Rachel Reese to Jury Selects Exhibition

We are thrilled to announce that Rachel Reese will jury this year's Selects exhibition. A former Senior Editor for Burnaway and the current Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art for the Telfair Museums in Savannah, Reese's work has been featured in BOMB Daily, Temporary Art Review and Art Papers, among others. She is currently organizing a retrospective with Savannah-based artist Suzanne Jackson that will open in summer 2019. We will begin taking submissions for Rachel Reese Selects on July 2, 2018.

Photos from Carl Martin Talk

On June 21st, for our Speaking of Photography (SoP) lecture series, we had the honor of hosting Athens based photographer Carl Martin, as he led us through his 25-year photographic practice, and gave us a preview of his self-titled monograph, Carl Martin, to be released by Fall Line Press this fall. Many thanks to Carl and to all our guests.

Photos by Beth Lilly

Photos from Know South / No South + Island Light Opening Reception

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the artists and see the work featured in Know South / No South + Jan Kapoor: Island Light. 

Photos by John Schafer

Know South / No South Previewed

Atlanta art writer Jerry Cullum, on Juror and Ogden Museum of Southern Art curator of photography Richard McCabe's Know South / No South, for ArtsATL:

"How do we know the South in a world of homogenization in which the actual buildings and landscapes suggest that in many ways there is now “no South”? The geographic region and the various cultures that make up “the South” all still exist, but they exist in a very different context and under different conditions." Read more 

Reminder: McCabe's Juror Talk is this Saturday, June 9, at 2pm.

Speaking of Photography with Carl Martin

Mark your calendars: On Thursday, June 21 we will be featuring Athens, GA photographer Carl Martin for our next Speaking of Photography event. Martin is currently working on a book with Fall Line Press of images taken in Athens, AL over a span of 25 years,  titled Carl Martin: The Book, that will feature approximately 37 color plates, 21 black & white duotone images, and essays by Tim Davis and Michael David Murphy. We encourage you to support Martin, a fellow photographer and exceptional artist in our photographic community, and his Kickstarter campaign for the book. 

Volunteer at APG

Are you looking to be more involved with Atlanta's photographic arts community? Maybe you should consider joining APG's Volunteer Rewards Program. We always need folks to help install and de-install exhibitions, assist with receptions, and photograph openings and other events. If you'd like to be an important part of APG activities, please email us, and we'll find an opportunity that fits your schedule. And if you sign up for the Rewards Program, we'll keep track of the time, and for every 20 hours you volunteer, you can earn a free Membership or Call For Entry fee.

Airport Show To Resume

One of APG’s most popular exhibitions has always been our annual juried Airport Show. So when Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport  gave us the disappointing news last year that they would no longer be holding exhibitions in the main Atrium, we were a little disappointed to say the least. Well, plans changed, and the world's busiest airport recently reached out to us to see if we would be interested in continuing to organize the Airport’s exhibition for Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP), and we said: Yes, please. ACP Executive Director Amy Miller has already agreed to continue on as Airport Show judge, so that is more great news. Stay tuned.

Update: Enter Airport Show 2018 now.

Design Salon Spring Showcase

APG's Design Salon recently held a reception for their Spring Showcase at the Buckhead Library, where first place recipient Beverly Henson won for her photo, "A happy wife makes for a happy life." FYI: Design Salon hosts exhibitions at the Buckhead Library throughout the year.

Know South / No South Artists Announced

APG is thrilled to announce that juror Richard McCabe has selected 7 artists for our upcoming Know South / No South exhibition. There were over 1,300 images submitted from over 70 artists. APG congratulates artists Aaron Blum, Rosie Brock, Akea Brown, Joshua Dudley Greer, Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Aaron Hardin, and Anderson Scott. Opening reception is June 8, with a Juror Talk  the following day, June 9, at 2pm. More details soon.

Bennett St. Turn Signal

Exciting news: Bennett St now has its own turn signal! No more Peachtree T-Bone (AKA broadside collision) anxiety. It's now easier and safer than ever to visit the APG Gallery, or MOCA GA, or the Portfolio Center, or any of the other wonderful businesses of Bennett St. 

Fulton County Arts & Culture Grant

We are pleased to announce that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved the 2018 Contracts for Services Awards at its meeting on April 11, 2018, and Atlanta Photography Group (APG) was awarded $3000. Thanks to Imani Christor for the good news and to everyone at the Fulton County Arts & Culture Council.

John Sumner Update

John Sumner has been an active APG member and exhibiting photographer for many years. In early 2016 he suffered a stroke and has since been working hard to recover. Friend and fellow photographer Chip Simone recently spoke with him, and we now have information for our members who would like to visit and otherwise support him. John is at the Bud Terrace Community at Emory's Wesley Woods facility on 1817 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta. He is in Room 514 and visitation hours are after 12:30pm. You can call him at 404-728-4965, and the number for the nurses' station is 404-728-6494. We're sure John would love to hear from his fellow artists and friends. There is also a GoFundMe set up to help with rehabilitation costs.

Recognition Reviewed

Atlanta art critic Jerry Cullum, on Peter Bahouth's Recognition, for Burnaway:

"Bahouth has set out to create a spontaneous community to view his documentation of the community in which he lives and works. It is this innovation that distinguishes these portrait photos from the ones in the group show that fill the walls of the gallery around Bahouth’s installation. The “power of friendship” described by Bahouth in the wall text is still basically the personal relationship between the photographer and his individual subjects, but the implication is that the invisible network they form could transmute as quickly as the spontaneous interactions of friends or strangers that this viewing format might generate." Read more 

Reminder: Bahouth's artist talk is this Saturday, April 21, at 11am.