Photography II: Beyond the Basics
2018-11-28 10:30 - 14:30 UTC

Lightroom I: From Import to Image Perfection
2018-11-28 16:30 - 18:30

Photography I: Learning the Basics
2018-11-29 19:00 - 21:00

Photographing Families
2018-11-30 14:00 - 17:00

Out of the Box: Using Your Digital Camera
2018-12-01 11:00 - 13:00, 2019-01-08 10:00 - 13:00

Alternative Printing: Wet Plate Collodion
2018-12-01 11:00 - 16:00

How to Secure Your Files And Live Happily Ever After
2018-12-02 15:30 - 17:30

Composition I: From Good to Great
2018-12-06 10:30 - 14:30

Lecture and Book Signing: Matthew Genitempo’s Jasper
2018-12-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Houston Center for Photography
Thursday, December 6th 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Houston Center for Photography is pleased to present a lecture and book signing with Marfa-based photographer, Matthew Genitempo, discussing his recent body of work, Jasper. A recent finalist for The Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award’s First PhotoBook Prize, Jasper presents the otherworldly environment of a semi-fictional place located deep in the woods of the Ozarks. The imagery fluctuates between detailed depictions of the men inhabiting Jasper in total solitude and the hazy, romanticized landscape in which they live. Teetering the line between fact and fiction, Genitempo’s Jasper further investigates his own intrigue and fascination about escaping the everyday, revealing the reality and myths of what it means to be truly independent from society.
This discussion is part of Houston Center for Photography’s ongoing series, Words & Pictures, a lecture and conversation series between photographers, writers, and thinkers of the medium.
Matthew Genitempo is an American photographer and book publisher currently living and making work in Marfa, Texas. He received his MFA in photography from the University of Hartford. Matthew was recently selected as one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers and received the LensCulture Emerging Photographer Award. Jasper was published by Twin Palms in September 2018.

Composition II: Finding Your Vision
2018-12-09 11:00 - 15:00

Using Your Flash
2018-12-09 15:30 - 17:30

Landscape Photography
2018-12-10 18:00 - 21:00

Rebecca French Performance: Dancing a Tetrapod
2018-12-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Houston Center for Photography
Houston Center for Photography is pleased to present Dancing a Tetrapod, created by award-winning queer dance choreographer, Rebecca French. In response to Fumi Ishino’s exhibition, Rowing a Tetrapod, dancers will combine elements of traditional Japanese Butoh dance with American dance aesthetics in order to echo Ishino’s staccato shifts and disorienting imagery about moving between cultures. The dancers aim to simultaneously disperse and unite the audience in unfamiliarity, physically guiding viewers with their movements within the gallery space. The distinct style in which the dancers perform is further enhanced with elaborate costume design and the use of electronic and orchestral sounds. The accompanying music, ambient yet tonal with a perceptible rhythm at times, will propel and accentuate the dancer’s movement.

Rebecca French Choreography Performance: Dancing a Tetrapod
2018-12-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Houston Center for Photography

December Capture Crawl - SOLD OUT
2018-12-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Gateway Classic Cars, 1910 Cypress Station Drive, Houston, TX, 77090, United States
‘Tis the season at HCP! Join us for December’s Capture Crawl at Avenida Houston.
Avenida Houston, Discovery Green and
the Hilton Americas-Houston
from 5 – 6pm
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Experience the magic of the season while getting some shareable shots at our December Crawl! Avenida Houston, the newest place to sip, stroll and savor in downtown Houston, has something for everyone this holiday. Crawl along with artist and independent curator Laura Napier from Discovery Green’s ice-skating rink to the Hilton Americas, where they have decked their hall with an amazing 2.5 Ton Gingerbread House along with a Christmas tree spectacular waiting in the lobby!
While you are there, stick around to experience Downtown’s new eye captivating art installation LOOP in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center, and other interactive art installations in the park. Coming all the way from Canada, LOOP is a cross between a music box, a zoetrope and a railway handcar. The retro-futuristic machine, more than two meters in diameter, creates animated fairy-tale loops.
You are welcome to bring your tripods or monopods! With this low-light adventure, keeping a stable camera will ensure you get those wonderful holiday photos!
For more information, visit the Avenida Houston website.
Note: Free 2-hour parking with validation from any of the 5 restaurants on Avenida de las Americas
RSVP by 3:00 pm Friday, December 14, 2018
A final update email will be sent later that afternoon to those who have RSVP’d.

Critique Group
2018-12-18 18:00 - 21:00

Seminar: Developing Your Photographic Voice
2019-01-08 18:00 - 21:00

Photography I
2019-01-09 18:00 - 21:00, 2019-01-22 10:00 - 13:00

Lightroom Classic CC
2019-01-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-01-17 10:00 - 12:00

Printing
2019-01-10 13:00 - 15:00

2019 Print Auction Opening Reception
2019-01-25 17:30 - 20:00 | Houston Center for Photography
Daniel Gordon, Still Life with Bowl of Lemons, 2018, Archival Pigment Print, 39.75 x 49.75 inches, Lot 32
The 2019 Print Auction is Chaired by Karen Chiao, Bryn Larsen and Libbie Masterson
Each year, HCP holds an annual print auction where artists, galleries and collectors from all over the world contribute high-caliber photographic art which is auctioned for the benefit of HCP’s operating fund. With work included from over 60 artists from around the globe, the selection hosts a catalog of vintage and contemporary fine-art prints from both mid-career and established photographic artists, collected in both the museum and private sectors.
All proceeds of the sale go directly to support HCP’s exhibitions, educational initiatives, Access and Community Education programs, and Spot magazine.
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Picture This! Opening Reception
2019-01-25 17:30 - 20:00 | Houston Center for Photography
Samuel (Culture of Health-Advancing Together), Untitled, Inkjet print, 2018
Houston Center for Photography’s Access and Community Education (A.C.E.) programs build community and support the organization’s mission of educating and inspiring the public with the art and practice of photography through partnerships with various schools, community centers, and medical centers. These programs, including Picture This!, stem from an understanding of the camera as a tool for empowerment and expression and meeting individuals where they are, validating their unique lived experiences. Under the guidance of A.C.E. teaching artists, participants strengthen visual literacy and critical thinking skills and learn how to use a camera to express themselves and relate to others.
This exhibition features works created during fall 2018 programs offered in partnership with Stephen F. Austin High School, Culture of Health – Advancing Together (CHAT), the Periwinkle Arts In Medicine Program at the Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, Thought Quotient Agile Learning Community, and Westchester Academy for International Studies. While each program is unique, a strong sense of exploration is found throughout many of the works where the camera is used as a tool to closely examine the self or the immediate community and environment. Teens at Stephen F. Austin High School navigate the changing physical structure of their school as they await updates to their historical East End campus while homeschooled teens, in partnership with Thought Quotient ALC, independently navigate different facets of the Montrose neighborhood surrounding HCP. Young girls at Westchester Academy for International Studies observe beauty in themselves and the built or natural environment while children at CHAT observe the vibrant and connected community of their modest apartment complex where many recent immigrants live. Lastly, young patients who are often confined to beds and IV poles at Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Centers, use the camera and found photographs to create meaning during a time fraught with pain and uncertainty. Importantly, they are given the opportunity to imagine a world outside of the hospital–a world where they can be a race car driver cruising down the track or a mermaid swimming freely in the ocean.
Ultimately, learning how to take photographs and to manipulate images challenges and encourages A.C.E. participants to see themselves and their surroundings from many new perspectives, empowering them to explore the world around them and to share what they find with others.
–Natalie Rodgers, Access and Community Education Coordinator & Erin Miller, Exhibitions and Programs Coordinator

Photoshop I
2019-01-27 13:00 - 17:00

Introduction to the Moving Image
2019-01-31 19:00 - 21:00

Urban-CityScapes| Wednesdays | 7-9 pm
2019-02-05 19:00 - 2019-02-26 21:00

Photography & Social Engagement
2019-02-07 13:00 - 16:00

Education Open House
2019-02-08 17:00 - 20:00
