposition. Several members have won, “Best in Show” and “Best Portfolio.” Other members have had their entries accepted at the Noyes Museum of Art, and won purchase awards from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. B & W Magazine has recently become a favored entry point for our members, some of whom have won coveted awards.
Our club also has a lighter side. After awards ceremonies at various local exhibits, we often arrange for dinner at restaurants. We sponsor trips to various photographic sites such as Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York and Lavender Farm near Peddler’s Village, Pennsylvania.
Socializing with each other plays a large part in the cohesiveness and friendliness of our club. We serve refreshments before each meeting and members come early to catch up on their latest activities. We do our best to integrate new members into the club so they feel part of the club as soon as possible.
Our monthly meetings are open to the public at no charge. We meet at the D & R Greenway Land Trust off Rosedale Road in Princeton. Come join us and see what we offer. We look forward to welcoming you!
Carl H. Geisler
President, Princeton Photography Club
Email: carlgeisler@gmail.com
Link to the Officers List
Link to the membership form
Contact email: President Carl Geisler, carlgeisler@gmail.com
Place of meetings: The D & R Greenway Land Trust, Johnson Education Center, One
Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ.
Map and directions
Log-in on Facebook, and go to this link to get to our Facebook group. You have to send a request to a group moderator to get accepted to the group.
Links to the Photobook of Princeton Photography Club Members on blurb.com. You can preview and order this book.
Edition 2010 by Paul Douglas.
Edition 2009 edited by Peter Roome.
Link to the Photobook of Princeton Photography Club Members 2008. Edited by Peter Roome.
Winners have been chosen for "Waterscapes" - the second juried high school photography exhibition arranged by D&R Greenway Land Trust
and Princeton Photography Club.
All selected art will be available for sale, exhibited at D & R Greenway from March 29th through April 17th.
First-prize winner is Emily Seto of the Princeton Day School, for "The Death of Water".
Second prize will be awarded to Caitlin Dwyer of Princeton Day School, for "Haze".
Third prize will be given to Rachel Cantlay of Princeton Day School for "Immanent".
An Honorable Mention will be received by Vijay Ananya of Robbinsville High School for “Reflection of the Great Depression”.
We certainly hope you will also be there with your students!
Awards ceremony: A reception with refreshments will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 at D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Johnson Education Center
(1 Preservation Place, Princeton, NJ 08540).
The Princeton Photography Club will present the student awards at 7:30 PM. The speaker that evening will be Joel Smith, Peter C. Bunnell
Curator of Photography, Princeton Art Museum, Princeton University
Directions may be found on on the top of this page.