Our APA Community by President Theresa Raffetto

Each month we have our National Executive Board (NEB) meeting. Eleven months out of the year it’s by conference call which I’m sure you can imagine can be challenging with over 20 people on the line. Once a year we try and have as many board members as possible join us in NY for our [...]

APA Activism: Protect-IP and the Stop Online Piracy Act bills on Capitol Hill

 

 

 

 

 

 

APA’s partner non-profit organization, Copyright Alliance, is providing great information on the Senate bill Protect-IP and the House of Representative’s bill Stop Online Piracy Act.  Even though photography is not a primary focus of these bills the problem of online piracy of photographs is rampant for photographers.  Since photographs are intellectual property these bills have [...]

Get More Work: Photo Assistant Basic Training

APA and Sony along with Profoto, Adobe and others presented 4 events in 2011 that brought some fantastic assistant education to those that attended.  Held in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta and New York the events offered some great insights into what it takes to be a successful photo assistant.  APA photographers Tony Gale and [...]

Creative Collision: Hiring the Unknown – video series on The Lab by Agency Access

If you feel hopelessly caught between needing experience to get work – and needing work to get experience – keep your chin up: creatives do hire unknowns. In this Creative Collision video, you’ll learn right from the mouths of creatives, buyers and reps:

What drives creatives to take that leap of [...]

Attention Photographers: Do You Have Money Coming To You?

 

 

 

 

Authors Coalition of America, LLC (“ACA”), has updated the list of Individual Author Distributions as of January 16, 2012.  The list identifies a number of American Photographers who may be due royalty payments from non-U.S. sources. These royalties have been received to compensate authors for the foreign reprographic use of U.S. copyrighted materials.

Please visit the ACA [...]

The APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship

American Photographic Artists (APA) Partners with Lucie Foundation to Offer First-Ever $5k Photography Scholarship

American Photographic Artists (APA) is proud to announce its APA/Lucie Foundation Scholarship available to a deserving established professional photographer for a specific project in the amount of $5,000 through its partnership with the Lucie Foundation. APA desires to support [...]

Selina Maitreya and The Photographer's Path

APA is pleased to partner with consultant Selina Maitreya on bringing her latest program The Photographer’s Path to photographers.

Listen to an interview with Selina Maitreya hosted by Stephen Best, APA National CEO

Powerful New Teaching Program Inspires and Informs Commercial Photographers to Succeed!

Master Consultant Selina Maitreya rolls out the red carpet on a powerful new teaching program, The Photographer’s Path, designed [...]

SearchAPA - How It Works for You - November 2011

As an APA member, our find a photographer tool, SearchAPA, is marketed to the top creatives in the world.  Each month APA sends a promotion to art directors and art buyers.  November’s selected image shows a tranquil scene of an early morning sunrise beginning a beautiful fall day.  Shot for a real estate development it [...]

The APA Award Winners - 2011

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2011 APA National Photo Competition

View the Winner’s Gallery at our contest host Dripbook

 

Best of Show

Saverio Truglia – Fashion

Action (Sports/Adventure)

1st Place – Morten Bengtsson

2nd Place – Anthony Kurtz

Merit – Bob [...]

Palm Springs Photo Festival - 2012

APRIL 1 – APRIL 6

 

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Participate in Americas Most Talked-About Photography Event for Emerging, 

Professional and Advanced Amateur Photographers

QUICK LINKS: 

PSPF Website
Register
Travel & Hotels
Our Sponsors

APA Members receive a 10% discount on registration.  The APA Discount Code may be found in the Members Login area of the APA website, www.apanational.com.  Proof of membership will be required [...]