04/21/2026
Photographer Joe Sinclair to speak about thinking outside the frame at the Napa Valley Photographic Society April Meeting
Monday, April 27, 2025 at 7PM
Location: Napa Senior Center, 1500 Jefferson St., Oak Room
Please join us to hear Joe Sinclair speak about metal prints, which Joe declares are not just another means of printing photos. They are a different and separate display medium. Frames are the typical treatment for paper prints, but they don’t have to be the treatment for metal prints. The treatments for metal prints can be much different.
Metal print treatments can take advantage of the unique properties of the medium. And the medium is only about ten years old. Thus, we stand at the beginning. But we’re cramming metal prints into old ideas of treatment while ignoring the opportunity to come up with new means of artistic treatment that better suit the new medium.
Joe Sinclair (sometime artistic AKA, José Santa Clara) has experimented (dabbled) a bit with new treatments, and through his experience he has learned a few techniques that anyone can use to create new treatments for permanent display of their metal prints for sale or private use.
To get the most out of this presentation, you will need to bring your aesthetic instincts and imagination with you to the meeting.
Sinclair is an amateur photographer of 75 years and editor of the Napa Valley Photographic Society Journal.
Napa Valley Photographic Society (NVPS) promotes the art and science of photography, providing education, image appreciation, inspiration, exchange of technologies. Most months we invite guest speakers to evaluate our images. Guests are welcome to attend. Check the website for more information http://www.napavalleyphotographicsociety.org.
