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Join us for our First Wednesday Monthly Meeting. Our March 2024r topic will be All About Entering the Photography Exhibition at the San Diego County Fair with Lois Fong-Sakai.
Let’s Go Retro at the 2024 San Diego County Fair
With a nod to nostalgia and a focus on fun, the 2024 Fair will give our yesteryears another moment in the San Diego sun. Bop your way around the happy days of the ‘50s. Twist, shout, and shake it into the bewitching ‘60s. Move and groove through the disco nights of the ‘70s. Moonwalk it back to the gnarly age of big hair, shoulder pads, and parachute pants of the ‘80s. And enjoy the era of flannel and floppy drives of the ‘90s – or whatever, nevermind. When we look back on today, what will stand the test of time to be considered “retro” to future San Diegans?
The 2024 season runs from June 12 – July 7.
The San Diego County Fair began in 1880. One of the treasured traditions and key components that continues to set the fair apart from other events and amusement venues is its participatory element. The community is the star of the show, and the public is encouraged to take part in the Fair by performing center stage as a community entertainer or submitting arts and hobbies through the fair’s competitive exhibition program. Entry materials and applications for public participation programs will be available starting in January, and admission and ticketed concerts and festivals are expected to go on sale in March.
Join your fellow Darkroomers as we explore one of San Diego’s most colorful neighborhoods, Barrio Logan. We’ll meet up for coffee, explore for a few hours, then regroup at a brewery. This neighborhood is great for street photography, murals, and architecture, so come ready to walk. Bring as much gear as you’re willing to carry, but we recommend traveling light – one camera, one lens.
The meeting will start promptly at 7 pm, but we’ll open the building at 6 pm for setup and social hour.
Join us for our Monthly Critique Night!
Our judge for March will be Amethel Parel-Sewell.
Members bring prints for critique on the third Wednesday of each month. Prints accepted by the Judge will hang for up to 2 months in the Photographic Arts Building gallery.
Visitors are welcome, however, submitting images for critique is available for members only. If you’d like more information about joining Darkroomers, please check out our membership page and email us if you have any questions.
About Amethel Parel-Sewell
Amethel Parel-Sewell has over 30 years of multidisciplinary experience as an editor-in-chief, creative director, photography editor, photographer, multimedia producer, graphic designer, and educator. She’s a Program Coordinator for the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair, where she has also served as a judge and a speaker before joining as a coordinator.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief/Creative Director of Brilliant Star, an award-winning international publication encouraging world citizenship, social justice, and using the Arts to make the world a better place. She’s the founder of Light Chasers, a vibrant photography community-based in San Diego, where she and a leadership team host competitions, group exhibits, workshops, meet-ups, and other opportunities for learning and community-building. Amethel also works as a photography mentor when she’s not chasing the moon, the stars, the sun, and other beautiful light.
The best way to contact Amethel is in Light Chasers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LightChasers
From Little League to the Olympics, from city council to Presidents of the United States and everything in between, K.C. Alfred has photographed it all in San Diego during a 20-plus year career as a staff photographer at The San Diego Union-Tribune. K.C. specializes in a variety of photography disciplines ranging from portraiture to sports to aerial and underwater. K.C. will show his photos from the U-T, such as Padres, Comic-Con, and life around town, as well as personal projects, such as his favorite subject, his world-famous skateboarding cat Comet.
