Photographers, bring in your work for a round-table discussion led by local artist John Joyce. Drop in on June 13th with photo prints to pass around or digital images on a drive that we can project on a screen to share with the group. This is a great opportunity for photographers to be a part of a discussion on their own work and get expert feedback and recommendations of resources and library books.. This is a great opportunity for photographers to be a part of a discussion on their own work and get expert feedback and reccomendations of resources and library books.

John Joyce (Collingswood, NJ, USA) is a photographer skilled in traditional, non-silver processes including gum bichromate, cyanotype, and his process of choice, platinum palladium. Recently, he has been working in sustainable plant-based processes such as anthotypes and chlorophyll printing. He uses medium format film and usually makes contact prints for his platinum palladium prints. Consequently, many of his photographs are no larger than 2 ½” x 2 ½”. These small prints are delicate and full of detail, which draws the viewer in to the images.

Joyce has photographed around the world including Morocco, Mexico, Cuba, Turkey, Syria, Peru and Egypt, as well as for decades the Pine Barrens in his home state of New Jersey. His most recent long-term project, "Gimnasio Nuevo Jordan," is an ongoing portrait series of the community of boxers who train at the renowned barrio gym in Mexico City. His work has been exhibited throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. In addition to teaching alternative processes photography at a variety of local universities, Joyce has been an Associate Professor of English at the Community College of Philadelphia for thirty years. His work belongs in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the private collections of artist, Ann Hamilton, and Mexican collector, Pedro Slim (Mexico City). His long-term project, “Gimnasio Nuevo Jordan,” was a LensCulture Portrait Awards 2021 Finalist. Joyce is represented by The Print Center.