Valley Photo Center Photography Meetup

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Springfield, MA, US

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What we’re about

Our mission is to share information about the art and science of photography and to educate our members and the general public to bring about a greater appreciation for the art of photography in the valley with an emphasis on the urban communities. The Valley Photo Center is a 501c3 not for profit corporation located on the mezzanine level of Tower Square at 1500 Main St. in Springfield MA. All of our gallery exhibits, receptions, and noon time programs are open to the general public and are free. We also want to offer photography workshops, trips, and shoots in various places of various subjects!

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Thu, Nov 13 · 1:30 PM EST
November 13, 2025 VPC Longmeadow Camera Club Meeting
Longmeadow Adult Center, 231 Maple Rd., Longmeadow, MA, US
Paul Hetzel:

The VPC Longmeadow December Meeting
will be on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 1:30 at the Longmeadow Adult Center will have a presentation by award winning photographer, Paul Hetzel. Club membership and this program is FREE.

'Paul Hetzel is a photographer based in Springfield, Massachusetts. His photographic career was launched during a trek to Mt. Everest in 1994. Time constraints of his busy Medical Oncology practice stimulated him to move from film to digital capture in 2005. He finds the use of Black and White photography allows him to better convey the aesthetics of and emotional attachment to a particular subject. His images have been awarded best in show at the Monson Art Show and the New England Camera Club Conference. Exhibitions of his work have appeared in multiple galleries in New England. He published his first book, From This Sapling, in 2013. He has been fortunate to capture landscape and nature images in such distant lands as Nepal, Tibet, Patagonia, Africa and throughout the Southwest United States. However, some of his favorite images have been captured close to home.'

You can attend the live meeting and join the Camera Club for FREE if you are 55+ but you can participate in the contest and critique at any age on line.
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