About us
Dear members, thank you for joining our group and your interest in photography.
The purpose of The Art of Photography – Sarasota/Venice is to help you elevate your creative and artistic skills and then translate those skills into compelling photographic work.
We do this by
- Sharing our work with our members
- Providing constructive commentary and reviews
- Offering weekly photography review sessions (online)
- Offering photography and post-processing classes (online)
- Organizing interesting photo shoots
- Conducting photo contests and challenges
As a member, you are encouraged to participate actively, We look forward to seeing your work and offer high level support and guidance. If all this sounds good to you then welcome to the Art of Photography Sarasota/Venice. We are looking forward to your participation. As we have six sites, many of our member photographers have gained national/international recognition for their work, and so can you!
We look forward to your participation.
The Art of Photography Sarasota/Venice
Upcoming events
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- Network event
🌐Video Wed 4/22 at 7 pm– Gordon Parks, American Photographer & Composer
·OnlineOnline74 attendees from 6 groupsGordon Parks was an American photographer, filmmaker, writer, and composer whose work from the 1940s to 2000s documented race, poverty, civil rights, and urban life with empathy and social conscience. The first African American staff photographer at Life magazine and the first to direct a major Hollywood film, he created iconic images like American Gothic and directed The Learning Tree and Shaft, using his art as a “weapon” against injustice.
“A photographer can be a storyteller. Images of experience captured on film, when put together like words, can weave tales of feeling and emotion as bold as literature.… [Photographers] bring together fact and fiction, experience, imagination, and feelings in a visual dialogue that has enormous impact on how we observe and relate to the external world and our internal selves.” —Philip Brookman, “Unlocked Doors: Gordon Parks at the Crossroads,” Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn, 1997
“I chose my camera as a weapon against all the things I dislike about America—poverty, racism, discrimination,” Gordon Parks
HBO: Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn (2000) documentary photographer and filmmaker
Carlie Rose: Gordon Parks interview (2000)
PBS: How self-taught photographer Gordon Parks became a master storyteller
Great photos: Gordon Parks3 attendees from this group - Network event
🌐 SAT 4/25 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW & DISCUSSION
·OnlineOnline26 attendees from 5 groups👉 This is your Invitation to another great Online Photography Event 👈
💥 Please follow our Event page as we are now alternating our Sat/Sun sessions.
Notes:
· You do not have to be a member of the Art of Photography International to attend this event.
· However, to submit a photo to the session photo album, you must be a member of The Art of Photography International site.
· You can join with this link The Art of Photography International, then click on the red "JOIN THIS SITE" bar icon.
Instructions:
✅ Upload only ONE photo to the Session album AFTER you see the “Welcome …” photo slide (AFTER 5 pm on Sunday and BEFORE the day of the Sat/Sun of the Session).
✅ You must be attending in order for your image to be reviewed during a session.
✅ A maximum of 30 photographs will be considered for review as time and content allow.
✅ Following the sessions the albums will be deleted after 5 pm on Sunday. If you wish to save your image and comments move your photo to the PHOTOGRAPHERS OPEN FORUM album.
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As part of the larger Meetup Community, pay particular attention to “Usage and Content Policies” at
https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002897532-Usage-and-content-policies-Rules-for-using-Meetup
Remember, with all your comments and downloads on The Art of Photography Meetup site, act with Integrity, Kindness, Compassion, Respect and Be Safe. Thank You.
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Past events
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