Tag: photography conference

  • Virtual Conversations: Fall Edition

    As the global health situation continues, we were sadly forced to make the necessary decision to reschedule Conversations Northeast at the University of Connecticut from September 19, 2020 to Fall 2021. Push any sad thoughts about missing out on another CRP&A gathering aside, however, as we are pleased to announce Virtual Conversation: Fall Edition, coming…

  • The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

    $60.00 Donald W. Furler helped write the rules of railroad action photography. From taking engine pictures as a teenager in the early 1930s, he joined an elite group of railroad photographers who created a new aesthetic to portray the drama of steam railroading in motion. From the late 1930s through the 1950s, he dedicated nearly…

  • Virtual Launch Party For Our New Book: The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler

    Tuesday, August 25, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Join author Scott Lothes for a virtual launch of the Center’s newest publication, The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler. The 216-page hardcover book presents 200 stunning images, printed as rich duotones and showcasing the emergence of railroad action photography…

  • Following the Golden Spike: Time, Place, and Change Along the First Transcontinental Railroad

    Drake Hokanson Tuesday, August 18, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Now Available on YouTube Terrace, Utah, showing ties left in place on the original Promontory transcontinental route. Drake Hokanson.   Join artist Drake Hokanson, contributing author and photographer to the Center’s publication After Promontory, in a re-photography trip along the original Union Pacific…

  • An Evening With The Winners of the 2020 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards Program: John Troxler & Steven Chen

    John E. Troxler and Steven Chen won first prizes in the 2020 John E. Gruber Creative Photography Awards Program in the black-and-white and color categories, respectively.   Join us in a conversation about their photography on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 from 7:00-8:00 PM (US Central Time) on the Cisco Webex.   Available now on YouTube   This is a…

  • In The Studio With Adam Normandin: Living With Trains And Life With Art

    Tuesday, June 30, 2020 7:00-8:00 P.M. (U.S. Central), on Cisco Webex Available now on Youtube Join artist Adam Normandin in an exploration of his work, influences, and studio. Normandin is a contemporary realist painter living and working in Los Angeles. His paintings depict undoctored freight train cars as they appear in yards, often covered in…

  • ANNOUNCEMENT: Fall conference

    Due to the ongoing concerns and challenges surrounding the global health situation, we are rescheduling Conversations Northeast at the University of Connecticut from September 19, 2020, to a Saturday to be determined in Fall 2021. We are now planning to offer an online conference on Saturday, September 19. Registrations will open on June 29. Stay…

  • Summer 2020: Maps, Utah, Alban’s paintings, BNSF in Texas

    $7.95 Explore the art of railway and transit maps in the Summer 2020 issue’s cover story by Justin Franz in Railroad Heritage. Three additional feature articles await you. Mark W. Hemphill looks at the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s main line in Utah through the lenses of two talented photographers: George L. Beam and Otto…

  • Spring 2020: Botkin’s worldwide steam, British art, advertising and photography

    $7.95 Travel around the world with photographer William E. Botkin in his quest for evocative black-and-white photographs of steam locomotives with the cover story of the Spring 2020 issue of Railroad Heritage. Inside, you can also learn what it takes to make a living as a railway artist with a glimpse into the life and…