Come and join us for our September PSNWA meeting.

For September we will have a special photo critique meeting. PSNWA members that would like to participate are asked to upload one picture like to have reviewed. Victor Chalfont will be our guest moderator for this group critique.

You may upload your image (one photo per member please) to https://psnwa.smugmug.com/upload/Q2Sb2B/critique

Join us for a presentation by photographer Amr El-Shafei. Amr’s photography spans the globe. His images are artistic and engaging.

Stephen Ironside is an award-winning photographer born and raised in Fayetteville. He has experienced many far away places, and created a lot of images of and for the people who call those places home. Stephen has made it his life’s endeavor to use his talents as best he can to leave the world, as he’s seen it, as he’s known it, a little better off. At this meeting, he will be presenting work from his recent 7-week trip to Africa.

Storytelling through visual imagery has already brought him many opportunities. He’s documented clothing factories in India, a wedding in Bolivia, deadly snakes in Costa Rica, toy factories in China, and an ancient religious ceremony in the middle of nowhere in the Himalayas. But it doesn’t matter if he’s abroad or right at home in Arkansas; looking through the lens to craft a story and share it with others, and to see their reactions and how it can impact their lives, is what gets him up in the morning…oftentimes before sunrise. It’s better than the awards he’s won, and it’s better than that affirmative feeling of being published.

Award-winning photojournalist Michael Woods will share photos and stories from his time documenting the lives Arkansans while working for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. While working for the Gazette, Woods has documented a variety of events including Razorback sports, breaking news, natural disasters, local politics and the War in Iraq. During the June meeting, he’ll discuss current issues and answer questions relating to the field of photojournalism.

The meetings are open to all, and members and guests are encouraged to attend. Come have dinner and speak with area photographers and enthusiasts.

Join us for a presentation by photographer Sabine Schmidt. Sabine is an award-winning photographer, writer, and translator. Originally from Germany, she is now based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She has translated books by Wynton Marsalis and Henry Chancellor and translates regularly for the German edition of National Geographic. Her writing has appeared in many publications in the U.S. and Germany. In photography and writing, her work is centered on understandings of house, home, rootedness, and wandering.

She is represented by Fayetteville Underground and a member of the Kansas City Artists Coalition. She is included in the 2015-2016 Registry of the Arkansas State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is listed with the Arkansas Arts Council Artist Registry as well as the Eureka Springs Artists Registry. She was named one of Ten Artistic People to Watch in 2016 by the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.