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Competition images can be viewed from Gallery menu. About the PSA Written by Kristina Erin Kaye, APSA, January, 2009 PSA stands for the Photographic Society of America. This year, 2009, PSA is celebrating its 75th anniversary with its conference in Yellowstone National Park. PSA is an organization of amateur photographers throughout the entire world. Being such a large and geographically diverse organization, they are involved in all aspects of photography. There are divisions for Print Makers, Slide Makers, Digital Image makers, Photo-Travelers, Photo-Journalism, Nature and Stereo enthusiasts. Each, of those divisions, has their own competitions, study groups, library and just about anything you can think of. It would be much easier for me to just ask everyone to go to the PSA web site and immerse themselves in everything PSA. We of the Cranbury digital Camera Club are specifically involved in the International Club Image Competition (ICIC) of the Color Projected Image Division (CPID). I know ... lots of abbreviations for sure. You can view the ICIC web page for which I am the director. If you scroll down to the bottom of this page you will see a link to the current standings (or click here.) We are currently in Group B and you'll see that we are in First Place (tied) with 2 other clubs. Each year I promote the top 5 clubs in each division (there are currently 4) to the next higher group and conversely demote the lowest 5 in each group. This keeps the competitions quite sharp. Everyone wants to move up! We started in Group D three years ago and have moved up each year. Something about the letters used after names in PSA. There are 2 specific honors that are awarded to PSA members after they have exhibited photographic expertise, and service to the Society over a period of time. The first such honor is ASSOCIATE which I received about 20 years ago, thus the APSA after my name when dealing with matters in the PSA. The next and much higher award is FELLOWSHIP. There is something else that is important about PSA. They are the organization that is charged with the responsibility of overseeing the 100+ international exhibitions of photography throughout the world. If you look in the back of the PSA Journal you’ll see a section loaded with hundreds of exhibitions in all the various PSA divisions. Now, you might ask, why is this so important? Well it is because so many photographers throughout the world obtain an international acceptance for each images accepted in any PSA sponsored exhibition. These acceptances are prized as an acknowledgement of photographic achievement. So, this function of PSA is what most of the world is most familiar with! Kristina Erin Kaye, APSA Entering PSA competitions The rules are very simple.
Attach JPEG images to an email letter addressed to Vickie Kearn by the deadline dates shown on the calendar page of this web site. Be sure to identify yourself and the image titles in the letter. The PSA Committee that Vickie Kearn chairs will select 6 images from all the CdCC entries submitted and forward them to the PSA for the competition. The Committee may select only 2 images maximum for any person. |
