Vulnerability and Wonder, or How to Photograph Strangers - with Mark Caceres

Please join us for our October First Friday meeting featuring photographer Mark Caceres, and enter our print image competition, “Architecture” (more information below.)

Mark says: “My presentation will be an overview of my photography from 2010 to the present with an emphasis on why I love photographing people and how to approach strangers you would like to photograph."

Mark Cáceres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina before settling in the United States at an early age. His interest in photography began while pursuing his degree in anthropology at Emory University. His studies and his experience as a migrant have shaped his fascination with the wide range of cultures both in the U.S. and abroad. His photography poses questions about identity and belief systems, and challenges viewers to find connections with what may initially seem unfamiliar or mysterious.

His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and has appeared in Oxford American, Huffpost, Lenscratch, Reading the Pictures, and South X Southeast Photo Magazine.

To see his work and learn more about Mark, visit:
https://mark-caceres.squarespace.com or
Instagram: @markcaceresphotos

Please note:

• This month’s meeting will be in-person, at our regular meeting location, the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta at 2650 N. Druid Hills Road NE, Atlanta.
• Entries are limited to TWO prints per paid member – one color and one Black and White.
• Please BRING YOUR PRINTS to the meeting on an appropriate rigid backing surface. (No frames!) See competition rules for more information.
• The competition will be judged from the printed image during the meeting.
• We are requesting/encouraging members to submit a digital file of their printed image by the meeting time for display on the SPS website.
• The digital version of the printed image is to be sized appropriately; files are to be re-named using the SPS naming convention:
• Firstname Lastname – Image Title
• Digital images are to be uploaded to the links below:
• Black & White images: SPS Black & White Monthly Submissions
• Color images: SPS Color Monthly Submissions

All are welcome to attend the presentation.
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SPS has three standing meetings each month for its members and guests. The First Friday meeting features a guest speaker and a members’ image competition. While competition entries at these monthly meetings are restricted to current dues-paying members, we ALWAYS welcome visitors interested in photography to attend. The Learnshops (Fourth Tuesdays) and Coffee & Critique (Second Saturdays) are intended for members, but again, we welcome visitors. If you attend regularly, we ask that you help support the club (which pays for the rental of the facilities, supplies and equipment) by becoming a member!

Signing up on the SPS Meetup page does not make you an SPS member. SPS members pay dues to engage in many activities that are unavailable to guests who only sign up on the SPS MeetUp.

To find out more about SPS, visit:
www.spsatlanta.org
To become a member, visit:
www.joinspsatlanta.org