February 2010
Christmas Tree Farm by Jim Harrison
Join us in celebration of the Atlanta Photographic Society’s 40th anniversary program. Julian Cox, Photography Curator at Atlanta’s High Museum will be the keynote speaker. Julian will be discussing photographic art in the digital age.
The celebration will showcase an exhibit of winning images submitted by club members over the past 40 years. A competition among these images will earn one member the Best in Show and an anniversary medallion to be presented during the celebration.
Wine and cheese to follow the exhibit outside the sanctuary.
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7:30 PM – 10PM
Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church
1911 Cliff Valley Way NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
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Julian Cox
Curator of Photography
Julian Cox joined the High Museum as the Curator of Photography in 2005. Mr. Cox came from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles where he served as associate curator in the department of photographs. He also worked at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford, England, and the National Library of Wales. He received a Master of Philosophy degree in the history of photography from the University College of Wales in 1990, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from the University of Manchester, England, in 1987. Mr. Cox has organized numerous exhibitions on subjects ranging from the dawn of photography’s invention in Europe in the 19th century to contemporary practice in the United States. He is the co-author, with Colin Ford, of the critically acclaimed publication: “Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs” (2003), the first catalogue raisonné produced of the work of a photographer. Mr. Cox is the author of many scholarly articles and several books. His recent publications include: “Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956-1968” (2008), “Harry Callahan: Eleanor” (2007), “Spirit into Matter: The Photographs of Edmund Teske” (2004) and “Timekeeper: The Photographs of Anthony Friedkin” (2004).
APS is honored and delighted to have Julian Cox as the keynote speaker for our 40th Anniversary Celebration.
