Agenda for Meeting on July 17, 2008

Here's the agenda for our upcoming meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2008:

7:00 - 7:15 : Announcements, Introduction of new members/guests, Member News

7:15 - 7:35 : Web Sites of the Month - we'll visit member-recommended web site resources. Don't forget to recommend your favorite website!

7:35 - 8:20: Guest Speaker - George Krause

8:20 - 9:00: Formal critiques. This month's Volunteer Critic: TBD. Topic: Unique Perspectives. Don't forget to send your critique images (jpg 800 pixels wide) by Tuesday, July 15th via email to: hcphotoclub@gmail.com. View the new critique process here:
http://hillcountryphotographyclub.blogspot.com/2008/02/new-critique-process.html

Location: Merrill Gardens in San Marcos. Map and directions available on our club website.

About this month's speaker: George Krause
George Krause was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1937 and received his training at the Philadelphia College of Art. He received the first Prix de Rome and the first Fulbright/Hays grant ever awarded to a photographer, two Guggenheim fellowships and three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Krause's photographs are in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. In 1993 he was honored as the Texas Artist of the Year.

He recently retired from the University of Houston where he created the photography program and now lives in Wimberley, Texas.