promoting diverse photography projects by established and emerging photographers worldwide

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join us each month for our alternating FORUM and Open Show events. Through FORUM, we invite special guests including museum curators, art educators, and long-established photographers. And through Open Show - Pasadena/East LA, we support the projects of emerging and professional fine art, documentary and conceptual photographers.

 
 
 

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“The Pasadena Photographic Arts FORUM is an irreplaceable player in the rich Southern California art ecosystem. It's been my absolute pleasure to join the lively roster of artists, curators, and speakers showing work and putting a fine shine on the state of photography. PPA/FORUM is a connector, a nexus, a vibrant creator of community."

– Douglas McCulloh, Senior Curator, California Museum of Photography

EVENT SPOTLIGHT

 
 

WATCH FORUM:
Women Changing the Landscape of Film and TV Unit Still Photography

Unit still photographers Beth Dubber, Lara Solanki, and Vanessa Clifton show their work and discuss what it takes to maintain a career on Film and TV sets.