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October Meeting: Griff Smith - "Messin' with Texas"

  • October 14, 2014
  • 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Slate at ll Creeks, 2701 Custer Parkway #905 Richardson, TX 75080

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(depends on selected options)

Base fee:
  • Please email info@dallasppa.com for discount code.
  • This is for a member that has been honored with a "Life Time Award" for membership.
  • We offer the member rate to members of other PPA guilds. Thank you for being our guest!

    Registration code is required.
  • Please be sure and select if you would like a meal or no meal.
  • Thank you for being a Season Pass holder.
    Guests, are people who you want to introduce to DPPA. Each person may only attend ONCE as a guest. Thank You
  • Thank you for letting us know you can't attend! We hope to see you next month.
  • You must currently be a student. Does not include meal and Print Competition.

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Griff Smith

Griff Smith has worked for Texas Highways magazine for more than 25 years and has been the photo editor since 2009.  His work has sent him from Alpine to Zephyr covering a wide spectrum of subjects, from majestic landscapes to unique people who are the icons of Texas culture.  

As a photojournalist, Griff’s work must be creative and compelling straight out of the camera. When I compose an image, I like to imagine that the viewer is looking right over my shoulder,” says Texas Highways Photography Editor Griff Smith. “The picture has to tell the story on its own merit, without a caption.”

 "With the use of creative lighting and composition, I strive to make the obvious appear almost bigger than life," said Smith. "I want to get the viewer to feel like they could actually put their hand into the scene and touch whatever subject I am photographing."

From highly stylized portraits to more nuanced studies of landscapes, Griff’s photographs evoke empathy for the subject and create an emotional connection with the viewer.  Whether it’s dramatic, cross-hatched shadows shading a seated Tigua woman, or the larger-than-life, comic-book-hero quality of a trick-roper in full action; the mysterious Monahans sand dunes at dusk or the clean graphic of a cowboy silhouetted against a giant neon Texas flag, Griff’s images reveal the state in its many incarnations and identities.

This year Griff is retiring from Texas Highways and plans to spend time traveling the state he so loves.  But before he does that he’ll be helping launch his new book, On the Road with Texas Highways: A Tribute to True Texas.  

The Dallas PPA is lucky enough to have Griff share this book and a retrospective of his entire career.  Come join the fun when we Mess with Texas at our October meeting.  Be prepared to be inspired by an incredibly creative photographer.  

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