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SUBMISSIONS OPEN SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Remembering Jim Marshall

On March 24, photographer Jim Marshall passed away.  A legendary Rock & Roll photographer and a past APA San Francisco Board Member, Jim had many friends.  View the APA San Francisco blog and read the many stories of the man, Jim Marshall.

Adobe Photoshop Turns 20 - Join the Anniversary Celebration on Feb 18

This special Anniversary event in San Francisco is sold out, but you [...]

From ADBASE Insight... Get the Inside Scoop on Building a Better Business

Listen in to Insight’s Industry Interviews series as host Juliette Wolf-Robin chats with the experts who provide business and creative services to professional photographers. In this ongoing podcast series, Juliette travels the U.S. interviewing fascinating experts on everything from better bookkeeping to the latest social networking tools.

ADBASE Insight features dozens of podcast interviews with industry [...]

Photographers Without Borders

It is the mission of Photographers Without Borders to provide educational and financial support to communities of the world through the promotion and sale of fine art photography.  www.PhotographersWithoutBorders.org PWB has been approved to receive $50,000 in scholarship money from Pepsi but they need to receive enough votes to qualify.  PWB also sponsors a monthly [...]

Connect with APA National on Facebook and Twitter

APA wants to be your Facebook friend and Twitter follower! You can now find APA on both of these social networking sites, as well as our professional groups on LinkedIn.

It’s never been [...]

Honoring Marty Forscher and The Marty Forscher Fellowship

It’s never to late to honor someone that supported the photo industry.  The Marty Forscher Fellowship was created to honor such a man.  Marty’s story is below.  Please contribute to The Marty Forscher Fellowship by sending contributions to Michelle Bogre, Parson For The New School For Design, Parson’s School Photography Department, 66 Fifth Avenue 5th Floor, NY, NY  10011; (212) 229-8923, bogrem@newschool.edu.

Peter B. [...]

See APA Atlanta’s “Help-Portrait Atlanta” project

APA|Atlanta was very proud to be a part of the Help-Portrait movement this holiday season. APA|Atlanta & Help-Portrait are teamed up to serve the clients of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. Together we shot over 100 portraits for clients of the Task Force.

Go to the APA Atlanta website and view a short video [...]

Letter from the APA National President – December 2009

In January I will have completed my first year as National President and what a rewarding and challenging year it’s been. I can’t begin to adequately express my gratitude for the APA staff, volunteers and partners.

A quick glance at some, but not all of APA’s 2009:

·       We’re back on track financially, even during this tough [...]

Member Benefit Spotlight: APA Success Teams

What is a Success Team?

A Success Team is an Accountability Team for APA Photographer members, and Emerging Photographer members. Its mission is to help each member of the team identify and clarify his or her own professional goals for success and accomplish them through encouragement, feedback, support and mutual accountability.  Success Teams stimulate dialogue [...]