Membership

The PVPA welcomes photographers who have an avid interest and passion for photography. In short, membership is based on the love of photography and the desire to improve one's craft through dialogue and review with one's peers. Historically, members live in Western Massachusetts because, although meetings are generally available via Zoom, in-person participation can be critical to a PVPA event’s success. Events include such things as displaying framed prints at galleries and participating in a print exchange.

A contribution of $100 is required upon joining the PVPA. Annual dues thereafter are $25. Members receive email updates on meetings and other events. They are also eligible to exhibit at PVPA gallery locations and to temporarily post an image on the PVPA’s website once it has been shown at a monthly meeting. From time to time, posts may be removed from the website as may be appropriate.

• A PVPA member may post photographs on the PVPA website.
  • Use the message box to notify the Web manager that you wish to post up to 10 photographs.
  • The images must be in JPG format.
  • Each image must be between 987x768 (563KB) and 1024x666 pixels (657KB).  Larger images will be rejected.
  • You must include (1) a short bio and (2) a caption title for each image in the image file name.
  • The Web manager will update images on an existing gallery or create a new gallery if one does not already exist.
  • Once updated, the Web master will delete the files from their computer.