The Visual History of Higher Education
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EIC by Trice Megginson, University of Wyoming
Mission Statement
The UPAA is an international organization of college and university photographers concerned with the application and practice of photography as it relates to the higher education setting.
Our organization is committed to photographic excellence through continuing education and networking with our professional colleagues.
Membership
Full Membership $50/year- Current employees whose primary job is photography.
Associate Membership $35/year- Friends of the profession or freelancer.
Student Membership $25/year
Membership is active from January 1 to December 31, new members who join late in the year are granted an extension into the following year.
For a full description of membership qualifications please see the UPAA Constitution.
President's Message
Glenn Carpenter, UPAA President
Moraine Valley Community College
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The University Photographers’ Association of America for more than 50 years has served to promote the university photographer and university photography. We do this in a variety of ways, from annual symposiums to monthly photography competitions.
As a member of this fine organization you will have access to an unmatched knowledge base from around the world, your fellow university photographers.
We gather annually to learn, network, and hone our skills through a variety of activities, speakers, and hands-on workshops. This gathering is known as the Symposium, and is held in June at a different campus around the country.
Members also receive our newsletter, The Contact Sheet, three times a year. You also have access to our surveys, which include an annual salary survey and other relevant topics to the university photographer. Our Facebook group and listserv provide near instant responses to a wide variety of questions. Our competitions help maintain the creative edge and provide a means to measure the effectiveness of the work we produce. We also have agreements with major camera manufactures that provide discounts only available to our membership.
I hope that you will take a look around, notice the quality of work, and make the decision to join us. We are a diverse group from public, private, secular and religious institutions from across the globe.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to email me. |
What Others Are Saying
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"The college photographers do more than take photos. They record the visual history of the institution. Having that history in visual format is critical to telling the story of higher education. I applaud UPAA for helping to promote learning for college photographers so that they may continually improve at this and their other responsibilities. When Moraine Valley hosted the UPAA symposium several years ago, I was impressed by the various institutions represented in the organization and by the quality of their work." Dr. Vernon O. Crawley, President Emeritus
Moraine Valley Community College |
