Northern Virginia Photographic Society

07/01/2025

Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions will be held at George Mason University, Mason Square, located in Arlington, Virginia, roughly 4 miles west of Washington, D.C. The event takes place November 1-2, 2025.
This year’s show will include presentations, hands-on workshops, an awards presentation from our photo competitions, and multiple vendors.
Click on the following links to get MAPV details of this exciting event:
https://midatlanticphotovisions.org/category/news/
https://midatlanticphotovisions.org/competitions/
https://www.facebook.com/MidAtlanticPhotoVisions

About Us
Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, classified as educational organization for arts, culture and humanities. We file as Northern Virginia Photography Expo, Inc.

Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote and advance the appreciation of photography, to encourage participation in photography by individuals with all levels of experience and all areas of photographic interests, and to increase the appreciation of photographic art within the community.

Member Clubs
Members in good standing at regional member clubs are eligible to submit photos to the competitions and encouraged to volunteer to help with the event. Learn more about a club near you and consider joining!

09/28/2022

This was the 2021-2022 Image Of The Year: Diaphanous Flower by Gary Perlow.

11/15/2021

Congratulations to the 3 NVPS members who won awards in the Annual Mid-Atlantic Photo Visions Expo (MAPV). They are:

Best in People, and Best in Show (Photo-Art): “Family Making Bread in Ghana” by Mike Whalen
Best in Abstract: “Through-A-Glass-Darkly” by Wayne Guenther
Best in Flora: “Snow Grass” by Daniel Horowitz

MAPV is an annual regional photo exposition that includes 8 photo clubs in the greater Washington DC area. There are two general categories (Nature and Photo Art) and each has 6 sub-categories. A total of 1698 images were entered and 508 images were juried in. A total of 15 awards are given, best in show for the two general categories, people's choice award, and best in each of the 12 sub-categories.

More information can be found at https://midatlanticphotovisions.org/:

06/29/2021

On June 4 2021, NVPS announced the winners of the End-Of-Year Competition with judge Jean Pierre Plè. In order to qualify, the images first had to win an award during any of the 9 monthly competitions during the club year (Sep - May).

The six fist place winners for both color and monochrome categories, and for each of the 3 skill levels are shown here.

Eagle In The Autumn - KimXuan Nguyen (1st Advanced Color)
Alien Abduction - Mike Whalen (1st Advanced Monochrome)
Seeing Eye To Eye - Art Rose (1st Intermediate Color)
Empty Sky - Thien Nguyen (1st Intermediate Monochrome)
Demolition Birdie - Gregory Smith (1st Novice Color)
John Nash - Musical Eggs (1st Novice Monochrome)

Also, the first image: Eagle In The Autumn" by Kimxuan Nguyen won the NVPS "Image of the Year", aka "Ollie Fife award". Congratulations KimXuan!

See all 67 award winning images on the NVPS Gallery at https://nvps.smugmug.com/NVPSGallery/End-Of-Year-Awards/End-Of-Year-Awards-2021/.

Congratulations to all End-Of-Year winners!

06/30/2020

June 26, 2020 – COVID-19 response from NVPS President, Ron Taylor:
“NVPS will hold weekly meetings via Zoom when we return on September 1, after our summer break. Zoom is a web-based videoconferencing app that allows us to bring our programs, competitions, and other educational activities live, right to your computer, tablet, or phone. We have already booked many of our speakers and judges and we look forward to offering a full slate of activities in the coming year. We will monitor the status of pandemic-related restrictions and will return to in-person meetings when we believe it is safe to do so. In the meantime, please enjoy our Zoom-based meetings and let us know how we can continue to provide services to you as a valued member of NVPS.”

03/13/2020

Important Announcement to All Club Members - Please Read:📣
Given the rapidly unfolding situation regarding the COVID-19 virus, the NVPS board decided today to cancel all NVPS meetings for the remainder of March. This includes Saturday’s field trip to Luray Caverns (3/14), competition (3/17), member’s gallery and forum (3/24), and the portfolio review (3/31).

This decision to cancel meetings is regrettable but is in your best interest. We will continue to monitor recommendations from local authorities to determine when normal activities can resume. Until then, stay healthy, be creative and continue to develop your skills. We will keep you informed on club decisions as we learn more.
Kevin Egan, NVPS President

01/10/2020

See more December competition winning images on the NVPS homepage: http://nvps.org/home.

Monthly Competition Winning Images:  December 2019 with judge Roy Sewall, Theme = Night Photography* (Note: These images are updated monthly, September – May following each competition.)

01/07/2020

Tonight's meeting (Jan 7, 2020 with Nikhil Bahl) is cancelled due to weather. NVPS's weather policy follows that of Fairfax County Public Schools. http://nvps.org/home/weather-policy/.
FFC Public Schools will be closing 2 hours early today.

If for any weather related reason Fairfax County Schools are canceled Tuesday morning, there will be no NVPS club meeting. If weather deteriorates during the day, Tuesday, such that FCS are let out early and/or Fairfax County evening activities are canceled, our club activities will likewise be canc...